The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, 1841 (1841)
Joseph Strutt (1749-1802), William Hone (1780-1842) · leaf 215
he spears and shields, if dexterously managed, one or both of the men were cast to the ground. Sometimes, as we may see by the subjoined figure from a curious engraving on wood by Hans Burgmair, which makes one of a series of prints representing the history and achievements of the emperor Maxi-… … 44, Toys, REPRESENTING Kwniouts JusTInc. XXXI.—BOAT JUSTS, OR TILTING ON THE WATER. It has been previously observed, that all persons below the rank of an esquire were excluded from the justs and the tourna- ments ; but the celebration of these pastimes attracted the common mind in a very powerful…
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