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 . osition of pitch, brimstone,and other combustibles, to which he added several pieces of lead; the 0 See page 167. p The Two Maides of Moreclacke, printed in 1609. 1 Or mastiff dog. * To perform this, he lighted a piece of charcoal, which he pu
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 . osition of pitch, brimstone,and other combustibles, to which he added several pieces of lead; the 0 See page 167. p The Two Maides of Moreclacke, printed in 1609. 1 Or mastiff dog. * To perform this, he lighted a piece of charcoal, which he put into his mouth beneath his tongue jthe beef was laid upon the top; and one of the spectators with a pair of bellows blew upon the char-coal, to prevent the heat decreasing, till the meat was sufficiently broiled. 214 SPORTS AND PASTIMES BOOK III. whole was melted in an iron ladle, and then set on fire; this he calledhis soup; and, taking it out of the ladle with a spoon of the samemetal, he ate it in its state of liquefaction, and blazing furiously, with-out appearing to sustain the least injury.—And here we may add thewhimsical trickery of a contemporary artist, equal to the above in ce-lebrity, who amused the public, and filled his pockets, by eating stones,which it is said he absolutely cracked between his teeth, and after-wards
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