Progymnasmata. The Inn-Play: or Cornish-Hugg Wrestler. Digested in a method which teacheth to break all holds, and throw most falls mathematically. Easy to be understood by all gentlemen, &c. and of great use to such who understand the small-sword in fencing. And by all tradesmen and handicrafts, that have competent knowledge of the use of the stilliards, bar, crove-iron or lever, with their hypomochlions, fulciments or baits.

Published by London: Printed for Tho Weekes and sold by Humph. Wainwright at Bunny Nottinghamshire, 1727

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Third edition, corrected, with large additions, small 4to (199 x 154 mm), 8, xviii, 9-64, [2, appendix], [2, poem], [8, index]pp., first word of title in Greek (transliterated), woodcut to verso of title, 10 woodcuts in the text, one woodcut plate "Mr. Peaceable. Mr. Contentious", tipped-in is an additional plate of Bunny Hall engraved W. & J. Walker, wood-engraved initials and headpieces, title page a little soiled with slight offsetting from the frontispiece, text a little age-toned with occasional spotting, two neat bookplates of early owners to front marbled endpapers, nineteenth-century half morocco, rubbed, marbled sides, lower portion of spine defective. The third and best edition. Sir Thomas Parkyns (1664-1741), 'Luctator', was famous for his active mind and body. A mathematician and architect,he also wrote a Latin grammar but was principally famous for his passion for wrestling. As a student of mathematics he was invited by Newton to attend his lectures at Cambridge but also learnt wrestling from Mr Cornish of Gray's Inn. "contains references to pugilism, particularly in section (G), 'boxing'."Hartley. Hartley, Bibliography of Boxing, 1534.…

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Progymnasmata. The Inn-Play: or Cornish-Hugg Wrestler. Digested in a method which teacheth to break all holds, and throw most falls mathematically. Easy to be understood by all gentlemen, &c. and of great use to such who understand the small-sword in fencing. And by all tradesmen and handicrafts, that have competent knowledge of the use of the stilliards, bar, crove-iron or lever, with their hypomochlions, fulciments or baits.
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PARKYNS (Sir Thomas, of Bunny Park)
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London: Printed for Tho Weekes and sold by Humph. Wainwright at Bunny Nottinghamshire
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1727
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