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 214
43. Boys Tilting in Pastimb. Here we may also add the boat justs, or tilting- upon the water.The representation of a pastime of this kind is given below, froma manuscript of the fourteenth century in the Royal Library. … 46. Boat Tilting. The conqueror at these justs was the champion who coulddexterously turn aside the blow of his antagonist with his shield,and at the same time strike him with his lance in such a manneras to overthrow him into the river, himself remaining unmovedfrom his station; and perhaps not a…
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