Ne vulnerentur a bestiis, imponuntur his collaria, quae vocantur melium, id est cingulum circum collum ex corio firmo cum clavulis capitatis, quae intra capita insuitur pellis mollis, ne noceat collo duritia ferri; quod, si lupus aliusve quis his vulneratus est, reliquas quoque canes facit, quae id non habent, ut sint in tuto.
To protect them from being wounded by wild beasts, collars are placed on them'the so-called melium, that is, a belt around the neck made of stout leather with nails having heads; under the nail heads there is sewed a piece of soft leather, to prevent the hard iron from injuring the neck. The reason for this is that if a wolf or other beast has been wounded by these nails, this makes the other dogs also, which do not have the collar, safe.
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