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Mazes and labyrinths : a general account of their history and developments (1922)

Matthews, William Henry, 1882- · London ; New York : Longmans, Green and Co., 39 Paternoster Row, London, E.E.4 · leaf 135

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ace. The treading of it was formerly a greatfeature of the three days fair in June, an event datingfrom a charter by Edward III. in 1353. 75 In a Guide-book to Northampton by G. N. Wetton,published in 1849, the maze is spoken of as being in aneglected condition. In a later book, however, a… … Fig. 61.— Shepherds Race, Boughton Green, Northants. (After TroUope.) was boasting of his skill, how dexterously and truly hecould pursue its windings without a single false step, andhow with a little more practice he would wager to gothrough it blindfold. Another novel, The Last of the Climbing…

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