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XXII. (Book 22)
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Joh. Amos Commenii Orbis sensualium pictus, hoc est, Omnium fundamentalium in mundo rerum, & in vita actionum, pictura & nomenclatura Joh. Amos Commenius's Visible world, or, A picture and nomenclature of all the chief things that are in the world, and of mens employments therein / a work newly written by the author in Latine and High-Dutch ... ; & translated into English by Charles Hoole ... for the use of young Latine-scholars.
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- Joh. Amos Commenii Orbis sensualium pictus, hoc est, Omnium fundamentalium in mundo rerum, & in vita actionum, pictura & nomenclatura Joh. Amos Commenius's Visible world, or, A picture and nomenclature of all the chief things that are in the world, and of mens employments therein / a work newly written by the author in Latine and High-Dutch ... ; & translated into English by Charles Hoole ... for the use of young Latine-scholars.
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"Joh. Amos Commenii Orbis sensualium pictus, hoc est, Omnium fundamentalium in mundo rerum, & in vita actionum, pictura & nomenclatura Joh. Amos Commenius's Visible world, or, A picture and nomenclature of all the chief things that are in the world, and of mens employments therein / a work newly written by the author in Latine and High-Dutch ... ; & translated into English by Charles Hoole ... for the use of young Latine-scholars." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A34111.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2025.
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Struthio 1. est ales maximus;
Regulus 2. (Trochilus) minimus;
Noctua 3. despicatissimus;
Ʋpupa 4. sordidissimus, rescitur enim stercori∣bus;
Manucodiata 5 rarissimus.
Phasianus 6. Tarda (Otis) 7. Tetrao 8. surdus, Attagen 9. Perdix 10. Gallinago (Rusticola) 11. & Turdus, 12. in deliciis habentur.
Inter reliquas, potissimae sunt: Grus 13 pervigil, Turtur 14. gemens, Cuculus 15 Palumbes, Picus, Garrulus, Cornix, &c. 16.
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Birds that haunt the Fields, and Woods.
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The Ostrich 1. the greatest Bird.
The Wren 2. the least.
The Owl 3. ••most despicable.
The Whoophoo 4. most nasty, it eateth dung.
••e Bird of Paradice 5. very rare.
The Pheasant 6. Bustard 7. deaf wild Peacock 8. Moor-Hen 9. Partridge 10. Wood-cock 11. the Thrush 12. accounted dainties.
Amongst the rest, best are the watch▪ Crane 13. mournful Turtle 14 Cuckow 15. Stock-dove, Speight, Jay, Crow, &c. 16.