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" This is a game played in several parts of England even at this time. A stake is fixed into the ground ; those who play throw loggats at it, and he that is nearest the stake wins... "
Pastimes and Players - Page 121
by Robert Macgregor - 1881 - 203 pages
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Ignoramus: comoedia

George Ruggle - Latin drama, Medieval and modern - 1787 - 470 pages
...ftake wins. I have feen it played," fays he, ' in different counties at their fheep-meering feafts, where the winner was entitled to a black fleece, which he afterwards prefented to the fanner's maid to i'pin for the purpofe of making a petticoat, and on condition that...
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Hamlet. Titus Andronicus

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 522 pages
...parts of England even at this time. A stake is fixed into the ground; those who play, throw toggats at it, and he that is nearest the stake, wins : I...the purpose of making a petticoat, and on condition she knelt down on the fleece to be kissed by all the rusticks present. So Ben Jonson, Tale of a Tub,...
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Shakspeare's Dramatic Works: With Explanatory Notes, Volume 2

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1790 - 558 pages
...the flake wins : — I have f««n it played in different counties at their ihcep-fhearing fcafls, where the winner was entitled to a black fleece, which he afterwards prefented to the farmer's maul to fpin for the purpofc of making a petticoat, and en condition that...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections ...

William Shakespeare - 1793 - 728 pages
...neareft the ftake, wins : I have feen it played in different counties at their fheep-lheering Halts, where the winner was entitled to a black fleece, which he afterwards prefented to the farmer's maid to fpin for the purpofe of making a petticoat, and on condition that...
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The Plays of William Shakspeare. In Fifteen Volumes: With the Corrections ...

William Shakespeare - English drama - 1793 - 696 pages
...neareft the ftake, wins : I have feen it played in different counties at their flieep-lheering feafts, where the winner was entitled to a black fleece, which he afterwards prefented to the farmer's maid to fpin for the purpofe of making a petticoat, and on condition that...
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Hamlet ; Othello

William Shakespeare - 1793 - 682 pages
...neareft the ftake, wins : I have feen it played in different counties at their fheep-fheering feafts, where the winner was entitled to a black fleece, which he afterwards prefented to the farmer's maid to fpin for the purpofe of making a petticoat, and on condition that...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...to play at loggats with them ?] This is a game played in several parts of England even at this time. A stake is fixed into the ground ; those who play, throw loggats or pins of wood at it, and he that is nearest the stake wins. 8 quiddits, &c.] ie subtilties. 7 his...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...to play at loggats with them T] This is a game played ia several parts of England even at this time. A stake is fixed into the ground; those who play, throw loggats or pins of wood at it, and he that is nearest the stake wins. 6 quiddits, £c.] ie subtilties. 7 his...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 14

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 420 pages
...iis — play at loggats — ] This is a game played in several parts of England even at this time. A stake is fixed into the ground; those who play throw...have seen it played in different counties at their sheepsheering feasts, where the winner was entitled to a black fleece, which he afterwards presented...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...parts of England even at this time. — A stake is fixed into the ground ; those who play, throw Innata at it ; and he that is nearest the stake, wins : — I have seer, it played in different counties at their sheep-shearing feasts, where the winner was entitled...
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