OF HORSEMANSHIP. 105 



zenus fa)^, that thefe military and gallant diverfions 

 were firfl feen in the eaftern empire in the year i 326, 

 at the marriage of Ann of Savoy with the young em- 

 peror Andronicus Pakologiis ; but Nicetas and Cinnamits report 

 that the emperor Emanuel O^mmemts inftitutcd them, in 

 imitation of the French, about the year 1145. 



The Englijlo had thefe folemnities among them, in 

 the reign of King Stephen, about the year 11 40, but 

 they were not much in ufe till Richards, * time, to- 

 wards the year i 149: it may not be improper to ob- 

 ferve, that in the reign of this prince Side-faddles were 

 firll known in England, as it will appear from the fol- 

 lowing anecdote ; and although it is mixed with other 

 particulars, which do not immediately relate to the 

 fubjedt, I venture to give the paragraph entire, as it 

 is to be found in J. RoJ/i Antiquarii fFarwicen. Hiji. Reriim 

 Ang. p. 205, in Latin. In Englifh it may be rendered 

 thus. " In his days alfo began the deteflable cuftoni 

 " of wearing long pointed Ihoes, fattened with chains 

 « of filver and fometimes of gold, up to the knees. 

 " Likewifc noble ladies then ufed high heads and cor- 

 " nets, and robes with long trains, and Seats or Side- 

 " /addles on their horfes, by the example of the re- 

 " fpe6lable queen Ann, daughter of the king of Bohe- 

 *' mia, who firll introduced this cuftom into this 

 *' kingdom : for before women of every rank rode as 

 " men do, with their legs allride the backs of their 



* Tho. Hearn, prsf. ad Guliel. Neuwig. Hift. p. 49. 

 Vol. I. P • " horfes." 



