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IN the top of the head is a bon that couereth the brayne, the which Ptholomeus calleth ye Capitall bone. In the scull be two bo∣nes, which bene called parietalls, that
holdeth the brayne close and stedfast. And more lower in the brayne, is a bone called the crowne of the heade, and one the one syde and on the other, bene two holes wythin the whyche is the pallays or roofe bone. In the part behynde the head bene iiii. lyke bones, to the which the chayne of the necke holdeth. In the nose ben ii. bones. The bones of the chaftes aboue be xi. and of the neyther iaw ben ii. aboue the ap∣posite of the brayne, there is one be∣hynde named collaterall. The bones of the teeth be xxx. eyght, before iiii. aboue, & iiii. vnderneth, sharpe edged for to cut the morsels, and there is iiii. sharpe ii. aboue, and ii. vnderneth, and ben called conines, for they be lyke co∣nies teeth. After that bene xvi. that be as they were homers or grindinge teeth, for they chewe and grynde the meate the whiche is eaten and there is iiii. aboue on euery syde, & iiii. vnder¦neath.
And then the iiii. teeth of sapy∣ence on euery syde of the chaftes, one aboue and one vnderneath. In the chin from the head downewarde bene xxx. bones called knottes or ioyntes. In the breast before bene vii. bones, and on euerye syde xii. rybbes. By the necke betweene the head and the Shoulders, bene ii. bones named the sheres, and ben the ii. shoulder blades. From the Shoulder to the Elboe, in ech arme is a bone called the Adiutor, from the Elbow to the hande bone, e∣uery arme ben ii. bones, that ben called Cannes, in eche hand bene viii. bones, aboue the palme bene iiii. bones which bene called the Combe of the hande. The bones in the fingers in ech hande xv. in euery finger three. At the endē of the ridge ben the huckle bones, where∣to bene fastened the two bones of the thighes, in eche knee is a bone called the knee plate.
From the knee to the foote in eche leg, ben ii. bones called canes or marybo∣nes. In each foote is a bone called the ancle orpin of the foote, behynde the ancle is the heele bone in ech foote, the which is the lowest parte of a man. And aboue each foote is a bone called the hallowe bone. In the plant of ech foote bene fower bones. Then ben the combes of the feete in ech of the which ben fyue bones, the bones in the toes in each foote bene the number of xiiii. Two bones ben before the belly, for to holde it stedfast with the two bran∣ches. Two bones ben in the head be∣hind the eares, cald oculares, we reken not the tender bones of the ende of the shoulders, nor of the sydes, nor dyuers little gristles and speldres of bones for they be comprehended in the number aforesayde.