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 188
s upon thi?subject; it is, hoAvever, very certain that the military men in themiddle ages would sometimes practise with their lances at a mancompletely armed; whose business it was to act upon the Laneham in Queen Elizabeths Progresses, by Mr. Nicl^ols, vol. i. p. 249.* Traits de Tournois, 1669, p.… … 33. Living Quintain—XIV. Century. This representation is justified by the concurrent testimony ofan ancient author, cited by Ducange, who introduces one knightsaying to another, I do not by any means esteem you suffi-ciently valiant (si bons chevalier) for me to take a lance andjust with you;…
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