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 jf)erryt Btow felbjt nici;t mehr ii.ebifil.qet trnrbe/ 

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 rebet ijon btr ^^(ufna^nie Des ^«nifcben ©efnubteit 

 uitb i?Du feiiwi: 5:ViDirt&im(^ ju (Btcenxv dy im 

 3obrc 1586. As the better^ fort, fpricbr er, hat! 

 their convenient difports, fo were not the onüna- 

 ry pepple cxduded froni conipetcnt pJeafure. For, 

 lipon a green', very fpacious and large, whcrö 

 thoufand« tnight ftand and behold with good coiii 

 tentment there hear - baiting and bull - baiting 

 ( tempered with other merry difporti ) were cxhi- 

 bited; whercat it cannot be fpoken of what plea- 

 fiire the people took. For it was a fport alone; 

 of the fe beafts, to fec the bcar with his pinki 

 cyes leering after his enemies , the ninibienafs an(| 

 wait of the dog io take his advantage; and the 

 forcc and experience ©f the bear again to avoid, 

 the aflaults : if he were bitten in one place, hoW 

 he would pinch in anothcr to get free, and if h^ 

 were once taken, then what fhift with biting, 

 clawing, wring, tugging, grafping, turabling and 

 toffing, he would work to wind hiinfelf away ; and 

 when he was loofe, to fhake his cars with the 

 blood and flaver about his phifnomy, was a pit- 

 tance of good relief. The like paftinic alfo ot 

 the bull. — And now the day being i^r fpcnt, 

 and the fun in his dcclination , the cmbaßadbr 

 withdrew to his lodging by bärge to 0<fhy^i 

 place, wherc , no doubt, this day^s joLmnity iPaß 

 thottgbt Hpon and talked of ~ @. 1562. 



