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37.jpg Walter of Hamuntesham attacked by a MobThumbnailsTutored Bear.—XIV. CenturyWalter of Hamuntesham attacked by a MobThumbnailsTutored Bear.—XIV. CenturyWalter of Hamuntesham attacked by a MobThumbnailsTutored Bear.—XIV. CenturyWalter of Hamuntesham attacked by a MobThumbnailsTutored Bear.—XIV. CenturyWalter of Hamuntesham attacked by a MobThumbnailsTutored Bear.—XIV. Century

The following engraving from a manuscript book of prayers of the fourteenth century, in the possession of Mr. Douce, represents two men with a pole or headless spear, who grasp it at either end, and are contending which shall dispossess the other of his hold.