125. Cock-throwing Triumph.
The hero supposed to have won the cock, or whose cock escaped unhurt from the danger to which he had been exposed, is carried upon a long pole by two of his companions; he holds the bird in his hands, and is followed by a third comrade, who bears a flag emblazoned with a cudgel, the dreadful instrument used upon these occasions. The original painting occurs in the manuscript mentioned in the preceding article.
XIII.—ANONYMOUS PASTIMES—MOCK HONOURS AT BOARDING SCHOOLS.
The two next engravings are representations of a pastime, the name of which is unknown to me; but the purpose of it is readily discovered.
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