The Table book; . orth in 1575, where thedroll author of the account introduces thebear and dogs deciding their ancient grudgeper duelium.* • Princely Pleas^ircs of Keniiworth, p. 2i, quoted byV, ennant. in his Account of London, p. 36. Well, Syr (says he), the bearz wearbrought foorth in too coourt, the dogs settoo them, too argu the points eeven face toface, they had learnd coounsell allso a bothparts : what may they be coounted parciallthat are retained but a to syde, I wery feers both tou and toother eagerin argument: if the dog in pleadyngwoold pluk the bear by the throte, the bea
The Table book; . orth in 1575, where thedroll author of the account introduces thebear and dogs deciding their ancient grudgeper duelium.* • Princely Pleas^ircs of Keniiworth, p. 2i, quoted byV, ennant. in his Account of London, p. 36. Well, Syr (says he), the bearz wearbrought foorth in too coourt, the dogs settoo them, too argu the points eeven face toface, they had learnd coounsell allso a bothparts : what may they be coounted parciallthat are retained but a to syde, I wery feers both tou and toother eagerin argument: if the dog in pleadyngwoold pluk the bear by the throte, the bearwith trauers woould claw him again by theskaip, confess and a list; but a voyd acoold not that waz bound too the bar: andhiz counsell tolld him that it coold be toehim no poliecy in pleading. Thearforethus with fending and proouing, withplucking and tugging, skratting and byting,by plain tooth and nayll, a to side andtoother, such erspes of blood and leatherwas thear between them, az a months 246 THE TABLE BOOK. THE BEAK GARDEN IN SOUTH WARE, 1648. FfiOM THE LAEGB FOUR-SHEET ViEW OF LoNDON BY HOLLAE. TEE LAST KNOWN KEPEESENTATION OF THE PLACE. ickins, I ween, wyl not recoover, and yetremain az far oout az eiier they wear. Itwaz a sport very pleazaunt of iheez beastys :0 see the bear with hiz pink nyez leerine:ifter hiz ermiiez approch, the nimblness andv\ayt of ye dog too take his auauntage, andthe fors and experiens of the bear agayn toa^ioyd the assauts : if he wear bitten in oneplace, hoow he woold pynch in anoothertoo get fiee : that if he wear taken onez,:hen what shyft with byting, with clawyng,with roiing, torsing and tumbling, he wooldwork to wynde bymself from them; -andwhen he was lose, to shake hiz earz twyseor thryse wyth the blud and the slaverdboout hiz fiznamy, was a matter of a goodlyreleef. It is not to be wondered at, that anamusement, thus patronised by the great,and even by royalty itself, ferocious as itwas, should be the delight of the vulgar,w!lo^
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