| 1802 - 700 páginas
...Leadenhall, where the at' tcndants of the lords of merry dif• ports have run and made great paf• time ; for he that hit not the broad ' end of the quintain was laughed to ' fcorn, and he that hit it full, if he • rode not the fader, had a found blow « upon his neck with... | |
| John Nichols - 1823 - 710 páginas
...spears or staves ; and the same writer describes a Quintain set up on Cornhill in his time, which " made great pastime, for he that hit not the broad end of the Quinten, was of all men laughed to scorn ; and he that hit it full, if he rode not the faster, had... | |
| Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 páginas
...blunt spears or staves. The same writer describes a quintain set up on Cornhill, in his time, which " made great pastime, for he that hit not the broad end of the quintain, was of all men laughed to scorn ; and he that hit it full, if he rode not the faster, had a sound blow... | |
| Emma Roberts - 1827 - 660 páginas
...set upon Cornhill, by the Leaden-hall, when the attendants of the lords of merry disports have runne, and made great pastime ; for he that hit not the broad end of the quinton, was of all men laughed to scorn ; and he that hit it full, if he rode not the faster, had... | |
| Donald Walker - 1837 - 492 páginas
...quinten set up on Cornhill by the Leaden-hall, where the attendants on the lords of merry disports have run and made great pastime, for he that hit not the broad end of the quinten was of all men laughed to scorn ; and he that hit it full, if he rid not the faster, had a... | |
| Joseph Strutt - 1838 - 492 páginas
...attendants of the lords of merry disports have run and made great pastime; for he that bit not the board end of the quintain was laughed to scorn, and he that hit it full, if he rode not Ihe faster, had a sound blow upou his neok with a bag full of a iud hanged on the other end." ' But... | |
| John Stow - 1842 - 252 páginas
...attendants on • " As the Theater, the Curtine," &c. — 1st edition. the lords of merry disports have run, and made great pastime ; for he that hit not the broad end of the quinten was of all men laughed to scorn, and he that hit it full, if he rid not the faster, had a sound... | |
| John Stow - 1842 - 254 páginas
...attendants on • " As the Theater, the Curtine," be.— l>f edition. the lords of merry disports have run, and made great pastime ; for he that hit not the broad end of the quinten was of all men laughed to scorn, and he that hit it full, if he rid not the faster, had a sound... | |
| Sports - 1847 - 72 páginas
...attendants of the lords of merry disports have run and made great pastime ; for he that hit not the board end of the quintain was laughed to scorn, and he that...hit it full, if he rode not the faster, had a sound hlow upon his neck, with a bag full of sand hanged on the other end." The aquatic or water quintain,... | |
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