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between my Lord Ross and Mr. Frampton at 5 guineas a match, and for ^500 the odd 

 one ; his Majesty this afternoon saw 6 matches or battles, being the first of them, the 

 rest to be fought daily till over ; of these the Lord Ross won 3 and Frampton 3." The 

 same authority, continuing, reports that on April 8 were fought " 7 battles more 

 between by my Lord Ross's cocks and Mr. Frampton, the latter won the odd match." 

 And again : " The great match of cock fighting is over between my Ld. Ross and 

 Mr. Frampton, the latter winning 16 battles in 25 and thereby ,540. . . . This after- 

 noon (April 12, 1698) was fought 6 battles of a cock match between Mr. Frampton and 

 Mr. Row for ^"5 a battle, there being 1 1 battles more of the match, the odd one for 



The Dukf of Ro/ ton's " Star/ ing." 



By ficrmijiion oj //.A'.//. 1'iint'c Ckn'stittH. 



Two days afterwards Count Tallard, the French ambassador arrived at 

 Newmarket, and no doubt the Tsar Peter was down there too, for His Russian 

 Majesty was not entirely confined to John Evelyn's house at Deptford during his 

 visit to the English dockyards. On this particular occasion the King himself took 

 Count Tallard "to the cockpit and saw some Battles of Cockfighting between Mr. 

 Frampton and Mr. Row ; the former won 6 in 7 battles. . . . The Fleethounds were 

 abroad, but the day being far spent, his Majesty returned after the second running 

 to dine," and I suspect that Mr. Frampton had gone on to the coursing too, for his 

 horse Ball paid forfeit in a match that day, sufficient having been probably achieved 



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