Excerpt from Other Times and Other Seasons An act of the Parliament of James I. Of Scotland, about 1424, contains the fol lowing: It is a statute, and the King forbiddis that na man play at the Fute ball under the paine of fiftie schillings, to be raised to the Lord of the land als oft as he be tainted or to the Scheriffe of the land or his Min1sters, gif the Lordes will not punish sik trespassours. Dr. Doran explains that this curious enactment was made because of the game of Foot-ball having infringed upon the more ...
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Excerpt from Other Times and Other Seasons An act of the Parliament of James I. Of Scotland, about 1424, contains the fol lowing: It is a statute, and the King forbiddis that na man play at the Fute ball under the paine of fiftie schillings, to be raised to the Lord of the land als oft as he be tainted or to the Scheriffe of the land or his Min1sters, gif the Lordes will not punish sik trespassours. Dr. Doran explains that this curious enactment was made because of the game of Foot-ball having infringed upon the more useful practice of archery. Even so early as the reign of Edward III a.d. 1349, that mon arch, he says, was compelled to send a letter of complaint upon this subject to the sheriffs of London, declaring that the skill in shooting with arrows was almost totally laid aside for the purpose of use less and unlawful games, one of which was Foot-ball. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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