greatrix

Updated: May 24, 2025

Greatrix and another lusty man clapt their hands over his shoulders, one of them before, and the other behind, and weighed him down with all their strength, but he was forcibly taken up from them; for a considerable time he was carried in the air to and fro, over their heads, several of the company still running under him, to prevent him receiving hurt if he should fall; so says Glanvill.

Andrew Lang - Cock Lane and Common-Sense