...gold and silver are fleeting and transitory; children an
immortal inheritance." "...We play at Chesse on a Chesse-board,
where only art beareth the way. The most ingenious Game is the
game at Chess, wherein as it were two Armies fight together in
Battell." "The Tumbler maketh several Showes, by the nimblenesse
of his body, walking to and fro on his hands, leaping thorow a
Hoop &c..." "In a Tennis-Court, they play with a Ball which one
throweth, and another taketh, & sendeth it back with a racket;
and that is the sport of Noble-men to stir their body."
"Malefactors are brought from the Prison (where they are ?not to
be tortured) by Sergeants, or dragd with a horse to place of
Execution. Theeves are hanged by the Hangman, on a gallows;
Whore-masters are beheaded. Murtherers and Robbers are either
laid upon a Wheel having their legs broken or fattned upo a
stake. Witches are burnt in a great Fire. Some before they are
executed have their tongues cut out, or have their Hand cut off
upon a Block, or are burnt w