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 304
66. Balancing.—XIV. Century. The man in this engraving, from a drawing in a MS. book ofprayers possessed by Francis Douce, esq., is] performing a very • No. 264. CHAP. V. OP THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. 233 difficult operation: lie has placed one sword upright upon thehilt, and is attempting- to do the… … 67. Balancing.—XIV. Century. I have seen carried into execution, and especially that of ba- lancing a wheel.
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