Glig-gamena angel-deod, or, The sports and pastimes of the people of England : including the rural and domestic recreations, May-games, mummeries, pageants, processions, and pompous spectacles, from the earliest period to the present time : illustrated by engravings selected from ancient paintings in which are represented most of the popular diversions . oned by Eroissart;1 who tells us that, oneChristmas-day, the earl of Eoix, according to his usual custom, 4 held agreat feast; and, after dyner, he deperted out of the hall, and went upinto a galarye, of twenty-four stayres of heyght. It being
Glig-gamena angel-deod, or, The sports and pastimes of the people of England : including the rural and domestic recreations, May-games, mummeries, pageants, processions, and pompous spectacles, from the earliest period to the present time : illustrated by engravings selected from ancient paintings in which are represented most of the popular diversions . oned by Eroissart;1 who tells us that, oneChristmas-day, the earl of Eoix, according to his usual custom, 4 held agreat feast; and, after dyner, he deperted out of the hall, and went upinto a galarye, of twenty-four stayres of heyght. It being exceed-ingly cold, the erle complained that the fire was not large enough;when a person named Ervalton, of Spayne, went down the stayres, andbeneth in the court he sawe a great meny of asses laden with woode, toserve the house; than he went, and tooke one of the greatest asses,with all the woode, and layde hym on hys backe, and went up al thestayres into the galary; and dyd caste downe the asse, with al thewoode, into the chimney, and the asses fete upward: whereof the erleof Foix had greate joye; and so hadde all thy that wer ther, and hadmervele of his strength/ d Caulfield has copied this print in his Assemblage of Noted persons,c Fullers Worthies in Somersetshire,f Vol. iv. chap. 23, fol. 24, Lord Berners translation, which is here
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