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.
Author
Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670.
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London :: Printed for J. Kirton ...,
1659.
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Latin language -- Readers.
Natural history -- Juvenile literature.
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XXVIII. (Book 28)

[illustration]
28

Iumenta.

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Asinus 1. & Mulus 2. gestant Onera;

Equus 3. (quem ornat Iuba 4.) nos ipsos;

Camelus 5. mercatorem cum mercibus suis.

Elephas (Barus) 6. pabulum adtrahit Proboscide 7. Dentes duos 8 habet prominentes, & portare potest etiam triginta Viros.

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Labouring Beasts.

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The Ass 1. and the Mule 2. carry burdens.

The Horse 3. which a Main 4. graceth) carrieth us.

The Camel 5. carrieth the Merchant with his Wares.

The Elephant 6. draweth his meat to him with his Trunk 7. He hath two Teeth 8. standing out, and is able to carry full thir∣ty men.

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