82 Galerita Galli et Gallince 



galeritam criftatam, & non crijlatani) concordibus ad- 

 firment fuffragijs, hanc nulld habere peculiarem canti- 

 unculam, fed inepte alt arum, quibuscum uiffiitat, aidum 

 uoces referre, adducor plane ut credam hanc effe recen- 

 tiorum Grcecorum corydon, cuius in fequenti adagio 

 mentio eft evd/j.ov<ris l KOI Kopv&os (frQeyyercu, & in 

 hoc uerfu : 



el KVKVW Bvvarai KOpvSos 7rapa7r\r)(Tiov abeiv. 



Nd galerita maior, pulchre & fuauiter cantat, & 

 minorem cantu non minus ualere tradunt aucupes. Hcec 

 igitur quum uoce nihil pof/it^fed inepte tantkm aliarum 

 uoces, fuo garritu mentiri, recentiorum Grcecorum erit 

 corydos. 



[p. 67] DE GALLIS ET 



ga Hints. 



h\eKTa>p,gallus, Anglice a cok, Germanice et)tt f)an. 

 AXeVropt?, gallina, Anglice a hen, Germanice, etyn fyen. 

 Saxones dicunt e^n ()on. 



VARRO 2 DE RE RUSTICA LIBRO TERTIO. 



Rufticse Gallinae rufticse, funt in urbe rarse, nee fere 



manfuete fine cauea uidentur Romse, fimiles 



Villatic^. facie non his uillaticis gallinis noilris, fed 

 Africanis afpeftu, 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. Gallinae Africanae, funt grandes, uariae, 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, 



gallinae faginantur maxime uillatice. Eas in- 



1 Undoubtedly the reading should be : eV a/zouo-ots- = 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. 



