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

[ [270] Tiberius, C. vi.

[ [271] Canterbury Tales.

[ [272] Peacham's Compleat Gentleman, p. 187. edit. 1622.

[ [273] Engraving 4, p. 13.

[ [274] Engraving 5, p. 15.

[ [275] See book i. ch. i. sec. xvii. p. 21.

[ [276] Leland's Collect. vol. iv. p. 278.

[ [277] Nichols's Progresses, vol. ii.

[ [278] Arcübalista in Latin, and also frequently steel bow in English, because the horns were usually made with steel.

[ [279] Camden's Remains.