82 Galerita — Galli et Gallincz 



galeritam criftatam, & non criftatatn) concordibus ad- 

 firment fuffragljs, hanc nulla liabere peculiarem canti- 

 unculam, fed inepte aliarutn, quibuscum uielitat, auium 

 uoces referre, addncor plane ut credam hanc effe recen- 

 tiorum Grcecorutn corydon, cuius in fequenti adagio 

 mentio ejl ivd/j.ovcri<; 1 /cal tcopv&os (fiOeyyerai, & in 

 hoc uerfu : 



el kvkvco Svvarai /copv8o<; 7rapa7r\?](riov ciBeiv. 



Nd galerita maior, pulchre & fuauiter cantat, & 

 minorem cantu non minus ualere tradunt aucupes. Ha?c 

 igitur quum uoce nihil pojjit, fed inepte tantuin aliarum 

 uoces, fuo garritu nientiri, recentiorum Gr&corum erit 

 corydos. 



[ P . 67] DE GALLIS ET 



gallinis. 



A\e/cTa>p,gallus, Angliee a cok, Germanice etyit (Jan. 

 A\eKTopi<;, galliua, Angliee a hen, Germanice, etyn fjett. 

 Saxones dicunt etyn fyon. 



Varro 2 de re rustica libro tertio. 



Rufticae Gallinae rufticae, funt in urbe rarse, nee fere 



manfuete fine cauea uidentur Romae, fimiles 



Villaticf. facie non his uillaticis gallinis noftris, fed 

 Africanis afpeclu, ac facie incontaminata. In 

 ornatibus publicis folent poni cum pfiticis ac 

 merulis albis, item id genus rebus inufitatis. 

 Neque fere in uillis oua ac pullos faciunt, fed 

 in fyluis. 



African^ Gallinae Africanae, funt grandes, uariae, gib- 



Meleagrides. beras, quas Meleagrides Graeci appellant. Hae 



nouiffimae in triclinium ganearium introierunt, 



[p. 68] e culina propter faftidium hominu. Venerunt 3 



propter penuriam magno. De tribus generibus, 



gallinae faginantur maxime uillatice. Eas in- 



1 Undoubtedly the reading should be : — iv dfiovaois = among 

 those with little voice. Both these proverbs are to be found in 

 the Adages of Erasmus, Chil. II. Cent. ii. 92. 



2 Bk III. cap. ix. 



3 No doubt a misprint for ' veneunt' = are sold. 



