An illustration from "Nuove Inventione di Balli," an Italian book of
instructions in dancing much prized by James I.

[SKETCHING ON THE SHORES OF LAKE AVERNUS IN 1610]

[TENNIS AS PLAYED IN PARIS IN 1632]

[SIR THOMAS KILLIGREW]

From a contemporary caricature

[RIDING THE GREAT HORSE, AS TAUGHT BY ANTOINE
PLUVINEL]

, THE RIDING-MASTER OF LOUIS XIII.

From "Le Maneige Royal" by Antoine Pluvinel

, 1624

[AN ERUPTION OF MOUNT VESUVIUS]