“The Norman minstrel Tallefer, before the commencement of the battle at Hastings, cast his lance into the air three times, and caught it by the head in such a surprising manner, that the English thought it was done by the power of enchantment.”

— Joseph Strutt

pg. xix
The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England (1801), Minstrels

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British engraver, artist, antiquary and writer 1749–1802

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