The Fencing-School.
Palestra.
[Illustration]
_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.