 ... his custody." The importance attached to the pursuit in centuries past was far greater, and the laws severer than those applied to any sport of the present age. A man of rank seldom stirred from his house without a falcon on his wrist : it was an...  Hamlet travestie: with burlesque annotations - Pagina 104door John Poole - 1811Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
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...house without a falcon on his wrist : it was an emblem that distinguished him from his vassal ; and it was not until about the middle of the seventeenth century that the pursuit began to decline. But although formerly so popular in England, it has not been upheld as... | |
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