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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 307

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7S. A Bear standing on his Head. This and the following are from a book of prayers in theharieian Collection/ written towards the close of Hie thirteenthcenturv. … TK Beab and Monkey.« No. 6h63. CHAP. VI. OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. 241 I shall only observe, that there is but one among these si^drawings in which the animal is depicted with a muzzle to pre*vent him from biting. The dancing bears have retained theiiplace to the present time, and they frequently…

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