Gymnastics - Early works to 1800
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Heroicus ; Gymnasticus ; Discourses 1 and 2 / Philostratus ; edited and translated by Jeffrey Rusten, Jason König.
PhilostratusDate: 2014- Books
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At the [blank] this present day shall bee showne rare dancing on the ropes, acted by His Maiesties servants : wherein an Irish boy of eight yeares old doth vault on the high rope, the like was never seene: and one mayd of fifteene yeares of age, and another girle of foure yeares of age, doe dance on the low rope; and the said girle of foure yeares of age doth turne on the stage, and put in fourescore threds into the eye of an needle. And other rare activityes of body, as vaulting and tumbling on the stage, and egges dancing upon a staffe, with other rare varietyes of dancing, the like hath not beene seene in the realme of England. And the merry conceites of Iacke Pudding.
Date: [1635?]