Chap. 13. Of the Muscles of the Feet.
THe Foot is bended and extended. Two muscles bend it forwards.
The first is termed tibiaeus anticus, affixed to the Leg arising from the upper process thereof, it is inserted in∣to the Os Pedij, before the great Toe, with a tendon which at the end is divided into two.
The other is Peroneus biceps, which others count for two muscles, one head arising from the upper Epiphi∣sis of the Fibula, the other from the middle of the Pe∣rone. It has a double tendon the lesser carried into the bone of the little toe; and the greater going ob∣liquely under the sole of the Foot, is inserted into the Os pedij just against the great toe.
'Tis extended backwards by the four Postici, duo ge∣melli, the internal and the external, called Gastrocne∣mij, because they constitute the ankle, and arise from the inner and outer head of the thigh under the Ham. The third being cal'd soleus is added to these beneath,