The _Rope-dancer_, 5. goeth and danceth upon a _Rope_, _Funambulus_, 5. graditur & saltat super _Funem_, holdeth a _Poise_, 6. in his hand; or hangeth himself by the _hand_ or _foot_, 7. &c. tenens _Halterem_, 6. manu; aut suspendit se _manu_ vel _pede_, 7. &c. CXXXII. The Fencing-School. Palestra. [Illustration] _Fencers_ meet in a Duel in a _Fencing-place_, _Pugiles_ congrediuntur Duello in _Palestra_, fighting with _Swords_, 1. or _Pikes_, 2. and _Halberds_, 3. or _Short-swords_, 4. decertantes vel _Gladiis_, 1. vel _Hastilibus_, 2. & _Bipennibus_, 3. vel _Semispathis_, 4. or _Rapiers_, 5. _having balls at the point_ (lest they wound one another mortally) or with _two edged-Swords_ and a _Dagger_, 6. together. vel _Ensibus_, 5. _mucronem obligatis_, (ne lædet lethaliter) vel _Frameis_ & _Pugione_, 6. simul. _Wrestlers_, 7. (among the Romans in time past were nayked and anointed with Oyl) _Luctatores_, 7. (apud Romanos olim nudi & inuncti Oleo) take hold of one another and strive whether can throw the other, especially by _tripping up his heels_, 8. prehendunt se invicem & annituntur uter alterum prosternere possit, præprimis _supplantando_, 8. _Hood-winked Fencers_, 9. fought with their fists in a ridiculous strife, to wit, with their Eyes covered. _Andabatæ_, 9. pugnabant pugnis ridiculo certamine, nimirum Oculis obvelatis. CXXXIII. Tennis-play. Ludus Pilæ. [Illustration] In a _Tennis Court_, 1. they play with a _Ball_, 2. which one throweth, and another taketh, and sendeth it back In _Sphæristerio_, 1. luditur _Pilâ_, 2. quam alter mittit, alter excipit, & remittit with a _Racket_, 3. and that is the Sport of Noble Men to stir their Body. _Reticulo_, 3. idque est Lusus Nobilium ad commotionem Corporis. A _Wind-ball_, 4. being filled with Air, by means of a _Ventil_, _Follis_ (pila magna), 4. distenta Aere ope _Epistomii_, is tossed to and fro with the _Fist_, 5. in the open Air. reverberberatur _Pugno_, 5. sub Dio. CXXXIV. Dice-play. Ludus Aleæ. [Illustration] We play with _Dice_, 1. either they that throw the most _take up all_; _Tesseris_ (_talis_), 1. ludimus vel _Plistobolindam_; or we throw them through a _Casting-box_, 2. upon a _Board_, 3. marked with figures, vel immittimus illas per _Frittillum_, 2. in _Tabellam_, 3. notatam numeris, and this is _Dice-players game_ at _casting Lots_. idque est _Ludas Sortilegii_ _Aleatorum_. Men play by _Luck_ and _Skill_ at _Tables_. in a _pair of Tables_, 4. and at _Cards_, 5. _Sorte_ & _Arte_ luditur _Calculis_ in _Alveo aleatorio_, 4. & _Chartis lusoriis_, 5.