THE BEAR. 2 9 



Paul Hentzner, who, in the capacity of travelling- 

 tutor to a young German nobleman, visited England 

 in 1 598, 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). 



