The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 46
ven Roger Aschamin his book on Archery says that running, leaping, and quoiting betoo vile for scholars. The upper classes became divided in opinion onthe subject, but athletic sports con-tinued in favor with the commonpeople. In a poem, published in1608, a shepherd is made to say : I can both… … Sports in Queen Elizabeths Time. ticed also on church festivals, but thePuritans objected to them and fromthat time became opposed to allsuch sports. James I. issued in 1617a Book of Sports, in which henamed those that were lawful on Sun-day. When this was re-published byCharles I. it was severely…
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