 Wales, by many wasters, rimours, minstrels, and other vagabonds, it is ordained and established, that no master rhymer, minstrel, nor vagabond, be in any wise sustained in the land of Wales, to make commoithes nor gathering upon the people there.  Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London from the Roman Invasion to ... - Page 64by James Peller Malcolm - 1811Full view - About this book
 | James Peller Malcolm - Costume - 1811 - 348 pages
.... Polydore Vergil was of opinion, that the lords of misrule, dances, masques, mummeries, plays, &c. &c. were derived from the Roman Saturnalia. The same...dramas; and, according to Prynne, the last mystery ofi'ered to public view in England was in the reign of James I., at Ely-house, Holborn, in compliment... | |
 | James Peller Malcolm - 1811 - 346 pages
...The same author asserts, it was customary for the English, in the reign of Henry II., to enter-- tain their friends with scenic amusements and masques of...in any wise sustained in the land of Wales, to make cpmmoithes nor gathering upon the people there." The changes in the national religion, that occurred... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - English drama - 1812 - 482 pages
...vagabonds, who infested the land of Wales ; " And it is " enacted, that no master-rimour, minstrel, or other vagabond, " be in any wise sustained in the land of Wales, to make com" moiths or gatherings upon the people there." What these master-rimours were, which were so troublesome... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - Dramatists, English - 1812 - 472 pages
...vagabonds, who infested the land of Wales ; " And it is " enacted, that no master-nmour, minstrel, or other vagabond, " be in any wise sustained in the land of Wales, to make com" moiths or gatherings upon the people there." What these master-rimours were, which were so troublesome... | |
 | David Erskine Baker - English drama - 1812 - 476 pages
...infested the land of Wales ; " And it is " enacted, that no master-rimour, minstrel, or other vagahond, " be in any wise sustained in the land of Wales, to make com" moiths or gatherings upon the people there." What these mastiT-rimours were, which were so troublesome... | |
 | Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...against this species of vermin : — " And it is enacted, that no master-rimour, minstrel, or other vagabond, be in any wise sustained in the land of Wales, to make comiuoiths, or gatherings upon the people there." — " Vagabond" says Ritson, " was a title to which... | |
 | Samuel Butler - Great Britain - 1819 - 392 pages
...time in the land of Wales, by many waslers, rhymers, minstrels, and.otr*er vagabonds ; it is ordained, that no master rhymer, minstrel, nor vagabond, be in any wise sustained in the land of Wales. Pryn's Histrio-Mastuc, part 1. p. 493. He, bravely vent'ring at a crown, By chance of war, was beaten... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 196 pages
...against this species of vermin: — " And it is enacted, that no master-runour, minstrel, or other vagabond, be in any wise sustained in the land of Wales, to make commoiths, or gatherings upon the people there." Into the drawers and china pry, Papers and books,... | |
 | Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1821 - 192 pages
...commission against this species of vermin:—" And it is enacted, that no master-n'mour, minstrel, or other vagabond, be in any wise sustained in the land of Wales, to make commoiths, or gatherings upon the people there." Into the drawers and china pry, Papers and books,... | |
 | Robert Dodsley - English drama - 1825 - 504 pages
...vagabonds, who infested the land of Wales; And it is enacted) that no Master-Rimour, Minstrel, or other vagabond, be in any wise sustained in the land of Wales, to make Commoiths or Gatherings upon the people there. What these Master-Rimours were, which were so troublesome... | |
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