The sports and pastimes of the people of England : Including the rural and domestic recreations, May games, mummeries, shows, processions, pageants, and pompous spectacles, from the earliest period to the present time (1845)
Strutt, Joseph, 1749-1802, Hone, William, 1780-1842 · London : T. Togg · leaf 116
ith arrows by the Danes;but, if this piece of history be correct, it is no proof that theyused the boAV as a weapon of war. The action itself might benothing more than a Avanton piece of cruelty ; and cruelty seemsio have been a prominent feature in the character of those law-less plunderers.… … 9. Two Saxon Archers—VIII. Century. The one accompanied by his dog, is in search of the wild deer the other has no companion, but is depicted in the act of shootmg at a bird: and from the adornment of his girdle, appears to • Olaii Worm. Lit. Run. p. 129.p. 248. Barthol. p. 420. Pontoppiaan s Hist.…
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