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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 448

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occasionally at Vauxhall;and, in an inferior style, at Bermondsey Spa. In speaking upon this subject I have mentioned some of theactors formerly concerned in the pyrotechnical shows. Thosesaid above to have been on board the city foyst, or galley, arecalled monstrous wilde men ;2 others are… … 114. A Green Man. [In 1800.] s Seep. 375. ^ See p. 375 ; aad the Introduction ; whence it appears these green men attendedthe pageants, and preceded the principal persons iu the procession to clear the way. 378 SPORTS AND PASTIMES BOOK lY. This engravings, representing the character equipped in…

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