THE BEAR. 29 



Paul Hentzner, who, in the capacity of travelling 

 tutor to a young German nobleman, visited England 

 in 1598, has left a curious record of his journey in 

 the form of an " Itinerary," preserved to us through 

 the instrumentality of Horace Walpole.* 



In this " Itinerary " the writer, after describing 

 the theatres (p. 269), particularly mentions another 

 place, built in the form of a theatre, which served for 

 the baiting of bulls and bears. " They are fastened 

 behind," he says, " and then worried by great 

 English bulldogs ; but not without great risque to- 

 the dogs, from the horns of the one and the teeth 

 of the other ; and it sometimes happens they are 

 killed upon the spot : fresh ones are immediately 

 supplied in the place of those that are wounded or 

 tired." 



When any Bear-baiting was about to take place, 

 it was publicly made known, and the " Bearward " 

 previously paraded the streets with his animal, to 

 excite the curiosity of the populace, and induce 

 them to become spectators of the sport. On these 

 occasions the Bear, who was usually preceded by a 

 minstrel or two, carried a monkey or baboon on his 

 back. In " The Humorous Lovers," the play above 

 referred to, " Tom of Lincoln " is mentioned as the 

 name of a famous Bear, and one of the characters, 

 pretending to personate a " Bearward," says ; " I'll 

 set up my bills, that the gamesters of London, Horsly- 



* "A Journey into England by Paul Hentzner in the year 1598." 

 First printed in the year 1757, and contained also in Dodsley's 

 ' Fugitive Pieces," vol. ii. pp. 233-311 (1765). 



