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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 311

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77. A Horse dancing to the Pipe and Tabor. In the often cited Bodleian MS.^ of the fourteenth century, is Mem sur Anc. Cheval. torn. i. p. 247.» No. 264. fl 2 •■ No. 2, B. Tii. 244 SPORTS ANI> PASTIMES BOOK III. … 78. Another Horse. Here the horse is rearing up and attacking the joculator, Mhoopposes him with a small shield and a cudgel. These mockcombats, to which the animals were properly trained, were con-stantly regulated by some kind of musical instrument. The twofollowing performances, also delineated…

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