Note (27) — BOOK II.
James Greive translation
27. A prop is to be put under one foot, &c.) In Linden and Almeloveen the reading is, At certe uni pedi lecti fulcimentum subjiciendum est.—But all the editions in the possession of Morgagni[ IS ] and the MS. have Funiculus subjiciendus est. A cord is to be put under one foot, &c. And in this way Mercurialis reads it, when he quotes this passage de Art. Gymnast. lib. iii. cap. 12.