The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pageants, and Pompous Spectacles from the Earliest Period to the Present Time

INDEX. INDEX. A B C of Aristotle, 398 . Abbot of Misrule, 339 , 340 . Abbots, 8 , 9 . See Clergy. Abingdon, 353 . Abington Abbey, 26 . Abraham, 167 . Ace of Roses, 320 . Aery of Hawks, 28 . Ælfric, Earl, 26 . Æman, 174 . Æthan, 174 . Ætheric, Bishop, xxi . Agapæ, 364 . Agesilaus, 380 . Agnes of Poictou, 192 . Alauntes, 19 . Albans, St., 17 , 150 , 255 . Alcibiades, 38 . Alcinous, 91 . Alea, 305 . Ales (Church and Whitsun), xxxiv , 367 . Alexander the Great, xxii , li . Alfred, xx . All-hallows, 391 . Alleys (Bowling), lxiii , 268 . Andromache (a rural), lxvi . Animals—baiting, teaching, imitating, &c., xlix , liii , 175 , 239 , 242 , 253 , 256 , 388 . Anjou, Duke of, 200 . Anlaff, a Dane, 183 . Anne, 168 , 211 , 216 , 230 , 236 , 242 , 245 , 247 , 259 . —— Lady, daughter of Duke of Norfolk, 148 . Apes, 22 , 204 , 239 , 241 , 242 , 243 , 257 . Apples, diving for, 391 , 396 . Arabians, 308 , 325 . Archbishops, 9 . See Clergy. Archery, lxii , 48 bow known to Saxons and Danes, ibid archery of the Normans, 50 by ladies, ibid forms of Saxon bows, ibid use and practice of the cross-bow, 53 bows and arrows to be kept, 54 , 56 decay of archery, 55 prices for bows, 58 equipment of an archer, 59 directions for archery, 61 marks for shooting at, 62 , 63 feats in archery, 64 ancient bowmen's superiority, 66 a good archer called Arthur, 68 prizes for archery, &c. 69 , 73 , 115 . Arcubalistarians, 73 . Arden of Feversham, 307 . Argument and testimony compared, 51 . Arion and Harry Goldingham, xlviii . Aristotle, A B C of, 398 . Ark, Noah's, 166 . Arms, list of under Elizabeth, 58 at tournaments, 134 , 135 , 137 . Arragon, 161 , 327 . Arrows, 59 , 63 , 70 . See Archery. Arsnic, to save giants, xliv . Art of Memory, 335 . Arthur, round table of, 140 . —— a good archer why called, 68 . —— Prince of Wales, 161 , 327 . Artillery, list of, under Elizabeth, 58 . —— gardens, xxxiv . Arundell, Robert, a good slinger, 67 . Asaph, 174 . Ascanius, 126 . Asia and Asiatics, 71 199 , 281 , 306 , 308 , 325 . Asses, Ass-racing, 22 , 47 , 256 , 346 . Astley (Amphitheatre), 90 , 230 , 246 , 247 , 265 . Athelstan, 18 , 31 , 40 . Attitudes for archery, 61 . Augustus, 384 . Austria, Duke of, 179 . Automaton chess-player, 201 . Axes, combats with, 149 . See Justs. Baboon, 259 . Babylon, 308 . Backgammon, xxi , 319 . Badger, 18 , 22 , 280 . Bagpipes, 194 , 195 . Baiting animals with dogs, lii , liii , 276 , 280 . Balancing, 231 , 232 , 233 , 234 , 242 . Balistarii, 52 , 73 . Ball, games with, 91 to 110 , 173 , 195 , 196 , 204 , 231 , 300 . —— of little dogs, 167 . Ballad-singers, 287 . See Joculators. Balloon-ball, 96 . Ban-dogs, 258 . Bandy-ball, 101 , 102 . Banners, 134 , 135 , 136 . Baptism of Bells, 292 . Bar, throwing of, 75 , 76 , 369 . Baraton, Martin, 196 . Barbary horses, 42 . Barber, a bagpiper, 194 , 195 . Barbers, 287 , 337 . Bards, 170 . See Minstrels. Barge, Lord Mayor's, 307 . Barley-brake, 382 . Barlo, Marquis of, 67 . Barnard Peres, 337 . Barnet, 255 . Base, or Prisoners' Bars, 78 , 381 . Bason-ringing, 294 . Basset, 335 . Bastard dogs, 19 . —— swords, xxix . Baste the Bear, 387 . Bastile, 319 . Bat for hurling, &c., 91 . See Ball. Bath, 370 . —— , Lord, 210 . Batting (Bird), 38 . Battle, tournaments like, 131 , 132 . Bayeaux tapestry, 4 . Bean, King of the, 343 , 400 . Bears, bear-baiting, bear-garden, &c., xlviii , 18 , 176 , 204 , 211 , 227 , 239 , 256 , 257 , 258 , 259 , 262 , 264 . —— game of "Baste the Bear," 387 . Beast, a game at cards, 335 . Beasts for hunting, 17 , 22 . —— of chase, 17 , 22 . Beasts of flight, 18 . Becket, Thomas à, 11 . Bedford-square archery, 66 . Beef-steak, dressing of, 236 . Beelzebub, 153 , 201 . Bell, Adam, 65 , 185 . Bell Savage, shows at the, 356 . Bells for ringing, hawk-bells, prize-bells, &c., 291 , 32 , 39 , 42 , 46 , 223 , 255 . —— (Dumb), 77 . Benjamin Street, 298 . Benjamites, slingers, 71 . Beoric, king's falconer, 27 . Berdic, king's joculator, 195 , 205 . Bermondsey, Southwark, 35 , 377 . Berners, Juliana, 17 . —— , Lord, 17 . Bessy (the), 348 . Beverley, 189 , 195 , 346 . Bevis of Southampton, 185 . Bewits, or hawk's bells, 32 . Bible-plays. See Plays. Billiards, 270 , 299 . Binding Tuesday, 350 . Birds, tutoring, catching, imitating, &c., 28 , 38 , 39 , 248 , 255 , 390 . See Hawking, Partridge, &c. Bishop of Fools, 345 . —— (Boy), 346 . Bishops, 8 , 9 , 11 . See Clergy. Bitterns, 37 . Blackfriars bridge, 90 . Bladder (blown), foot-ball, 101 . Blessing of Bells, 292 . Blie, 133 . Blind-man's-buff, 392 , 393 . Blois, Charles, Earl of, 52 . Blondel, a minstrel, 179 . Blow Point, 403 . Boar-hunting, fighting, &c., 5 , 17 , 23 , 252 , 256 . Boats, 88 , 146 . Bob-cherry, 391 . Bodmin, xxxvii . Bone Ace, 335 . Bonfires, 360 , 372 . Boniface, or Winifred, Archbishop of Mons, 25 . Bonner, Bishop, 157 . Borough, Sir Ed., 68 . Boss-out, or Boss and Span, 384 . Boteler, John de, 194 . Bourbon, Duke of, 93 . Bow and Arrows, lxii , 48 , 58 , 63 , 73 , 379 . Bowl (Wassail), 363 . Bowling, lxii , lxiii , 266 , 270 . Box (Dice), 306 . Boxley, Kent, 165 . Boy Bishop, 346 . Boys, 379 to 400 . Braintree fair, 287 . Brakely, 133 . Brandenborow, Marquis of, 94 . Bread, 23 . Breakfast (Royal), 356 . Breeches formerly worn by ladies, 14 . Breslaw, juggler, 249 , 255 . Bretail, Robert de, 128 . Bridal (Country), 119 . British Museum, 79 , 99 . Brittany, 291 . Broad-street, 68 . Brunanburgh, victory at, 3 . Bubble the justice, 274 . Bucket of water, tilting at, 120 . Buckingham, 19 . Buckler-play, 262 . Bucks. See Deer. Buffoons. See Joculators. Buling Hans, a mountebank, 236 . Bull-baiting and Bull-running, xliv , liii , liv , 256 , 257 , 259 , 276 , 277 . —— dogs, 19 , 257 , 259 . —— John, game called, 275 . Bullen, Anne, 374 . Bulrushes, 86 . Bumble-puppy, 274 , 275 . Burford, Ox., 46 , 362 . Burgundy, old Duke of, 93 . Burlesque Music, 293 . Burlettas, 290 . Bury St. Edmund's, 8 , 14 , 27 , 29 . Butchers' hounds, 20 . Butt (Water), tilting at, 120 . Butterfly and boy, 389 . Butts, archery, 53 , 58 , 62 , 64 , 65 . Byrhtric, a Saxon, 26 . Caedmon, 177 . Caiaphas, 153 . Cakes, tansy, 349 . Calculation, methods of, 313 . Caledonians, xix . Calf (Golden), 296 . Calves-head feast, 42 . Cambuc, 101 . Camp-ball, 101 . Candles, play about lighting, 395 . Cane Game, 128 . Canute, xxi , 4 , 10 , 309 . Caparison for a hawk, 32 . Capet, Hugh, 40 . Car, Robert, Earl of Somerset, 229 . Cards, xxxii , xxxiii , xxxix , 323 to 336 . —— , Houses of, 397 . Carpet-working, lxvi . Carreau, French game called, 266 . Cast of Hawks, 36 . Castanets, 223 . Casting the bar, 75 . Cat, pole-cat, wild-cat, 18 , 22 , 109 . Cat after mouse, 381 . Catabanque, 185 . Catherine of Portugal, 69 , 335 . —— of Arragon, 161 , 327 . Cauldron, Iron, a play with, 400 . Ceres, 364 . Chabloun, Earl of, 130 . Chaffinches, li . Chaffnets, 38 . Chaldea, 308 . Chalezun, castle of, 52 . Challenger to justs and tournaments, xxix , 148 , 263 . Chan (Great), 199 . Changes, ringing of, 291 . Charing-cross, a mews, 37 , 242 . Charlemagne, 175 . Charles I., lvii , 56 , 69 , 309 . —— II., xliv , 46 , 59 , 68 , 220 , 235 . —— V. of France, 324 . —— VI. of France, 76 , 217 , 252 , 323 , 324 . —— VII. of France, 311 . Charles the Bald, 132 . Charms for hawks, 34 . Chartley-hall, 297 . Chase, beasts of, 17 . Chases. See Forests. Cheapside pageants, xli . Cheats, 241 . See Joculators. Cheek-music, 201 . Chelsea, 89 . Cherry (Bob), 391 . Cheshire, 79 , 370 . Chess, xxi , lxv , 300 to 310 . Chester, 41 , 88 , 95 , 101 , 184 , 277 . Cheveretter, Janino de, 194 , 203 . Childermas, 346 , 347 . Childrens' plays, 379 to 400 . Chiltre (The), 15 . Chimney-sweepers, 358 . China, 281 , 390 . Chivalry, xxvii . Christmas, 118 , 156 , 222 , 251 , 252 , 285 , 327 , 339 to 349 , 370 . Chuck-farthing, 386 . Churches—plays, abuses, festivals, ales, in, 25 , 150 , 157 , 345 , 346 , 348 , 365 , 367 . Churn, or corn, supper, 364 . Circus in St. George's-fields, 230 , 245 , 246 . Clarencieux, king at arms, 135 . Cleavers (marrow-bones and), 294 . Clench of Barnet, li , 255 . Cleremont, Earl of, 129 . Clergy, xxi , liv , lx , 8 , 9 , 11 , 21 , 24 , 31 , 37 , 150 , 152 , 155 , 156 , 157 , 183 , 190 , 192 , 241 , 256 , 306 , 344 . Clerkenwell, 81 , 263 , 289 , 298 . —— , Marquis of, 67 . Cleveland, Duchess of, 221 . Closh, game of, 271 . Cloudesle, William, an archer, 95 . Clown, 204 . Club-ball, 104 , 105 . Clubs, suit of, 324 . Clym of the Clough, 65 , 185 . Coaches, hackney—a horse and his keeper parading in one, 245 . Coat and Badge, rowing for the, 89 . Coblers, 22 . Cock—cock-fighting, cock-throwing, &c., xxxiv , liii , 248 , 349 , 370 , 394 . Cockchafers, &c. spinning of, 388 , 389 . Cock-pit, 281 . Cockneys, 343 . Coleshill Heath, Warwickshire, 47 . Colet, Dean, 346 . Coll, the tregetour, 202 . Colts, 22 . Columbines, king of, 327 , 328 , 329 , 330 . Combats (ordeal), lists for, 138 . Concerts, 287 . Conjurer, the dumb, li . Constantine of Wales, 3 , 18 . Constantinople, 131 . Cooks, 22 . Coots, 32 . Corcyra, 91 . Corineus, giant, xlii . Corners, Four, 273 . Cornhill, 118 , 351 . Cornish and Cornwall, 62 , 63 , 67 , 80 , 98 , 158 , 363 , 367 , 382 . Corpus Christi, mystery called, 151 . Costly Colours, 335 . Cotswold, game of, xxxvi . Covent Garden theatre, xxx , l . Coventry Play (the), xlviii , xlix , 151 . Counters, 327 . Country Bridal, 119 . —— Plays, 159 . See Plays. Courcy, Earl of Ulster, 264 . Court, or Coat, Cards, 332 . —— Plays, 159 . See Plays. Cow and Cow-hide, 250 , 358 . Cowdry, in Suss., 14 . Crambo, 398 . Cranes, 25 , 37 . Crawl, a showman, 166 , 247 . Creag, 403 . Cressets, xlvi , 247 , 373 . Cressy, battle of, 52 . Cribbage, 335 . Cricket, 106 . Crimp, 336 . Criol, Bertram de, 16 . Cross-bow, 51 . See Archery. —— Purposes, 403 . Cross-and-Pile, 337 . Crotonians, 242 . Crowds, violins, xxxiv . Crown coffee-house, 335 . Croyland, Abbot of, 291 , 292 . Cruelty to animals, 388 , 389 . Cuckolds, 22 . Cuckows, 25 . Cudgel players, 369 . Cumberland sailing society, 90 . Cups (prize), 20 , 90 . Cure of Hawks, 33 . Curlews, 37 . Curs, 20 . See Dogs. Cushion dance, 297 . —— working, lxiv . Cut-work by ladies, lxvi . Cuthred, King of W. Saxons, 363 . Dances, Dancers, Dancing Animals, and Rope-dancing, xlvii , lxv , 196 , 207 to 228 , 239 to 259 , 295 , 342 , 349 , 357 . Danes, xx , lix , 26 , 48 , 49 , 183 , 257 , 306 , 350 . Darts, 75 , 76 . Datchet-mead races, 46 . David, 71 , 174 , 293 . D'Eu, Count, 93 . Dee river, 88 . Deer, xxv , 9 , 17 , 18 , 20 , 22 , 54 . Defence, science of, 262 . Deformity curiously imitated, 235 . Delphos Bells, 51 . Demihags, 58 . Derbyshire, 79 , 279 , 280 . Deserter acted, 249 . Devil and Devils, 153 , 201 , 365 . —— among the Taylors, 385 . Devil's dance, 342 . Devonshire, 80 , 382 . —— Duke of, 279 . Dice, xxxii , xxxiii , lix , 305 , 306 . Diomedes, 308 . Discus, 74 . Disquirements, or Mummings, 251 . Dislocation curiously imitated, 235 . Diving, 85 . —— apple diving, 391 . Dobney's, near Islington, 246 . Dogget's Coat and Badge, 89 . Dogs, 2 , 19 , 20 , 22 , 43 , 167 , 204 , 239 , 243 , 246 , 253 , 257 , 258 , 259 , 276 , 284 . —— a ball of little dogs, 167 . Domino, 322 . Dort in Holland, 33 . Double wicket, 106 . Dover, Rob., xxxvi . Doves, 37 . Dragon (Snap), 397 . Dragons, xl , 223 , 224 , 342 , 360 , 362 , 363 , 374 . Dramas. See Plays. Draughts, 316 . Draw-bridge on London-bridge, xlii . Drawing Dun out of the Mire, 403 . Dresses, hunting, 15 . —— equipment for an archer, 59 . —— Minstrels', 189 . —— caparison of a hawk, 32 . Drury-lane, 282 . Duck-hunting, 284 . —— and Owl, 285 . Ducks and Drakes, 387 . Duke, appropriate hawks of a, 37 . —— of Shoreditch, 67 , 68 . Dumb Bells, 77 . Dun (drawing out of the Mire), 403 . Dunghill dogs, 20 . Dunstable, 150 . Dunstan, St. xx , 171 . Dutch, xxxix , 220 , 233 , 234 , 236 , 270 , 273 . Duzedeys, Perrot, 194 . Eagles, 34 , 37 . Earls—their hawk, and their tax for tournaments, 37 , 133 . Easter, 41 , 94 , 116 , 349 , 367 . Eating fire and stones, 236 . —— hasty-pudding, 367 . Ecclesiastics. See Clergy. Edelswitha, 40 . Eden, Sir Fred, 144 . Edgar, 4 , 18 , 21 , 88 , 171 , 365 . Edmund, King of East Angles, 27 , 49 . Education of Princes, James I. on, xxxi . Edward the Confessor, 26 , 34 . —— I., 7 , 16 , 52 , 130 , 140 , 190 , 194 , 260 , 325 , 403 . —— II., lx , 17 , 183 , 188 , 191 , 203 , 210 , 227 , 337 . —— III., lx , lxi , 19 , 28 , 34 , 43 , 55 , 75 , 100 , 102 , 104 , 140 , 159 , 189 , 193 , 194 , 195 , 222 , 235 , 281 , 344 . —— IV., lxi , 55 , 58 , 139 , 148 , 184 , 189 , 194 , 274 , 325 , 403 . —— VI., xliii , 69 , 218 , 328 , 340 , 354 , 362 . Edwin King of Northumberland, xxxvii . Egerton, Sir P, 43 . Egg dance, 225 . Eggs of hawks, 35 . Elizabeth, xlii , xlvi , lvi , 14 , 44 , 45 , 58 , 67 , 77 , 95 , 99 , 119 , 121 , 147 , 159 , 162 , 185 , 203 , 205 , 224 , 252 , 257 , 296 , 374 , 378 . —— , daughter of Ed. I. 194 . Elk, 18 . Eltham, Hants, 375 . Elverton, Derb., 367 . Elvetham, Hants, 95 . Elysian Fields, 377 . Emanuel Comminus, 131 . Emperors, appropriate hawks of, 37 meanness of one, 192 . Enchanters, 199 , 200 . Enclosures, 20 , 21 , 50 , 56 . Eneas, 126 . Engravings in the work, notice of, lxvi . Entertainments, royal and noble, xxxviii , xliv . E. O. tables, 307 . Epiphany, 344 . Ervalton of Spain, 265 . Esau, 50 . Esquires and Esquireship, xxv , 37 , 115 , 135 , 137 . Essex, 19 , 79 , 108 , 349 . Ethelbald, King of Mercia, 362 . Ethelbert, King of Kent, 25 . Ethelred the unready, 350 . Eton Montem, 347 . Eu, Count d', 93 . Eubœa, 305 , 308 . Even or Odd, 386 . Evil Merodac, 308 . Eurydice, 377 . Exorcism of bells, 292 . Fabulators, 180 . See Joculators. Fair sex, 143 . See Ladies. Fairs, 366 , 369 . Falcon, 37 . See Hawking. Falconer, 24 , 28 . Fantoccini, 167 . Feathers, 59 , 60 , 234 . Fenchurch-street, 353 . Ferrers, George, 340 . Ferrets, 22 . Festival of Fools, 344 , 345 . Fiddle without strings, music with, 255 . Fiddlers, 186 . See Minstrels. Figgum, 403 . Fighting of cocks. See Cock-fighting. Fingers, games with, 403 . Fireworks, 374 . Fishing and Fowling, 38 . Fives, 95 . Flight, beasts of sweet and of stinking, 18 . Flora, 351 , 357 . Florentines, xlii . Flower de luce, a beast called, xliii , xlv . Flute, imitation of, 255 . Foix, Earl of, 7 , 194 , 264 . Fol, Rob. le, 194 . Fool, or Fools, 152 , 153 , 154 , 236 . Fool's dance, 221 , 222 . —— bolt, 55 . —— festival, 345 . —— plough, 348 . Foot, standing on one, 383 contest with the feet, 121 . —— ball, 100 , 369 . —— racing, 77 , 101 . Forcer, Francis, musician, 290 . Forests (Royal), xxi , 6 , 9 , 17 , 19 , 22 , 34 , 54 , 133 . Fote in Bosom, 47 . Four Corners, 273 . —— Kings, 325 . Fowling and Fishing, 38 . Fox, 5 , 17 , 18 , 22 , 23 , 381 . —— and Geese, 318 . France and French, 28 , 92 , 94 , 131 , 132 , 140 , 179 , 191 , 257 , 266 , 270 , 299 , 309 , 316 , 317 , 319 , 323 , 324 . Frederic Barbarossa, 25 . Freize jerkin, 29 . French Draughts, 316 . Friar Tuck, 354 . Friars, 22 . See Clergy. Frog in the middle, the, 393 . Frying-pan music, 294 . Fulco Guarine, 309 . Fulimart, 18 . Fulke, Dr. 316 . Game—names of beasts of sport, 17 , 31 , 50 . —— cocks, 281 . See Cock-fighting. —— laws, xxi , 4 , 6 , 8 , 20 , 34 , 35 . —— of Goose, 336 . —— The solitary Game, 319 . Gaming, xxi , lix to lxii , 44 , 45 , 307 , 327 , 328 . Gardens, Artillery, xxxiv . —— Dorset Garden, xxxiv . Gardens, Marybone, 290 . —— Northumberland public, lxiii . —— Paris Garden, lvi , 256 , 257 . —— Ranelagh, 289 , 377 . —— Spring, or Vauxhall, 288 . Garter, Order of, 141 . Gascoygne, Thomas, poet, xlvii , 252 , 378 . Gaston, Earl of Foix, 7 , 194 , 264 . Gaunt, John of, 132 , 191 , 279 . Geese, 22 , 37 , 349 . Genoese, 52 , 62 . Geoffry, Lord of Previlli, 132 . George I., 46 . —— II., 376 . —— III., 374 . Germans, 20 , 131 , 132 , 141 , 143 , 214 , 306 , 325 , 336 . Geofrey, Abbot of St. Albans, 150 . Giants (pageant), xl , xli , xlii , xliii , 147 , 362 . Gladiators, 260 . Gleek, 334 . Gleemen, 171 , 173 , 183 , 213 , 359 . See Joculators. Globe Tavern, near Hungerford-market, 168 . Gloves, hawks, 33 . Gloucester, Thomas, Duke of, 138 . Goats, 22 , 253 . Godefroy, Earl of Bologne, xli . Goff, game of, 101 , 102 , 103 . Gog-magog, xlii . Golden Calf, 296 . Goldfinches, 38 . Goldingham, Harry and Arion, xlviii . Goliah, 71 . Goose, game of, 336 . —— (Fox and), 318 . Gordon, Will, 158 . Goshawks. See Hawking. Grace, time of, in hunting, 20 , 23 . Gray, George, fencer, 263 . Great Chan, performance by, 199 . Greeks, 74 , 84 , 87 , 89 , 281 , 303 , 305 , 308 , 313 , 314 , 325 , 338 , 380 , 383 , 385 , 386 , 387 , 390 , 392 , 393 , 398 , 400 , 403 . Green, Jack in the, 358 . —— man, 294 , 375 , 377 , 378 . —— Park, 376 . Greens (Bowling), lxiii , 268 . Greenwich, xxix , 156 , 161 , 162 , 257 , 355 , 374 . Gregory, Pope, 365 . Groat (Shove), 301 . Gresco, 333 . Grey, or Badger, 18 , 280 . —— waters of, 15 —— (Henry de), of Codnor, 16 . —— hounds, 7 , 14 , 16 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 280 . Gridiron music, 294 . Grief, how counteracted, lii . Gringonneur, Jacquemin, 323 . Grinning-match, 371 . Grooms of tutored greyhounds, 21 . Guards, officers of, 356 . Guarine, Fulco, 309 . Guary miracle (the), 158 . Guilford, 159 . Gums, 31 , 379 . Gyfford, John, 17 . Hag-butts, 58 . Hags (Demi), 58 . Half-bowl, 274 . Halgaver Moor, Cornw., xxxvii . Haliday, Walter, 184 . Hall, Jacob, rope-dancer, 220 . Hammer-throwing, xxxii , 75 . Hammersmith, 237 . Hampshire, 350 . Hampstead, 259 . Hand-ball, 91 , 95 , 292 , 349 . —— guns, 54 , 57 . See Bow. —— in Hand, lxi . Handel, 289 , 290 . Hands—persons equally right and left handed, 71 . Handy-dandy, 397 . Hart, 17 , 18 . See Deer. Harvest-home, 363 . Hastings, 175 . Hasty-pudding, eating, 372 . Hatfield, 195 . —— House, 257 . Hawking, xxxi , xxxiii travelling with hawks, &c., 4 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 11 how hawking conducted for ladies, 11 hawks paid in tribute, 16 early treatise on hawking, &c., 17 , 24 value of hawks, 24 , 25 hawks, ensigns of nobility, 24 origin of hawking, 25 hawks and hounds taken to church, 25 training hawks essential to the education of a gentleman, 25 romantic story about hawking, 26 among Saxons, 29 decline of hawking, 31 method of hawking, 31 caparison of hawks, 32 their value, 34 , 36 early treatises on hawking, 33 different species of hawks, 36 , 37 law against having any but foreign ones, 35 terms used in hawking, 37 . Hay, or Raye, dance, 297 . Haye, a fence-work of netting, 20 . Haymarket Theatre, l , 221 . Hazel wands, 62 . Head or Tail, 337 . Health-drinkers, lviii , lxiii . —— , public, bonfires for, 372 . Helmets, 134 , 139 , 140 , 264 . Henchmen, 362 . Hen (threshing the fat), 348 . Henry I., 20 , 187 , 195 . —— II., 9 , 10 , 11 , 15 , 40 , 76 , 132 , 192 , 256 , 309 . —— III., lx , 9 , 72 , 81 , 105 , 117 , 140 . —— IV., 7 , 17 , 151 . —— V., 17 , 137 , 202 . —— VI., 11 , 81 . —— VII., xxviii , xlvi , lx , 11 , 81 , 35 , 54 , 58 , 68 , 93 , 148 , 186 , 195 , 327 , 352 , 357 , 372 . —— VIII., xxx , xli , xliii , 8 , 32 , 37 , 56 , 67 , 68 , 75 , 94 , 160 , 161 , 205 , 251 , 252 , 254 , 262 , 269 , 272 , 286 , 287 , 295 , 328 , 347 , 354 , 356 , 362 . —— I. Emperor, 132 . —— III. —— 192 . —— II. of France, 129 . —— son of James I., 103 , 298 , 385 . Heralds and Heraldry, 17 , 135 , 138 , 139 . Herbert, Sir W. 307 . Hercules, 98 . Hermits, 22 . Herodias, 208 , 209 . Herons, 34 , 37 . Hertford, 219 . —— Earl of, 375 . Hertfordshire, 15 , 274 . Heywood, Master of St. Paul's School, 220 . Hide and Seek, 381 , 400 . Higgins, a posture-master, 236 . High Game, 335 . Hinguar, 27 . Hippas, 84 . Hitchin, Herts, 22 . Hobby-horses, xliv , 224 , 254 , 341 , 342 . Hock Tuesday and Hocking, 162 , 349 , 350 . Hockley in the Hole, li , 259 , 263 . Hocus Pocus, 206 . Hog, learned, 248 . Hoglard, John de, 195 . Holland, John, Earl of, 194 . Holy Land, 128 . Home (Harvest), 363 . Hoodman-blind, 392 , 393 . Hoods for hawks, 32 . Hoops, leaping through, &c., 229 , 383 . Hopping, 225 , 366 , 382 , 383 . Horn-blowing, xxxii , 12 , 19 , 30 , 172 . Horse-collar, grinning through, 371 . —— racing and Horses tribute in horses, &c., 16 horses trained to conceal sportsmen, 38 racing in Smithfield, 40 seasons for racing, 41 Chester races, 41 Barbary horses, 42 value of racers, 43 racers of romance, 44 racing, a liberal pastime, 44 breed of horses attended to, 44 royal patrons of racing, 45 Hyde Park races, 46 , 47 Stamford races, 43 tricks and performances by horses, 242 to 246 horses baited with dogs, &c., 243 , 357 , 380 . —— (Stalking), 38 . Hospitality on saints' days, &c., 373 . Hot-cockles, 392 , 393 . Hounds, 7 , 11 , 12 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 25 . See Greyhounds. Houses (card), 397 . Hubba, 27 . Huffe-cap, 368 . Hug, Cornish, 80 . Hugh Capet, 40 . Hughes's Royal Circus, 246 . Hugo Petroleonis, 10 . Hungary, King of, 28 . Hungerford, Sir Ed., 69 . Hunting, xxv , xxxi , xxxiii more ancient than hawking, 1 among the Britons, 2 the Saxons, Danes, and Normans, 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 hunting swine and the wild-boar, 5 how conducted for ladies, 11 hunting dresses, 14 , 15 hunting privileges of Londoners, 15 beasts of sport, 17 early treatises on hunting, 17 different modes of hunting, 20 in enclosures, 20 hunting terms, 22 . —— (Duck), 284 , 285 . —— (Squirrel), 285 . —— "Hunt the Fox," 381 . —— "Hunt the Squirrel," 297 . —— "Hunt the Slipper," 387 . Hurling, 98 . Husbands, 22 . Hustle (Pitch and), 276 . Hyde Park, 46 , 88 . Ice sliding, 86 , 382 , 384 . Idethun, 174 . Illuminations, 373 . Imitations of animals, 249 to 256 . Infection, bonfires against, 372 , 373 . Iniquity, a dramatic character, 153 . Innocents' day, 346 , 347 . Installation, mock, at schools, 396 . Interludes, 156 . See Plays. Ireland, a vaulter, 230 . Isabel of Bavaria, 217 , 252 , 310 . Ishmael in the desert, 50 . Islington, 67 . Italy and Italians, lii , 112 , 120 , 133 , 141 , 211 . Jack in the Green, 358 . —— of the Clock-house, 164 . —— Pudding, 375 . James I., xxxi , lvi , 7 , 36 , 46 , 56 , 201 , 229 , 254 , 282 , 298 , 304 , 307 , 375 . —— II., 167 , 220 , 236 , 286 . Janglers, 181 , 192 . See Minstrels. Japers, 181 . See Minstrels. Jerkin (Frieze), 29 . Jermin, Sir T., 29 , 282 . Jervis (Justice), 301 . Jesses, a hawk's, 32 . Jestors, Jestours, 180 . See Minstrels. Jewin-street, 282 . Jews, 94 , 296 , 364 . Jigs, 297 . Jingling-match, 370 . Joculators, 197 their performances ascribed to magic, 198 Asiatic jugglers, 199 their tricks accounted for, 201 Rykell, a tregetour, 202 privileges of king's jugglers, 205 disrepute of modern jugglers, 205 dancing, tumbling, and balancing by joculators, 205 , 208 Herodias tumbling, 208 , 209 various modes of dancing and tumbling, 211 representations of tumbling, 211 , 212 gleemens' dances, 213 sword-dancing, rope-dancing, 214 to 221 Morris-dance, 223 the posture-master, 235 mountebanks, 236 balancing, 231 the tinker, 237 animals trained for baiting, &c. by joculators, 239 to 259 sword-play, 259 , 293 . See Minstrels. John Bull, game called, 275 . —— (King), 264 , 278 , 309 . —— I. of Castile, 324 . —— of Gaunt, 141 , 279 . —— de Holland, 141 . —— (St.), 12 , 16 , 34 , 43 , 209 . Judges looking big as lions, xli . Jugglers, 181 , 182 , 185 , 193 , 199 . See Minstrels, Joculators. Justice Jervis, 301 . Justinian, 116 . Justs, xxi , xxvii , xxviii challenges to, &c. 111 , 148 , 263 difference from tournaments, 125 law for, 133 justs represented, 142 peculiarly in honour of the ladies the lance of the ladies, 143 great splendour of justs, &c., 143 , 146 , 355 . Kayles, 270 . Kenilworth, xlii , xlvi , 19 , 20 , 117 , 140 , 162 , 211 , 252 . Kent, 15 , 25 . Kenulph, King of the Mercians, 26 . Kern-baby, or Corn-baby, 364 . Keygwyn, John, 158 . Kidlington, Oxon. 358 . King, his hawks, 37 . —— birth-day, 376 . —— deer. See Deer. —— duty to God, by James I., xxxi . —— of the bean, 343 , 400 . —— Cockneys, 343 . —— jugglers, 205 . —— minstrels, 185 , 189 , 190 , 194 . —— and Queen, game of, 60 . Kings, ancient splendour of, xxvii , 88 . —— at arms, 135 . Kissing-dance, 297 . Kite-flying, 390 . Kittle-pins, 272 . Knave of pinks, 328 . —— out of doors, 35 . Knevyt, Anthony, 57 . Knights and Knighthood, xxii , xxiv , 37 , 120 , 125 , 133 , 135 , 137 , 139 , 140 , 141 , 143 . Knives, and knives and balls, and knives of jugglers, 137 , 173 , 203 , 231 , 294 . Knowsley, Thomas, cryer, 277 . Kolson, a northern hero, xix , 88 . Lace-making, by ladies, lxv . Ladder-dance, 226 . Ladies, xxvii , xxxv , liv , lxiv to lxvi , 11 , 13 , 14 , 22 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 37 , 50 , 91 , 97 , 104 , 105 , 138 , 139 , 143 , 148 , 257 , 263 , 287 , 366 . See also Women. Ladies' puppies, 26 . Lady of the Lamb, 358 . Lamb, Lady of the, 358 . Lambeth, 350 . Lamps (Glass), 373 . Lance of the Ladies, 143 . Lances, 125 , 139 . Lansquenet, 335 . Lanterloo, 335 . Larks, li , 38 , 39 . Latimer, Bishop, 354 . Laund, Perrot de la, 194 . Laws, Game. See Game Laws. Lazarus, 166 . Leadenhall, 40 , 118 . Leap-frog, 382 . Leaping and Vaulting, 229 , 230 . Learned pig, 248 . Learning, xxxii , xxxvii . Ledo, a Greek, 308 . Leicester, Abbot of, 11 . —— Earl of, 128 . See Kenilworth. Lemors, dogs called, 20 . Lent, xxiii , 126 , 151 , 290 , 334 . Leopards, 22 . Letters described by skating, 88 . Leufe Castle, 200 . Lincoln's Inn Society, 343 . Lions, 22 . Lists and Barriers, 131 . See Tournaments. Little Goes, 399 . Living Quintain, 120 . Loggats, 271 , 272 . Lombards, 94 . Lombardy, game of, 322 . London and Londoners; exercises, pastimes, privileges, &c. of, xxiii , xxxiv , xxxv , xxxvi , xxxix , xlvi , lv , lvii , lxii , 16 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 66 , 69 , 75 , 76 , 80 , 86 , 87 , 90 , 92 , 126 , 146 , 147 , 150 , 186 , 219 , 220 , 252 , 256 , 261 , 262 , 269 , 274 , 281 , 284 , 286 , 296 , 302 , 316 , 325 , 327 , 347 , 349 , 358 , 359 , 361 , 362 , 372 , 375 . See Finsbury, Lord Mayor, Shoreditch, &c. Long Bow. See Bow. Long-bowling, 269 . Longchamp, Bishop, 187 . Lord and Lady of the May, 353 . —— Mayor, xxxvi , xxxix , xli , 81 , 89 , 340 , 361 , 374 . —— of Misrule, 339 , 340 , 341 . Lorem, Johan de Mees de, 189 . Lothbroc, story about, 26 . Lotteries, childrens', 398 . Lovain, 247 . Love-feasts, 364 . Love perfecting Valor, 143 . Louis XIII., 245 . Louis, Emperor, 132 . Lowbelling, 38 . Luce, a beast called, xliii , xlv . Lydians, 91 , 304 . Lyon, William de, 93 . Lytell John, 354 . Maces, 129 . Mad-bull, bequest about, 278 . Madely Manor, 298 . Madrid, 280 . Magic-lanthorn, 198 , 201 . Mahometan paradise, 288 . Maid Marian, 353 , 354 . Main (Welch), 282 . Making and Marring, 403 . Mall in St. James's Park, 103 . Mallards, 37 . Mandeville, Sir J., 199 , 201 . Marbles, 384 . Margaret, daughter of Henry VII., 327 . Margot, a French lady, 94 . Marian (Maid), 353 , 354 . Marks for shooting at, 62 , 65 . Marriages, game of quintain at, 119 . Marrow-bones and Cleavers, 294 . Martins, 17 , 18 , 22 . Mary, xli , 58 , 210 , 219 , 257 , 347 , 362 , 372 . Marybone Gardens, 290 , 376 . Masquerades, 251 . Mass, burlesque, 346 . Massey, Master, 43 . Master of Defence, 262 . —— of the game, 17 , 20 , 21 . —— of King's revels, 340 . Match (quick), 376 . Matilda, Queen of Hen. II., 192 . Matrimony, game of, 337 . Mattock, balance-master, 234 . Maximilian, Emperor, 94 , 157 . May-games, May-day, and May-poles, lvii , 351 to 358 . Mecheln, Israel Van, 332 . Melitus (Abbot), 365 . Men not so easily taught as children, 62 . Mendlesham, John le, 194 . Menelaüs, 210 . Merchant Taylors' Hall, 67 . Mercia, 362 . Merelles, or nine men's morris, 317 . Meritot, or Merry-trotter, a swing, 302 . Merlin, 37 . Merry Andrew, 236 , 370 . —— makers. See Minstrels. Merrythought [Meritot], 302 . Messina, 128 . Metromachia, 316 . Mews at Charing-cross, 37 . Mewtas, Peter, 57 . Middlesex, 15 . Middleton, Sir T., 42 . Midsummer Eve, 359 , 360 . Milan, 33 . Mile-end archers, 68 . Miles, James, performer, 226 . Military Sports, xxvii to xxxi . See Archery, &c. Milk-maids (May), 357 . Mimes, or Mimics, 171 . See Minstrels. Minstrels, Merrymakers, &c., lii , 170 northern scalds, 171 Saxon gleemen, 171 , 172 plays with balls and knives, 173 a very distinguished minstrel, 175 Saxon harpers, 177 jestours, 180 , 181 , 182 guild of minstrels, 184 abuses and decline of minstrelsy, 185 minstrels satyrists and flatterers, 186 anecdotes and dress of minstrels, 189 , 190 rewards to them, 192 , 194 their profligacy, 192 , 205 sometimes dancing-masters, 196 other notices, 279 , 286 , 287 , 293 , 358 , 361 , 363 . See Joculators. Minuets on the Serpentine ice, 88 . Miracle plays, 150 , 158 . See Plays. Mississippi, 300 . Mixeberg, 133 . Moles, 22 . Monasteries, 346 . See Clergy. Monday, Plough, 348 . Mongrels, 20 . Monkeys, l , li , 204 , 221 , 239 , 241 , 259 . Monks, 10 . See Clergy. Mons, Winifred, Archbishop of, 25 Monson, Sir T., 36 . Montacute, Lord, 14 . Montague House, 79 . Montein (Eton), 347 . Moody, John, 32 . Moorflelds, 68 . Moors, 252 , 384 . Moralities, plays called, 153 . See Plays. More, Sir T., 283 . Moreland, S. founder of Vauxhall, 288 . Morging, Lord, 68 . Morisco, Spanish, 223 . Morlen, a bagpiper, 195 . Morris-dancing, 223 , 247 , 254 . —— , Nine Mens', &c., 317 . Morris, Sir Chr. 57 . Mortimer, Roger de, 140 . Mosbie, a paramour, 307 . Moselle the Pegge, 403 . Mottoes, 403 . Moving pictures, 168 . Mount Saint, 334 . Mountebanks, 236 . Mountjoy, Charles, Lord, xx . Mules, 22 . Mummings, or Disguisements, 160 , 250 . See Plays. Music and Musicians, xxiv , 182 , 286 to 294 . See Minstrels. —— houses, 287 . Muskets, 31 , 379 . Mysteries, plays called, 151 . See Plays. Nails, 327 . Nakerer, Janino le, 194 . Naples, 200 . Nauplius, King of Eubœa, 305 , 308 . Nausica, 91 . Needle-work, lxiv . Nevill, Hugh de, 194 . New Cut, 334 . —— Forest, 6 . —— year, 250 , 343 , 363 . Newcastle, 95 . Newmarket races, 46 . Newton, Master, 103 , 298 . Nightingales, 28 . Nine Worthies, xliii . —— holes, 274 . —— men's morris, 317 . —— pins, 272 , 384 . Noah, 16 , 158 . Nobility, xxii , xxiii , xxiv , xxxi , xxxii , xxxvii , xxxviii , xlvi , 1 , 3 , 4 , 6 , 8 , 21 , 24 , 111 , 125 , 137 , 139 , 183 . Nola, Bishop of, 250 , 291 . Norfolk, 284 . —— Duke of; Lady Anne, his daughter, 148 . Norman, John, Lord Mayor, 89 . Normans, xx , xxi , lix , lxiv , 6 , 50 , 73 , 132 , 175 , 177 , 197 , 225 , 306 . Norroy, King at Arms, 135 . North Walsham, 284 . Northamptonshire, 19 . Northumberland house and gardens, lxiii . Norway, xix . Norwich, 11 , 343 . Nunneries, 346 . Oars, 89 . Odd (Even and), 386 . Oatlands, palace of, 14 . Okebrook, Derb., 367 . Olaf, Trygession, xix , 85 , 175 . Olympic games, 78 , 80 . Ombre, 335 . Opera, l , 228 , 290 . Orange, Prince of, 94 . Oratorios, 290 . Ordeal combats, 138 . Organ, imitation of, 255 . Orleans, 377 . Ostrachinda, 338 . Othes of Bresugeth, Sir, 200 . Otter, 18 . Ouronomachia, 316 . Outroaring Dick, 287 . Owls, 284 , 285 . Oxen, docility and adornment of, 243 , 285 . Oxfordshire, 19 . Pace, R., xxxii . Paganica, 102 . Pageants, xxxv , xl , xli , 159 , 161 , 361 , 362 , 376 . Pages, xxv , 135 . Painter, peril of a, xliii . Pair of cards, 332 . Palestine, 130 . Pall-mall, a game, xxxi , 103 , 249 . Pancakes, 284 . Pancrass, Earl of, 67 . Pantheon, Pinkethman's, 169 . Pantomimes, 6 , 167 . Paper windmill, 390 . Paradise, Mahometan, 288 . Pardoners, 22 . Paris, 204 , 217 , 241 . —— Garden, lvi , 256 , 257 . —— Matthew, 73 . Parks, 6 . Parrot (Popinjay), 54 , 57 , 62 . Parson has lost his cloak, 403 . Partridges, 37 , 39 , 283 . Paulinus, Bishop of Nola, 250 , 291 . Paume Carie, 322 . Pavon, a dance, 295 . Paye, Sir Charles de la, 200 . Peacock-dance, or Pavon, 295 . Peacocks, 37 , 60 , 117 , 234 . Pedlers, 22 , 185 . Peecke, R. curious combat of, 264 . Pel-quintain, 113 , 119 , 120 . Penneech, 335 . Penny Pricke, 403 . Pentecost, 183 . Perrot de Laund, 194 . Persian Ambassador, 380 . Peter the Dutchman, 220 . Pharo bank, lxiv . Pheacia, 91 . Pheasants, 37 . Philip and Mary, lix . See Mary. —— of France, 141 , 264 , 309 . Philips, a Merry-Andrew, 167 . Philosopher's game, 314 . Pick-point, 403 . Picts, xix . Pictures (moving), 168 . Pigs, li , 5 , 248 , 370 . See Boar. Pile (Cross and), 337 . Pinkethman, Mr., lii , 169 . Pinks, Knave of, 329 , 331 . Pins, wooden, games with, 269 . Pipe-call, 39 . Pipers, 22 , 342 . Piquet, or Picket, 334 . Pitch and Hustle, 276 . Pitchley North, 19 . Plain dealing, 335 . Plays and Players, xxxii , liv ancient plays, 150 their long duration, 151 Coventry play, ibid mysteries described, 152 secular plays, 155 plays performed in churches, 157 Cornish miracle-plays, 158 court plays, 159 character of old itinerant players, 159 , 181 representations of mummers, 160 play in honour of Princess Mary, 161 of Hock Tuesday, 162 decline of secular plays, 163 origin of puppet-plays, 164 , 165 pantomimes and puppet characters, 167 moving pictures, 168 . See also Minstrels. Plovers, 37 . Plough Fool and Plough Monday, 348 . Plummet, casting the, 75 . Plumpton, Sir Rob., 19 . Pluvinel, M., riding-master, 245 . Poesy, effects of, 170 . Poets, 179 . See Minstrels. Points, ribbons, 327 . Pole, Cardinal, 210 . Poles, May-poles, balancing-poles, &c., 123 , 205 , 351 , 352 . Polish Draughts, 316 . Pope, the, 242 . —— of Fools, 345 . Popinjay (Parrot), 54 , 57 , 62 . Porters, 22 . Post-quintain, 113 . Posture-master, 234 , 235 . Pot-guns, or Pop-guns, 380 . Powel, a puppet-showman, l , 165 . Powel, a famous fire-eater, 237 . Prayers books, how illuminated, 102 , 123 , 209 , 232 , 240 , 267 , 395 . Preville, Geoffry, Lord of, 132 . Price, predecessor of Astley, 246 . —— a burlesque musician, 294 . Prices ordained for bows, 58 . Priests. See Clergy. Prime and Primero, 328 , 333 . Princes, education of, xxxi , 22 . Printing traced to cards, 326 . Prisoners'-bars, 78 , 381 . Prizes for archery, wrestling, rowing, at tournaments, &c. 69 , 82 , 83 , 89 , 90 , 133 , 138 , 139 , 143 , 149 , 192 , 225 , 263 , 372 . —— called weapons, 262 . Processions and Pageants, xxxv , xlii , 361 , 362 , 395 . Prose of the Ox and Ass, 346 . Pryckeared Curs, 20 . Punch, li , 164 , 166 . Pudesey, the piper, 195 . Puns, royal, 8 . Puppets and Puppet-shows, xlix , 164 , 165 , 167 , 223 , 231 . Puppies, ladies', 20 . Puritans, their zeal against some pastimes, lv , lvii . Push-pin, 398 . Puss in the corner, 382 . Putney, 90 . Pythagoras, 314 . Quack doctors, 236 . Quadrille, 335 . Quails, 19 , 37 , 283 . Quarter-staff, 264 . Queen, privileges of, at tournaments, &c. 139 . —— Nazareen, 335 . —— of Rabbits, 328 . Queke-borde, 403 . Questions and Commands, 397 . Quick-borde, lxi . —— match, 376 . Quinctus, or Quintas, 115 . Quindena Paschæ, 349 . Quintain, 112 to 121 . Quintus Curtius, li . Quoits, 75 , 76 . Rabbits, 22 , 82 , 285 . —— , Queen of, 329 , 330 . Races. See Horse-racing, Foot, &c. Raches, hounds called, 6 . Racket, 92 , 93 . Raher, or Royal Minstrel, 195 . Ram, ancient prize for wrestling, 81 , 82 . Ranelagh, 289 , 377 . Ranelagh, Earl of, 289 . Raskall, vermin called, 18 . Rat (White), 18 . Ratcliffe, John, of Chester, xliv . Raye, or Hay dance, 297 . Reclaiming of hawks, 32 . Regan, King's trumpeter, 344 . Rein-deer, 18 . Rethmomachia, 314 . Reynaud de Roy, 141 . Ribible, 280 . Richard I., lix , 16 , 52 , 59 , 128 , 132 , 177 , 187 . —— II., 10 , 37 , 55 , 138 , 151 , 155 , 191 , 295 . Riddlesdale, Manor of, Northumberland, 19 . Riding at the ring, 111 , 123 . Ridotto al Fresco, 288 . Rinaldo and Armida, l . Ring-ball, 104 . —— , hopping for, 225 . —— , tilting at the, 111 , 123 . Ringing bells, 291 . —— basins, 294 . Roaver, archery mark, 62 . Robin Hood, 64 , 223 , 224 , 353 , 354 , 356 . Roche de Rien, 52 . Rochester, Walter, Bishop of, 11 . Rocks of Scilly, 301 . Rodham, Norfolk, 27 . Roe and roebuck, 17 , 23 , 232 . Roger the trumpeter, 194 , 195 . Roland, 175 . Rolling-pin and salt-box music, 294 . Rolly-polly, 274 . Rome and Romans, xviii , 25 , 72 , 95 , 102 , 115 , 125 , 281 , 313 , 314 . Rooks, 38 . Rope-dancing, &c., xlix , 204 , 216 , 217 , 218 , 242 , 243 , 303 , 383 , 402 . Roses, ace of, 329 , 331 . Rosignol, imitator of birds' singing, 255 . Roubilliac, 289 . Rouen, 309 . Rouge et Noir, lxiv . Roulet, 336 . Round Table (the), 140 , 141 . Rowena, daughter of Hengist, 363 . Rowing matches on the Thames, &c. 89 . Royal breakfast, 356 . —— dancing, 295 . —— education, xxxi . —— entertainments, xxxviii , xlvi . —— forests, 6 , 54 . —— hunting, 20 . —— player with three darts, 17 . See Kings. —— Exchange, 255 . Ruff, game of, 335 . Ruffian Hall, Smithfield called, 261 . Running. See Horse-racing, Foot-racing, &c. —— (Bull), 277 . Rustics, curious imitation by one, 256 . Rutlandshire, 19 . Rykell, John, the tregetour, 202 . Sack running, 371 . Sadler, Mr. 290 . —— 's Wells, 221 , 210 , 226 , 234 , 247 , 289 . Saddlers, 42 . Sailing, 90 . Salmon, Mrs. 51 . Saint Albans, 17 , 150 , 255 . —— Austin, 156 . —— Bartholomew, Fair, Hospital, &c., 81 , 195 , 216 , 230 . —— Brice's Day, 350 . —— Catharine, 151 , 362 . —— Clement, 347 . —— Cuthbert, 92 . —— George, 57 . —— James, 80 . —— John, xliv , 209 , 346 , 367 , 373 . —— Louis, 129 , 204 . —— Matilda's Hospital, 81 . —— Nicholas, 346 . —— Paul's church, dean, &c., 36 , 152 , 155 , 218 , 219 , 373 . —— Peter, 361 , 373 . —— Stephen, 346 . —— Saviour's, 356 . Saintre, Jean de, 324 . Saints' days, hospitality on, 373 . Salt-box and rolling-pin music, 294 . Sampson, predecessor of Astley, 246 . Sandwich, 147 . Saracens, 115 , 252 , 388 . Sarum, 133 . Saturnalia, 250 , 344 . Satirists, 186 , 187 . Savoy, 130 , 178 . —— Earl of, 200 . Saulus, 152 . Saxons, xviii , xx , xxix , xxxvii , lix , lxiv , 25 , 40 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 72 , 88 , 91 , 183 , 184 , 187 , 188 , 208 , 210 , 214 , 225 , 259 , 306 , 320 , 345 , 363 . Scalds (Northern), 171 , 178 . See Minstrels. Scandinavians, 171 , 178 . See Minstrels. School-plays, 379 to 400 . Scotland, 88 , 309 . Scripture dramas, 150 . See Plays. —— phrases used as charms, 34 . Seasons (hunting), 22 , 23 . Seaton, manor of, Kent, 16 . Secular music and plays, 155 , 287 . See Music, Plays. Serjeants, 22 . Serpentine River, 88 . Servants, xxxv , lxv , 37 . Shacklewell, 67 . Shadow fighting, 77 . Shakespeare, xlix . Sheep-shearing, 363 . Sheriffs, 20 , 340 . Sherries, in Spain, 264 . Sherwood Forest, 19 , 59 . Shields, xxix . Shoe-lane, 282 . Shoes, quoits sometimes called, 77 . Shooters' Hill, 56 , 63 . Shooting. See Archery. Shoreditch, Duke of, 67 , 68 . Shovel-board, xxx , 297 , 298 . Shropshire, 309 . Shrove Tuesday, or Tide, 42 , 92 , 101 , 281 , 288 , 284 , 343 , 349 , 390 . Shuttle-cock, 303 . Sicily, 128 . Sidney, Sir R. 14 . Sieges, cross-bows used at, 52 . Similes, 403 . Simpson, Master, a vaulter, 230 . Singers, ballad-singers, &c. 287 , 294 , 372 . See Joculators. —— , imitation of singing birds, 255 . Single-wicket, 106 . Skating, 86 , 87 . Skinner's Well, near Smithfield, 151 . Skiomackia, 77 . Skipping, 383 . Skittles, 272 , 384 . Sledge-hammer throwing, 75 . Sledges, ice, 86 . Sleights of jugglers, 204 . See Joculators. Slide-thrift, 301 . Sliding on ice, 86 , 382 , 384 . Slinging, 52 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 379 . Slipper (Hunt the), 387 . Slur-bows. See Bows. Slyp-groat, 301 . Smalserhorn Rock, xix . Smithfield, 40 , 68 , 165 , 259 , 261 , 287 . Smock-racing, 371 . Smoking apes and matches, 243 , 371 . Snake, game of, 337 . Snap-dragon, 397 . Snatchood, lxi . Snipes, 37 . Socrates, 380 . Soldiers, xxxii , xxxiii , 85 , 314 . Solitary Game (the), 319 . Somersault, 229 , 230 . Somerset, Duke of, uncle of Ed. VI., 340 . Somersetshire, 95 . Sompners, 22 . Songsters. See Minstrels. Soup, a fire-eater's, 236 . Southwark fair, 247 . Spades of playing cards, 324 . Spain and Spaniards, lii , 222 , 243 , 280 , 324 , 334 . —— , Ervalton of, 265 . Span (Counter), 384 . Spaniels, 19 . Sparrows, li . Spears, throwing, balancing, &c., 5 , 75 , 141 , 148 , 234 . Spell, Northen, 109 . Spendall, Sir J. 166 . Spinacuta, a rope-dancer, 221 . Spinning by ladies, lxv . —— cockchafers, &c., 388 , 389 . Sport, beasts of, names of, 17 . Spring Gardens, 288 . Spurs for cock-fighting, 282 . Spytard (the), a centenarian hart, 18 . Stalking-horse, 38 . Stinking flight, beasts of, 18 . Stone bows. See Bow. Stones, slinging, throwing. See Slinging. —— eating, 236 . Stool-ball, 103 . Stow-ball, 103 . Straw-balancing, 234 . Strength, instances of, xix , 264 . Strings for bows, 59 . Sturges, a great chess player, 317 . Suffolk, 349 . —— , Duke of, 328 . Sunday, xlvii , xlviii , 8 , 342 , 355 , 356 , 366 . Surrey, 15 . Swallows, 38 . Swan (the Old), near London bridge, 89 . —— , White, Chelsea, 89 . Swans, 35 , 36 , 37 . Swash-buckler, 261 . Sweet flight, beasts of, 18 . Swimming, 85 , 384 . Swine-hunting, 5 . Swinging, 122 , 302 , 384 . Swords for tournaments, balancing dances, &c., xxi , xxix , 134 , 203 , 214 , 215 , 216 , 232 , 233 , 259 , 260 , 263 . Sybarites, 242 . Syria, 179 , 325 . Tabernacles, feast of, 364 . Table, the round, 140 . Tables, or Backgammon, xxi , 319 . Tabors beat by hares and horses, 208 , 244 . Taillefer, a minstrel, xix , 175 . Takill, an arrow. See Arrows. Talares of the Greeks, 87 . Tale-tellers, 180 . See Joculators. Tambourine, 247 . Tansy-cakes, 349 . Taper lighting, 395 . Tapestry, lxiv , 4 . Tapper, or Span-Counter, 384 . Targets, 62 . Tarpeia, 357 . Taw, 384 . Taylors, 22 , 235 . —— (the Devil among the), 385 . Tazel, place called, 54 . Te-totum, 384 . Tell, William, his feat of archery, 65 . Tennis and Tennis-Courts, 94 , 95 . Terms applied in hunting, 22 . —— hawking, 37 . —— to various trades or classes, 22 . Terrours, dogs called, 20 . Testimony and argument, 51 . Thames, the, xxxvi , 89 . —— Street, 360 . Theseus, xxii . Thieves, xxii . Tholomew, Sir, xxv . Thomas à Becket, 11 . —— of Walsingham, 130 . Thrace, 25 . Thread the needle, 381 . Thresh the fat hen, 348 . Throwing at cocks, &c., xxxii , 283 , 349 , 355 , 370 . Timbrels, 231 . Time, division of, 7 . Tinkers, or Buffoons, 22 , 185 , 237 . Tip-cat, 6 , 109 . Tiptoft, John, Earl of Worcester, 138 . Titter-totter, 303 . Tobacco-pipe music, 294 . Tongs and bellows music, 294 . Topas, Sir, 185 . Tops, boys', 385 . Torre, a firework maker, 376 . Tothill-fields, 259 . Tournaments, xxi , xxvii , xxviii . fatal violence at, 129 interdicted by the church, 129 real contest at one, 130 laws for, 133 different from justs, 125 origin of tournaments, ibid first practice of tournaments, 131 account of them in England, 132 pages and perquisites of Kings at Arms, 135 preliminaries of the tournament, 138 lists for ordeal combats, 138 their great splendour, 143 toys for imitating them, 146 , 380 challenges for them, &c., 148 , 380 . Tower-hill, 376 . Toys for children's imitation of martial exercises, 144 . Tragedies, definition of, &c., 157 . See Plays. Troubadours, 178 . Tuck, Friar, 354 . Tufa, a standard, xxxvii . Tuesday. See Hock, Shrove. Tumbling, 207 to 212 , 217 , 229 . Turketully, Abbot of Croyland, 291 . Turkish ambassador, 66 . Turks, 220 , 252 . Turre, Essex, manor of, 16 . Turtles, 37 . Tutbury, Suffolk, 191 , 277 , 279 . Tuttel, Mr. 332 . Twelfth Eve, &c., 342 , 349 , 363 . Twicy, or Twety, William, 17 , 349 . Twisted tree, 349 . Tyers, Jonathan, 288 . Tykehill, 133 . Tyrrheno, a Greek, 308 . Ule games, xxxiv . See Christmas. Ulster, Earl of, Courcy, 264 . Ulysses, 308 , 311 . Umfraville, Robert de, 19 . Unearthing a fox, 5 . Unicorn, 252 . Universities, 343 London in 1615, called the third university, 261 . Uter Pendragon, 140 . Valentia, 280 . Valor perfected by Love, 143 . Vaulting, 207 , 229 . Vauxhall Gardens, 90 , 280 , 377 . Venter Point, 403 . Vermin, xxiv . Vice, a dramatic character, 153 . Vielle, 178 . Violante, Signora, 220 . Vizors, 251 , 252 . Voices of animals and men, imitations of, 255 . Vortigern, 363 . Vulcan's Forge, 376 . Vulture, 37 . Waits, xli , 361 , 363 . Wakes, 364 . Wales, Constantine, King of, 3 . Wallingford, 133 . Walloons, 147 . Walsham (North), 284 . Walsingham, Thomas of, 130 . Walter, Bishop of Rochester, 11 . Wardrobe, old theatrical, 159 . Warren, Earl of, 278 . Warwick, 133 . —— Earl of, 52 . Wassails, 363 . Wasters and Bucklers, 35 . Wat Wimbas, 287 . Watch, setting the, xxxix , 361 . Water-fowl, 28 . —— tilting, 88 , 120 . —— fireworks on, 374 . —— See Rowing, Sailing, Swimming, Thames, &c. Watteville, M. Robert, 337 . Wedgenoke Park, 6 . Welch, 320 Welch-main, 282 . Wells, William, bear-garden, of, 259 . Westminster, 81 , 117 , 148 , 320 , 357 , 372 . —— Abbey, 289 . —— Hall, 188 . —— Palace, lxi , 79 . Wheelbarrow-racing, 371 . Wheels, balancing of, 233 . Wherry (Astley's), 290 . Whetstone, George, pageant by, xli . Whipping for gamblers, vi . Whirligig, 385 . Whist, 94 , 269 , 282 . Whistling, 255 , 294 . White and Black, 403 . Whitehall, 94 , 269 , 282 . Whitsuntide, xxxiv , 41 , 309 , 358 . Whittington against Rinaldo, l . Wicker-work, boats of, 88 . Wild-bear, cat, &c. See Boar, Cat, &c. William I., xxi , 4 , 6 , 175 , 309 . —— III., 46 , 236 . Wilton, 133 . Windsor, 140 , 157 , 364 . Wind-ball, 95 . —— mill (paper), 390 . Winifred, Archbishop of Mons, 25 . Wire-dancing, 228 . Wit and Reason, 335 . Wives, 22 . See Women. Wodehouse, or Woodhouses, 161 , 378 . Wolsey, Cardinal, 156 . Wolves, 18 , 22 , 23 . Women, xliv , 184 , 188 , 207 , 216 , 227 , 350 . See also Ladies. Woodcocks, 37 , 39 . Woodstock Park, 6 . Worcester, Earl of, 138 . Wrestling, 80 to 84 , 76 , 264 , 285 , 355 , 359 . Wurgund, Peter de, 189 . Xeres in Spain, 264 . Xerxes, a philosopher, 308 . Yawning-match, 370 . Yeomen of King's bow, 21 . York, 189 , 191 . —— , Duke of, 148 . —— shire, 230 . Yule Plough, or Fool Plough, 348 . Zany, 371 . Ziklag, 71 .

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