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.