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 218
4o. Boys Tilting in Pasti.iie. Here we may also add the boat justs, or tilting- upon the water.The representation of a pastime of this kind is given below, froma manuscript of the fourteenth century in the Royal Library. … 46. Boat Tilting. The conqueror at these justs was the champion who coulddexterously turn aside the blow of his antagonist Mith his shield,and at the same time strike him w ith his lance in such a manneras to overthrow him into the river, himself remaining- unmovedfrom his station; and perhaps not…
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