You should rather give a Reward to him that is beat, to comfort him. Then let the Victor's Reward be to go into the Town crowned with a Bur. Well, 'tis done, provided you'll go before playing upon a Pipe. It is very hot. That is not strange when it is Midsummer.
Swimming is better.
I don't love to live like a Frog, I am a Land Animal, not an amphibious one. But in old Time this was look'd upon to be one of the most noble Exercises. Nay, and a very useful one too. If Men are forc'd to fly in Battel, they are in the lowest Condition that can run and swim best. I can't swim at all, and it is dangerous to converse with an unaccustomed Element.