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.