The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England from the Earliest Period: Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Pageants, Processions and Pompous SpectaclesMethuen & Company, 1801 - 322 páginas |
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afterwards amusement ancient appears archers arms arrows ball Bartholomew Fair bear bear-baiting bells birds bowl boys bull-baiting called camp-ball cast Christmas church cocks Cotton Library court cricket cross-bow dance dice dogs duke earl Edward Edward III England English exercise exhibited favourite feats festival football four fourteenth century frequently ground hand Harl Harleian Library hawking head Henry VIII Hist honour horse hunting joculator John jousts jugglers kind king king's knights ladies London Lord manner manuscript mark master Matthew Paris mentioned minstrels modern nobility occasion original pageants pastime performed persons plate play players poet practised present prince prize probably queen Elizabeth quintain quoits reign ring rope royal Saxon says seventeenth shillings shooting sometimes spectators sport Survey of London sword tennis throwing tilting tournament town tumbling usually wrestling writer young
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