References
Chart showing the number of references in each month of the diary’s entries.
1663
- Jun
1664
- Apr
1667
- Sep
1669
- Apr
Prize fighting
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Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
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First Reading
in Aqua Scripto • Link
Fighting for the winnings, then it be for using Cutlass and other swords.
Prise = value,worth & price: Knife? Rapier, [L cutlellus, dim. of cutler then to thy household use of cutlery,
list of possible weapons, Saber, spee,epee, foil, Scimitar, Toledo blade and any other left over weapon begging to bludded after the civil war.
Second Reading
Bill • Link
PRIZE ... also a Trial of Skill at Sword playing.
---An universal etymological English dictionary. N. Bailey, 1724.