LXXXVII.

Passing over Waters. Transitus Aquarum.

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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.

LXXXVIII.

Swimming. Natatus.

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Men are wont also to swim over Waters upon a _bundle of flags_, 1. Solent etiam tranare aquas super _scirpeum fascem_, 1. and besides upon blown _Beast-bladders_, 2. and after, by throwing their _Hands_ and _Feet_, 3. abroad. 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.