The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil . carry the instruments of sacrifice and the first-fruits or other offer-ings. Provisa reponcs. Equivalent, , to providebis et repones.—Si tc digna, &c. .* If thee the glory of divine agriculture awaits,i. e., if you aspire to the true glory of a well-cultivated farm. X 242 NOTES ON THE GEORGICS. BOOK I. 169-170. Continuo. In the first place.—In sihis magna vi, & order is, ulmus flexa in sihis magna vi dom-atur in burim et acci-pit formam curvi aralri. Virgils description of the plough, whichhere follows, has given rise to much discussion, and
The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil . carry the instruments of sacrifice and the first-fruits or other offer-ings. Provisa reponcs. Equivalent, , to providebis et repones.—Si tc digna, &c. .* If thee the glory of divine agriculture awaits,i. e., if you aspire to the true glory of a well-cultivated farm. X 242 NOTES ON THE GEORGICS. BOOK I. 169-170. Continuo. In the first place.—In sihis magna vi, & order is, ulmus flexa in sihis magna vi dom-atur in burim et acci-pit formam curvi aralri. Virgils description of the plough, whichhere follows, has given rise to much discussion, and still remainsopen to the same. The annexed wood-cut shows the form of awheel-plough, as represented on a piece of engraved jasper of Ro-man workmanship. It corresponds in all essential particulars withthat now used about Mantua and Venice, and is very probably thesame with that described by the poet. It shows distinctly thecoulter, the share-beam, the plough-tail, and the handle, or stiva.(Diet. Anliq., s. v. Aratrum.) ft. Domatur in burim. Is subdued into the plough-tail, i. c, ismade to assume its form. The buris might be made of any pieceof a tree (especially the ilex, or holm oak), the natural curvature ofwhich fitted it to this use ; but in the time and country of Virgil,pains were taken to force a tree into that form which was mostexactly adapted to the purpose. 171-172. Huic a stirpe, &c. To this, from below, are fitted apole extended to eight feet, two earth-boards, and share-beams witha double back, i. c, to the lower part of this, &c.—Tcmo. Thepole anciently used in ploughing did not differ from those employedfor draught in general, and therefore needs no particular descrip-tion.—Bin<z aures. The earth-boards, called also mould-boards,rose on each side of the plough, bending outward in such a manneras to throw on either hand the soil which had previously been loos-ened and raised by the share. They were adjusted to the share-beam, which was made double for
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