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 Spectacles |
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xiiixiv | xiii |
RURAL EXERCISES PRACTISED BY PERSONS OF RANK | lvii |
CHAPTER II | 21 |
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