Souvenir of the Oxford historical pageant : in aid of the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford Eye Hospital, etc., commemoration, 1907, June 27th 28th, 29th, and July 1st, 2d and 3d (1907)
s a resented sneer at the quality of the wine served out in a tavern knownas Swyndlestock, situated near Carfax. The hasty scholar who made the remark, wounds the drawer or waiterwho resented it, and this is too much for the townsmen on such an occasion. They join in the fray, the scholarsrush to… … The Chancellor of the University, attended by a body of armed men, after orderingtlif leading townsmen to appear before him, pronounces sentence upon them—not his own,but the penance ordered by the King; and in token of deepest penitence the humbledtownsmen kneel before the Chancellor and meekly…
Oxford historical pageant June 27-July 3, 1907 · Costume -- Great Britain · Pageants
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