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He greaseth the _Axle-tree_
with _Axle-tree grease_
out of a _Grease-pot_, 9.
and stoppeth the wheel
with a _Trigen_, 10.
in a steep descent.
Ungit _Axem_
_Axungiâ_,
ex _vase unguentorio_, 9.
& inhibet rotam
Sufflamine, 10.
in præcipiti descensu.
And thus the Coach is driven
along the _Wheel-ruts_, 11.
Et sic aurigatur
per _Orbitas_, 11.
_Great Persons_ are carryed
_with six Horses_, 12.
by two _Coachmen_,
in a Hanging-wagon,
which is called
a _Coach_, 13.
_Magnates_ vehuntur
_Sejugibus_, 12.
duobus _Rhedariis_,
Curru pensili,
qui vocatur
_Carpentum_ (Pilentum), 13.
Others _with two Horses_, 14.
in a _Chariot_, 15.
Alii _Bijugibus_, 14.
_Essedo_, 15.
_Horse Litters_, 16, 17.
are carried by two Horses.
_Arceræ_, 16. & _Lacticæ_, 17.
portantur à duobus Equis.
They use
_Pack-Horses_,
instead of _Waggons_,
thorow _Hills_
that are not passable, 18.
Utuntur
_Jumentis Clitellariis_,
loco _Curruum_,
per _montes_
invios, 18.
LXXXVII.
Passing over Waters.
Transitus Aquarum.
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Lest he that is to pass
over a River should be wet,
_Bridges_, 1.
were invented for Carriages,
and _Foot-bridges_, 2.
for Foot-men.
Trajecturus
flumen ne madefiat,
_Pontes_, 1.
excogitati sunt pro Vehiculis
& _Ponticuli_, 2.
pro Peditibus.
If a river
have a _Foord_, 3.
it is _waded over_, 4.
Si Flumen
habet _Vadum_, 3.
_vadatur_, 4.
_Flotes_, 5. also are made
of Timber pinned together;
or _Ferry-boats_, 6.
of planks laid close together
for fear they should
receive Water.
_Rates_, 5. etiam struuntur
ex compactis tignis:
vel _Pontones_, 6.
ex trabibus consolidatis,
ne excipiant aquam.
Besides _Scullers_, 7.
are made, which
are rowed with an _Oar_, 8.
or _Pole_, 9.
or haled
with an _Haling-rope_, 10.
Porrò _Lintres_ (Lembi), 7.
fabricantur, qui
aguntur _Remo_, 8.
vel _Conto_, 9.
aut trahuntur
_Remulco_, 10.
LXXXVIII.
Swimming.
Natatus.
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Men are wont also
to swim over Waters
upon a _bundle of flags_, 1.
Solent etiam
tranare aquas
super _scirpeum fascem_, 1.
and besides upon blown
_Beast-bladders_, 2.
and after, by throwing
their _Hands_ and _Feet_, 3.
abroad.
porrò super inflatas
_boum Vesicas_, 2.
deinde liberè jactatu
_Manuum Pedumque_, 3.
And at last they learned
_to tread the water_, 4.
being plunged
up to the girdle-stead,
and carrying
their Cloaths upon their head.
Tandem didicerunt
_calcare aquam_, 4.
immersi
cingulo tenus
& gestantes
Vestes supra caput.
A _Diver_, 5.
can swim also under
the water like a Fish.
_Urinator_, 5.
etiam natare potest sub
aquâ, ut Piscis.
LXXXIX.
A Galley.
Navis actuaria.
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