82 Galerita — Galli et GallincB 



galeritam crijiatam, & non crijlatam) concordibus ad- 

 firment fuffragtjs, hanc nulla habere peculiarem canti- 

 unailam, fed inepte aliarum, quibuscum ui£litat, auium 

 uoces referre, adducor plane ut credam hanc ejfe recen- 

 tiorum GrcBcorum corydon, cuius in fequenti adagio 

 jnentio eji ivdfj.ovai,<;^ leal K6pvSo<: (pdeyyerai, & in 

 hoc uerfu : 



el KVKVQ} Svvarat K6pvSo<; irapaifKrja'iov aSeiv. 

 Nd galerita inaior, pulchre & fuauiter cantat, & 

 minorem cantu non minik.s ualere tradunt aucupes. Hcec 

 igitur quum uoce nihil pojjit, fed inept^ tantiim aliarum 

 uoces, fuo garritu mentiri, recentiorum Grcecorum erit 

 corydos. 

 [p. 67] DE GALLIS ET 



gallinis. 



KXeKTwp, galluSf Anglice a cok, Germanice e^n ^an. 

 K\eKropi<;, gallina, Anglic^ a hen, Germanice, e^n ^en. 

 Saxones dicunt e^n ^6n. • 



Varro" de re rustica libro tertio. 



Rufticae GalHnae rufticae, funt in urbe rarse, nee fer^ 



ga mg. manfuet^ fine cauea uidentur Romae, fimiles 



Villatic?. facie non his uillaticis gallinis noflris, 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. GalHnae Africans, funt grandes, uariae, gib- 



Meieagrides. berae, quas Meleagrides Graeci appellant. Hse 



nouiffimae in triclinium ganearium introierunt, 



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



propter penuriam magno. De tribus generibus, 



gallinae faginantur maxim^ uillatic^. Eas in- 



' Undoubtedly the reading should be : — iv d^ouoroir = 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. 



