Thus laden and equipped

With all their force throughout the streetes and market place they

ron,

As if some whirlwinde mad, or tempest great from skies should come

and thus furiously they drove without stopping for people to get out of

their way:

Yea, sometimes legges or arms they breake, and horse and cart and

all

They overthrow, with such a _force_, they in their course do _fall_!

The genteel “wagon”-drivers ceased not with the cessation of the vulgar

sports on foot,

But even till midnight holde they on, their pastimes for to make,

Whereby they hinder men of sleepe, and cause their heades to ake

But all this same they care not for, nor do esteeme a heare,

So they may have their pleasure, &c.

The Every-day Book and Table Book, v. 1 (of 3) or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac · 第 144 / 982 题