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"Motto on a hurling ball — 



Theram kj do why an Belema, 

 De Gruare gen Bonogath da. 

 I do bestow on you this ball, 

 In goodwill for to play withall." 

 After the plundering of Penzance by Col. Bennett and his 

 troopers, sent from Pendennis during the Commonwealth, in 

 1646, a procession was formed through the streets of Penryn 

 preceded by 3 men, each carrying a silver hurling ball tied to 

 his sword. This is recorded by Peter Mundy in his MS., now in 

 the British Museum. One ball has recorded on it the name of 

 the place where it was used. 



Dr. Jago, in a paper in our Journal of Oct., 1866, mentions 

 several hurling balls, and exhibited one which was an heirloom 

 in the family of the late Mr. Richard Pearce, of Penzance. It 

 bore the date of 1734, preceded by the following inscription : — 

 ** Paul Tuz whek Gware tek heb ate buz Henwis." 



Mr. Richard Edwards, of Penzance, gives the following as 

 an approximate translation: — "Fair play without malice is called 

 good play." 



Mr. Copeland Borlase also, in a former Journal, quotes from 

 a MS. of Dr. Borlase, (which is now in my possession) a motto 

 on a hurling ball : — 



Gware teg yn guare wheg. 



Fair play is good play. — [Tonkin MS.) 



Hurling balls exist at Newton Ferrers, Enys, Penrose, 

 Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society's Museum, 

 Lanhydrock, and in the possession of R. Couch of Penzance, and 

 others. 



