Wonders of bodily strength and skill, in all ages and countries (1885)
Depping, Guillaume, 1829-1901, Russell, Charles, tr · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 244
e a corps of reserve was at hand to succourany point threatened with defeat. The combatants carriedno weapons—it was against the rule to do so then—but theyhad their elbows and their stilts, by the vigorous use ofwhich they did their best to place their enemies hors dtcombat The croc-en-jambe, or… … THE STILTS. 243 for the Namurois of the Middle Ages, like the Bretons ofthe present time, were famous in the art of wrestlingsAmong the ancients this expedient was also common, andin their matches it was most important to master the legof an opponent. Thus Plautus in one of his pieces,…
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