Backsword Playing--Middlesex Pastime Monologue from The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 3, March 1810

From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 3, March 1810 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen), -1820? [Editor] Carpenter

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At Wilsden Green, a hat, and a purse of twenty shillings, were played for at backsword, and, as an encouragement for young players, five shillings were given to the winner of every head, and two shillings to the loser. On the umpire’s proclaiming the game, a hat was thrown into the ring (being the ancient mode of defiance) another soon followed, and the owners entered and played several bouts with much good humour, till the blood trickled down the head of the least fortunate. Other gamesters followed, to the number of seventeen, affording most excellent sport to a numerous and well-dressed field. The prize was won by a Dorsetshire lad, who, by breaking four heads proved himself to be the best man.

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