Races.
Cursus Certamina.
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Boys exercise themselves
by running,
either upon the _Ice_, 1.
in _Scrick-shoes_, 2.
where they are carried also
upon _Sleds_, 3.
Pueri exercent se
cursu,
sive super _Glaciem_, 1.
_Diabatris_, 2.
ubi etiam vehuntur
_Trahis_, 3.
or in the open Field,
making a _Line_, 4.
which he that desireth to win,
ought to touch,
but not to run beyond it.
sive in Campo,
designantes _Lineam_, 4.
quam qui vincere cupit
debet attingere,
at non ultrâ procurrere.
Heretofore _Runners_, 5.
run betwixt _Rails_, 6.
to the _Goal_, 7.
Olim decurrebant _Cursores_, 5.
inter _Cancellos_, 6.
ad _Metam_, 7.
and he that toucheth it first
receiveth the _Prize_, 8.
from _him that gave the prize_, 9.
& qui primum contingebat eam,
accipiebat _Brabeum_, (_præmium_), 8.
à _Brabeuta_, 9.
At this day _Tilting_
(or the quintain) is used,
Hodie _Hastiludia_
habentur,
(where a _Hoop_, 11.
is struck at with
a _Truncheon_, 10.)
instead of _Horse-races_, which
are grown out of use.
(ubi _Circulus_, 11.
petitur
_Lancea_, 10.)
loco _Equiriorum_, quæ
abierunt in desuetudinem.