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.