CXXXII.

The Fencing-School. Palestra.

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_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.