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

by Joseph Strutt

[ [220] MS. Harl. 1419.

[ [221] "Ke en escrit trove, si cum io lis, el livere al bon Rei Edward." MS. Harl. 978.

[ [222] MS. Harl. 2340.

[ [223] See [sec. v. p. 4].

[ [224] In nomine Domini volatilia cœli erunt sub pedibus tuis—Vicit Leo de tribu Juda radix David Alleluya—Quem iniquus homo ligavit, Dominus per adventum suum solvet.

[ [225] Carta de Forresta, cap. xi.

[ [226] Rot. Parl. 34 Ed. III.

[ [227] Ibid. 37 Ed. 111.

[ [228] A. D. 1337. Regist. Adami Orleton. Epis. Wint. fol. 56.

[ [229] A hawk was called a nyesse, or an eyesse, from her having watery eyes.