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" To this entertainment, there often follows that of whipping a blinded bear, which is performed by five or six men, standing circularly with whips, which they exercise upon him without any mercy... "
Paul Hentzner's Travels in England: During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth - Page 24
de Paul Hentzner, Sir Robert Naunton - 1797 - 152 pages
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A vindication of natural society, by Edm. Burke. The history and antiquities ...

Robert Dodsley - 1761 - 380 pages
...fometimes happens they are killed upon the Spot ; frcfh ones are immediately fupplfed in the Place of thofe that are wounded, or tired. To this Entertainment,...Chain ; he defends himfelf with all his Force and Skill, throwing down all who come within his Reach, and are not active enough to get out of it, and...
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Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Volume 2

Robert Dodsley - 1761 - 378 pages
...immediately fupplied in the Place of thofe that are wounded, or tired. To this Entertainment, tfierc often follows that of whipping a blinded Bear, which is performed by five or fix Men, {landing circularly with Whips, which they exercife upon him without any Mercy, as he cannot efcape...
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A vindication of natural society. Written in the character of a late noble ...

1765 - 374 pages
...fometimes happens they are killed upon the Spot ; frefli ones are immediately fupplied in the Place of thofe that are wounded, or tired. To this Entertainment, there often follows that of whipping ablinded Bear, which is performed by five or fix Men, {landing circularly with Whips, which they exercife...
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History of Great Britain, from the death of Henry viii. to the ..., Volume 2

James Pettit Andrews - 1806 - 394 pages
...traveller Frequently quoted in this work, after describing the baiting of bulls and bears, adds, « To this entertainment there often follows that of...whipping a blinded bear ; which is performed by five or six men, standing circularly with whips, which they exercise on him without mercy, as he cannot escape...
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A Journey Into England: In the Year M.D.XC.VIII.

Paul Hentzner - 1807 - 86 pages
...upon the spot; fresh ones are immediately supplied in the places of those that are wounded or tiu'd. To this entertainment, there often follows that of...whipping a blinded Bear, which is performed by five or six men, standing circularly with whips, which they exercise upon him without mercy, as he cannot escape...
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Shakespeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - 1817 - 708 pages
...of those that are wounded or tired." He then adds an account of a still more inhuman pastime : — " To this entertainment, there often follows that of...whipping a blinded bear, which is performed by five or six men, standing circularly with whips, which they exercise upon him without any mercy, as he cannot...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, Volume 56

1839 - 642 pages
...of a goodly reliefe, &c.' " Paul Hentzner, after describing the baiting of bulls and bears, adds, ' To this entertainment there often follows that of...whipping a blinded bear, which is performed by five or six men, standing circular with whips, which they exercise on him without mercy, as he cannot escape...
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The Progresses and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth: Among ..., Volume 2

John Nichols - 1823 - 680 pages
...sometimes happens they are killed upon (he spot : fresh ones are immediately supplied in the place of those that are wounded, or tired. To this Entertainment,...whipping a blinded bear, which is performed by five or six men, standing circularly with whips, which they exercise upon him without any mercy, as he cannot...
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Illustrations, Critical, Historical, Biographical, and ..., Volume 3

Richard Warner - 1824 - 434 pages
...killed on the spot: fresh ones are immediately supplied in the place of those that are wounded and tired. To this entertainment, there often follows...whipping a blinded bear; which is performed by five- or six men, standing circularly with whips, which they exercise upon him without any mercy, as be cannot...
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The Circulator of useful knowledge, amusement, literature, science and ...

1825 - 424 pages
...amusement. Hentzner, after describing the baiting of bulls and bears, adds, " To this entertainment there follows that of whipping a blinded bear ; which :is performed by five or six men, standing circularly with whips, which they exercise on him without mercy, as he cannot escape...
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