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 333
act and trial, and have theapprobation of the principal masters of their company, mayprofess or teach this art of defence publicly in any part ofEngland. Stow informs us, that the young Londoners, onholidays, after the evening prayer, were permitted to exercisethemselves with their wasters and… … 89. Bucileb-Play.—XIV. Century. The bej^r-gardens were the usual places appropriated by themasters of defence for public trials of skill. These exhibitions I apprehend he means the quarter-staff. . • Dated 1344, No. 264. CHAP. YI» OF THE PEOPLE OF ENCILAND. 2(|^ were outrageous to humanity, and…
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