In this second representation a man is performing the same feat (as in picture below), but in a more extraordinary manner. The original is contained in a MS. in the library of sir Hans Sloane.

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The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England from the Earliest Period to the Present Time
By Joseph Strutt
Published 1845
Available from gutenberg.org

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Sunday 30 August 2020

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England, Entertainment, Middle Ages

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