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 180
then to assail thepel, armed with sword and sliield in the same manner as newould an adversary, aiming his blows as if at the head, the face,the arms, the legs, the thighs, and the sides; taking care at alltimes to keep himself so completely covered with his shield, asnot to give any advantage… … 27. TiiE Pel Quintain—XIV. CENTuar. 20. B. xi1 114 SPORTS AND PASTIMFS BOOK HI, Below is the quintain in the form of a Saracen, from Pluviuel
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