Or when they are set on fire and either by the firing of _Gun-powder_, 4. Aut quum igne corripiuntur, & vel ex incendio _pulveris tormentarii_, 4. men are blown up into the air, or are burnt in the midst of the waters, or else leaping into the Sea are drowned. homines ejiciuntur in ærem, vel exuruntur in mediis aquis, vel etiam desilientes in mare, suffocantur. A _Ship_ that flieth away, 5. is overtaken by those that _pursue her_, 6. and is taken. _Navis_ fugitiva, 5. intercipitur ab _insequentibus_, 6. & capitur. CXLIII. The Besieging of a City. Obsidium Urbis. [Illustration] A _City_ that is like to endure a _Siege_, is first summoned by a _Trumpeter_, 1. and persuaded to _yield_. _Urbs_ passura _Obsidionem_, primum provocatur per _Tubicinem_, 1. & invitatur ad _Depitionem_. Which if it refuseth to do, it is assaulted by the Besiegers, and taken by storm. Quod si abnuat facere, oppugnatur ab Obsidentibus & occupatur. Either by climbing over the walls with _Scaling-ladders_, 2. or breaking them down with _Battering-engins_, 3. Vel muros per _Scalas_, 2. transcendendo, aut diruendo _Arietibus_, 3. or demolishing them with _great Guns_, 4. or breaking through the Gates with a _Petarr_, 5. aut demoliendo _Tormentis_, 4. vel dirumpendo portas _Exostra_, 5. or casting _Granadoes_, 6. out of _Mortar-pieces_, 7. into the City, by _Engineers_, 8. vel ejaculando _Globos Tormentarios_, 6. e _Mortariis_ (_balistis_), 7. in Urbem per _Balistarios_, 8. (who lye behind _Leagure-baskets_, 9.) or overthrowing it with _Mines_ by _Pioneers_, 10. (qui latitant post _Gerras_, 9.) vel subvertendo _Cuniculis_ per _Fossores_, 10, _They that are besieged_ defend themselves from the _Walls_, 11. with fire and stones, &c, or _break out by force_, 12. _Obsessi_ defendunt se de _Muris_, 11. ignibus, lapidibus, &c. aut _erumpunt_, 12. A _City_ _that is taken by Storm_ is plundered, destroyed, and sometimes laid even with the ground. _Urbs_ _vi expugnata_, diriditur, exciditur, interdum equatur solo. CXLIV. Religion. Religio. [Illustration]