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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 444

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occasionally at Vauxhall;and, in an inferior style, at Bermondsey Spa. In speaking upon this subject I have mentioned some of theactors formerly concerned in the pyrotechnical shows. Thosesaid above to have been on board the city foyst, or galley, arecalled monstrous Avilde men; 2 others are… … 114. A Green Mam. [In 1800.] « See p. 375. See p. 375 ; and the Introduction ; whence it appears these green men attendedthe pageants, and precsded the principal persons in the procession to clear the way. 378 SPORTS AND PASTIMES BOOK IV. This engraving, representing the character equipped in…

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