Races.
Cursus Certamina.
| Boys exercise themselves by running, either upon the Ice, 1. in Scrick-shoes, 2. where they are carried also upon Sleds, 3. or in the open Field, making a Line, 4. which he that desireth to win, ought to touch, but not to run beyond it. | Pueri exercent se cursu, sive super Glaciem, 1. Diabatris, 2. ubi etiam vehuntur Trahis, 3. sive in Campo, designantes Lineam, 4. quam qui vincere cupit debet attingere, at non ultrâ procurrere. |
| Heretofore Runners, 5. run betwixt Rails, 6. to the Goal, 7. and he that toucheth it first receiveth the Prize, 8. from him that gave the prize, 9. | Olim decurrebant Cursores, 5. inter Cancellos, 6. ad Metam, 7. & qui primum contingebat eam, accipiebat Brabeum, (præmium), 8. à Brabeuta, 9. |
| At this day Tilting (or the quintain) is used, (where a Hoop, 11. is struck at with a Truncheon, 10.) instead of Horse-races, which are grown out of use. | Hodie Hastiludia habentur, (ubi Circulus, 11. petitur Lancea, 10.) loco Equiriorum, quæ abierunt in desuetudinem. |
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Boys Sport.
Ludi Pueriles.
| Boys use to play either with Bowling-stones 1. or throwing a Bowl, 2. at Nine-pins, 3. or striking a Ball, through a Ring, 5. with a Bandy, 4. or scourging a Top, 6. with a Whip, 7. or shooting with a Trunk, 8. and a Bow, 9. or going upon Stilts, 10, or tossing and swinging themselves upon a Merry-totter, 11. | Pueri solent ludere vel Globis fictilibus, 1. vel jactantes Globum, 2. ad Conas, 3. vel mittentes Sphærulam per Annulum, 5. Clava, 4. versantes Turbinem, 6. Flagello, 7. vel jaculantes Sclopo, 8. & Arcu, 9. vel incidentes Grallis, 10. vel super Petaurum, 11. se agitantes & oscillantes. |