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 191
39. The Ring in Tiltixo. Above is the form of the ring, with the sheath, and the mannerin which it was attached to the upright supporter, from Pluvinel.The letter a indicates the ring detached from the sheath; brepresents the sheath with the ring inserted and attached to theupright post, in which… … 40. Tilting at the Ring. At the commencement of the seventeenth centurj^, the p<tstnae ofrunning at the ring was reduced to a science. Pluvinel, whotreats this subject at large, says, the length of the course wameasured, and marked out according to the properties of thehorses that were to run:…
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