CXXXIV.

Dice-play. Ludus Aleæ.

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We play with _Dice_, 1. either they that throw the most _take up all_; _Tesseris_ (_talis_), 1. ludimus vel _Plistobolindam_; or we throw them through a _Casting-box_, 2. upon a _Board_, 3. marked with figures, vel immittimus illas per _Frittillum_, 2. in _Tabellam_, 3. notatam numeris, and this is _Dice-players game_ at _casting Lots_. idque est _Ludas Sortilegii_ _Aleatorum_.

Men play by _Luck_ and _Skill_ at _Tables_. in a _pair of Tables_, 4. and at _Cards_, 5. _Sorte_ & _Arte_ luditur _Calculis_ in _Alveo aleatorio_, 4. & _Chartis lusoriis_, 5.

We play at _Chesse_ on a _Chesse-board_, 6. where only art beareth the sway. Ludimus _Abaculis_ in _Abaco_, 6. ubi sola ars regnat.

The most ingenious Game is the Game of _Chesse_, 7. wherein as it were two Armies fight together in Battel. Ingeniosissimus Ludus est Ludus _Latrunculorum_, 7. quo veluti duo Exercitus confligunt Prælio.