4 "Allone withoutin ferk, "And feidè, if ther be any mo "Let them come, to werk. "The champion which that painid "Him to workin fo fore, "It femith by his countinaunce "There ne was none with Gamelyn "That wolde wraftle more, "For he handilid the champion "So wonderoufly fore, [ferk, fear] "Two gentilmeine that owned the place "And feidè to him have done on, "Thy hofin and thy fhone, "Forfothè at this time all (a) I havin, not yet halvindele "Yfolde all my ware. “ Than seide the champion fo broke, "' I may it welè fwere "He is a fole that therof bieth, "Thou fellift it fo dere. (a) Such was Orlando's anfwer after he had thrown Charles, fc. 6. p. 304. The Duke said, no more, no more. Orlando answered, "Yes, I beseech your grace, I am not yet well breath'd." "Tho « Tho feide to him the frankelyn, Yet it is moche too godè chepe "Comin forth and brought Gamelyn "The ram and eke the ring.' Sc. 7. p. 305. Orl. My better parts Are all thrown down, and that which here stands up, Is but a quintaine, a mere lifeless block.] The quinten, quintaine, or quintel. (So called from the latin [quintus.] Because, fays Minfbieu, it was one of the antient sports, used every fifth year among the Olympian games. Rather perhaps because it was the laft of the Iα, or the quinque certamina gymnaftica, used on the fifth, or laft day of the olympicks. It was likewife amongst the Roman exercises by the name of (b) quintana, so called by reafon The per (a) Plot's Oxfordshire, chap. 8. 21. p. 204. fon who was conquerour that day was bound to return thanks to Jupiter. Jovi maximo id quod conftat è monumentis veteribus, in quibus legimus quod qui HulaSaw vicerunt, Jovi laudes reddere foliti funt. Johannis de Whetamfed, chronic. edit. a Tho. Hearne, p. 556. note. (b) Plot ibid. p. 217. Pancèrolli Rer. Memorab. lib. 2. tit. fon the Romans in their tents made firft four ways in manner of a cross, to which adding a fifth on one fide, it was called Quintana. In this way they set up a great poft about fix foot high, fuitable to the ftature of a man, and this the Roman foldiers were wont to affayl, with all inftruments of war, as if it were indeed a real enemy; learning upon this, by the affiftance of their campi doctores, how to place their blows aright. And this they otherwise called exercitium ad palam, and fometimes palaria,—which practice being in ufe during their government here, in all likelihood has been retained among us ever fince, being only tranflated in times of peace from a military, to a fportive marriage exercise, which Dr. Plot defcribes in the following manner, as cuftomary upon fuch occafions, in Oxfordshire. (Sect. 22. p. 204.) They firft fet a post perpendicularly in the ground, and then place a slender piece of timber on the top of it, on a spindle, with a board nail'd to it on one end, and a bag of fand hanging on the other; against this board they antiently rode with fpears. Now (says he) as I faw it at Deddington in this county, only with strong ftaves which violently bringing about the bag of fand, if they make not good speed away, it strikes them in the neck or fhoulders; and fometimes 2. tit. 21. p. 251. Quintanæ ufus quidem antiquus eft, non joci, fed exercitii gratiâ inftitutus. Romani etiam in caftris quatuor faciebant vias. See likewife Montfaucon, and Kennet. perhaps, perhaps, knocks them from their horfes the great defign of the sport being to try both horse and man, and to break the board, which whoever does, is for that time accounted Princeps juventutis. Sc. 10. p. 311. Rof. Well have a fwashing, and a martial outfide By mannish here is meant wicked, in which sense, Come not within thefe doors; within this roof Your brother Hath beard your praises, and this night he means Compare this with the Coke's Tale of Gamelyn, 560 to 3079, who was releafed from his brother's barbarous ufage, by Adam le Difpenfer his brother's fervant. Id. ib. 1 Id. ib. p. 316. Orl. Why, whither, Adam, wouldst thou have me go ? Adam. No matter whither, fe you come not here.] "For you come not here." Folio 1632. Id. ib. Adam. Take that, and be that doth the ravens feed, yea providently cares for the Sparrow; be comfort to my age.] See Job xxxviii. 41. Pfalm lxxxiv. 3. Mat. x. 29. Id. ib. For in my youth I never did apply •[qu. 10 Col. I pray you bear with me, I cannot go no Or if thou haft not fate as I do now, So Mr. Theobald. "Thy bearer. Folio 1632, Sc. 5. p. 322. Come warble come.] Faqu. Pll go to sleep if I can, if I cannot I'll rail against all the first-born of Egypt.] Alluding to Exodos xi. 4, 5. "And Mofes faid, "Thus faith the Lord: about midnight I will go out into the midft of Egypt. And all 66 |