82 Galerita Galli et Gallincz 



galeritam criftatam, & non criftatani) concordibus ad- 

 firment fuffragijs, hanc nulld habere peculiarem canti- 

 unculam, fed inepte aliarum, quibuscum uicJitat, auium 

 noces refer re, adducor plane ut credam hanc effe recen- 

 tiorum Grcecomm corydon, cuius in fequenti adagio 

 mentio eft evd/j.ov<ri<; 1 /cat /co/juSo? (f>6eyyeTai,, & in 

 hoc nerfii : 



et KVKVU) Svvarai KopvSo? 7rapa7r\^criov (iSeiv. 



Nd galerita maior, pulchre & fuauiter cantat, & 

 minorem cantu non miniis ualere tradunt aucupes. Hcec 

 igitnr quum uoce nihil pojfit, fed inepte tantuni aliarum 

 uoces, fuo garritu mentiri, recentiorum Grcecorum erit 

 corydos. 



[p. 67] DE GALLIS ET 



gallinis. 



A\eKTa)p, gallus, A nglice a cok, Germanice eV)n f)an. 

 A.\KTopi<;, gallina, Anglice a hen, Germanice, etyn f)en. 

 Saxones dicunt etyn ^>6n. 



VARRO 2 DE RE RUSTICA LIBRO TERTIO. 



Gallinse rufticae, funt in urbe rarse, nee fere 

 manfuete fine cauea uidentur Romse, fimiles 

 Villatic?. facie non his uillaticis gallinis noftris, fed 

 Africanis afpe6lu, 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. 



Africang. Gallinse Africanse, funt grandes, uarise, gib- 



Meleagrides. berae, 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, 



gallinse faginantur maxime uillatice. Eas in- 



1 Undoubtedly the reading should be: eV dpovo-ois = among 

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

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



2 Bk in. cap. ix. 



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



