Passing over Waters.
Transitus Aquarum.
| 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. |
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Swimming.
Natatus.
| Men are wont also to swim over Waters upon a bundle of flags, 1. and besides upon blown Beast-bladders, 2. and after, by throwing their Hands and Feet, 3. abroad. | Solent etiam tranare aquas super scirpeum fascem, 1. 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. |