“Satis diu
Lusisti nucibus. Lubet
Jam servire Thalassio.”
We have already stated, that nuces were played with like our marbles; the custom, therefore, might be intended to express that the bridegroom had deserted his playthings.
[71].
“War’s harmless shape we sing, and boxen trains
Of youth, encount’ring on the cedar plains.
How two tall kings, by different armour known,
Traverse the field, and combat for renown.”
[72]. ‘Ludus Latrunculorum;’ ludus, anglice dicitur Draughts, à trahendo calculos.--Hyde de Ludis Orientalium. Oxon, 1694.