The Book-binder.
Bibliopegus.
[Illustration]
In times past they glewed
Paper to Paper,
and rolled them up together
into one _Roll_, 1.
Olim agglutinabant
Chartam Chartæ,
convolvebantque eas
in unum _Volumen_, 1.
At this day
the _Book-binder_
bindeth Books,
whilst he wipeth, 2. over
Papers steept
in _Gum-water_, and then
foldeth them together, 3.
Hodiè
_Compactor_
compingit Libros,
dum tergit, 2.
chartas maceratas
_aquâ glutinosâ_, deinde
complicat, 3.
beateth with a hammer, 4.
then stitcheth them up, 5.
presseth them in a _Press_, 6.
which hath two _Screws_, 7.
malleat, 4.
tum consuit, 5.
conprimit _Prelo_, 6.
quod habet duos _Cochleas_, 7.
glueth them on the back,
cutteth off the edges
with a _round Knife_, 8.
conglutinat dorso,
demarginat
rotundo _Cultro_, 8.
and at last covereth them
with _Parchment_ or _Leather_, 9.
maketh them handsome,
and setteth on _Clasps_, 10.
tandem vestit
_Membranâ_ vel _Corio_, 9.
efformat,
& affigit _Uncinulos_, 10.