Dictionarium rusticum & urbanicum: or, a dictionary of all sorts of country affairs, handicraft, trading, and merchandizing / [John Worlidge].

  • Worlidge, John, active 1669-1698
Date:
1717
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Dictionarium rusticum & urbanicum: or, a dictionary of all sorts of country affairs, handicraft, trading, and merchandizing / [John Worlidge]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OhjeUs of thefe Recreations, with the Tackle and refpetlwe Jnflruments, fitch as Gins, Nets, &c which are drawn and cut under their proper Heads for the wore ready underfianding of them, And, in general, all imaginable Care ha$ been taken tc oblige the Sportfman, and nothing, that we know of let flip, that appertains to Rural Exercifes: among which we might name Cockfighting, ana the Breeding of Game-Cocks : Neither have wt forgot any thing material, with refpetl to the mean¬ er ft hough more ufeful) fort of Poultry' of the. Dunghill, finch as Hens, Geefe, Ducks, &c. Rm for other Birds, they do not fome much within the Compafs of our Defign, and therefore are not ta¬ ken notice of.\ only there's nothing that belongs tc Singing Birds, hut what is carefully infer ted under the Name of each Bird. The Bee is a Utile Infect of moft excellent ZJfe\ and admirable Induflry ) and as there are feverai Tra&s extant relating to them, we have been at the Pains to con fit It them, and digefled into this Work M that was pertinent, relating to this Animal, whe¬ ther as to the Breeding, Hiving, Driving, Sting¬ ing., Swarming, and Preferving of them, in theft feverai Grcnmjhwces* We have deferibed many excellent Engines, inflance in divers forts of Mills, &C. A7d* f A(?r (hall we launch out into the curious Arts. oJ japanning, &c. T&c Preparing of many finds o\ EnglHh Liquors, according to their refpeffive De nominations, as a/fio common Eatables and Drinka