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 149
h occa-sions, and therefore in the rhyme of sir Thopas, Chaucer saysof the Knight, Of wrastling was there none his pare,Where any Ram shulde stonrle. And again, in his character of the miller, for over al ther he cam. At wrasth ng he wolde have away the Ram. Other rewards, no doubt, were sometimes… … 17. Ancient Wrestling. Hentzners Itinerary first published A. D. 1598 Lord Orfords translation.Strawberry Hill edition, p. 36. Canterbury Tales. Prologues to the Canterbury Tales. 2 B. viii. CHAP. n. OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. 83 In modern times the prizes were uot only much varied, butwere…
Games -- Great Britain · Sports -- Great Britain · England -- Social life and customs
Internet Archive · California Digital Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from Histoire des enseignes de Paris. Revue et publiée par le Bibliophile Jacob [pseud.] avec un appendice par J. Cousin.. (1884)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-histoiredesensei00unse-105-12.webp)