Sin autem harundinis graecae copia non erit, de paludibus tenues colligantur et mataxae tomice ad iustam longitudinem una crassitudine alligationibus temperentur, dum ne plus inter duos nodos alligationibus binos pedes distent, et hae ad asseres, uti supra scriptum est, tomice religentur cultellique lignei in eas configantur.
If there be no supply of Greek reed, thin reeds are to be collected from the marshes, and are to be made up in bundles with cords of rough thread to the right length and of equal thickness, provided that not more than two feet separates the knots of the bundles. These then are to be fixed with cord to the ribs as already described, and wooden pins are to be driven through them.
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