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 (1830)
Strutt, Joseph, 1749-1802, Hone, William, 1780-1842 · London : Printed for William Reeves · leaf 184
s then to assail thepel, armed with sword and shield in the same manner as hewould an adversary, aiming his blows as if at the head, the face,the arms, the legs, the thighs, and the sides; taking care at alltimes to keep himself so completely covered with his shield, asnot to give any advantage… … ■2,7, The Pel Quintain—XIV. Century. 20. B. xi.I W\ SPORTS AND PASTIMES BOOK III. Below is the quititaiu iu the form of a Saracen, from Piuvinel.
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