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 187
ers subjected them to many laughable accidents. IX.—TILTING AT A WATER BUTT. Below is a representation from a MS. in the Bodleian Library,dated 1343, of three boys tilting jointly, at a tub full of water,which is to be struck in such a manner as not to throw it overthem. I presume they are learners… … 32. Water-Tub Quintain—XIV. CENTunv. This farcical pastime, according to Menestrier, was practisedoccasionally in Italy, where, he says, a large bucket filled withwater is set up, against which they tilt their lances ; and if thestroke be not made with great dexterity, the bucket is oversetand the…
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