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 195
B A39. The Ring in Tilting. Above is the form of the ring-, with the sheath, and the mannerin Mhicli it was attached to the upright supporter, from Pluvinel.The letter a indicates the ring detached from the sheath ; brepresents the sheath w ith the ring^ inserted and attached to theupright post, in… … 40. Tilting at the Ring. At the commencement of the seventeenth century, the pastime ofrunning at the ring was reduced to a science. Pluvinel, whotreats this subject at large, says, the length of the course wasmeasured, and marked out according to the properties of thehorses that were to run: for…
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