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" Therefore to ride comely, to run fair at the tilt or ring ; to play at all weapons, to shoot fair in bow, or surely in gun ; to vault lustily, to run, to leap, to wrestle, to swim; to dance comely, to sing, and play on instruments cunningly ; to hawk,... "
Literary Remains of King Edward the Sixth: Preface, containing an account of ... - Page ccviii
by Edward VI (King of England) - 1857 - 634 pages
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The English Renaissance: An Anthology of Sources and Documents

Kate Aughterson - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 623 pages
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Aubrey's Brief Lives

John Aubrey - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 550 pages
...were listed as follows by Queen Elizabeth's tutor, Roger Ascham : " to ride comely : to run fair at tilt or ring : to play at all weapons : to shoot fair...: to vault lustily : to run : to leap : to wrestle : to swim : to dance comely : to sing, and play of instruments cunningly : to hawk : to hunt : to play...
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Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William ..., Volume 75

1984 - 440 pages
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Curious Tales of Old North Yorkshire

Howard Peach - History - 2004 - 222 pages
...courtly gentleman (like Richard of Gloucester above) was encouraged " to ride comely; to run fairly at the tilt or ring; to play at all weapons; to shoot...gun; to vault lustily; to run, to leap; to wrestle; to swim; to dance comely; to sing and play instruments cunningly; to hawk; to hunt; to play tennis...
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Child Welfare: Historical perspectives

Nick Frost - Political Science - 2005 - 448 pages
...brought up to learning, although even he believed that this should be linked with pleasant pastimes: To ride comely, to run fair at the tilt or ring, to play at all weapons, to shoot fair in bow and straight in gun, to vault lustily; to run, to leap, to wrestle, to swim; to dress comely, to sing...
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Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London

Liza Picard - History - 2005 - 412 pages
...... to ride comely, to run fair at the tilt or ring, to play at all weapons, to shoot fair in bow and surely in gun, to vault lustily, to run, to leap, to wrestle, to swim, to dance comely, to sing and play of instruments cunningly [skilfully] , to hawk, to hunt,...
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Life in Shakespeare's England

History - 2006 - 312 pages
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Elizabeth and Her Court

Kathryn Hinds - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2008 - 94 pages
...Order in Learning." He also recommended rounding out a boy's education with physical and social skills: To ride comely, to run fair at the tilt or ring, to...gun, to vault lustily; to run, to leap, to wrestle, to swim; to dance comely, to sing and 54 ;EHzabetf| anh JJCer Olnurt play of instruments cunningly;...
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Life in Shakespeare's England: A Book of Elizabethan Prose

John Dover Wilson - England - 1913 - 334 pages
...state, The glass of fashion and the mould of form, The observed of all observers. Hamlet, mi 160-3 To ride comely, to run fair at the tilt or ring, to...gun, to vault lustily, to run, to leap, to wrestle, to swim, to dance comely, to sing and play of instruments cunningly, to hawk, to hunt, to play at tennis...
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Through Elizabethan Eyes

John Dover Wilson - England - 1939 - 146 pages
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