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Possible Early Rounders Reference?

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Text	In his entry for Rounders, W. C. Hazlitt speculates: "It is possible that this is the game which, under the name of rownes (rounds) is mentioned in The English Courtier and the Countrey Gentleman: A Pleasant and Learned Disputation, 1586 [printed by Richard Jones, London]. One source attributes this work of Nicholas Breton. Protoball has not located this book. Hazlitt, W. C., Faiths and Folklore: A Dictionary of National Beliefs, Superstitions, and Popular Customs (Reeves and Turner, London, 1905), vol. 2, page 527. Note: Can we find this early text and evaluate whether rounders is in fact its subject? Caveat: It would startle most of us to encounter any species of rounders this early; the earliest appearance of the term may be as late as 1828 - see #1828.1 below.
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 |Text=<p>In his entry for Rounders, W. C. Hazlitt speculates: "It is possible that this is the game which, under the name of rownes (rounds) is mentioned in <u>The English Courtier and the Countrey Gentleman: A Pleasant and Learned Disputation</u>, 1586 [printed by Richard Jones, London].  One source attributes this work of Nicholas Breton.  Protoball has not located this book.</p>
 <p>Hazlitt, W. C., <u>Faiths and Folklore: A Dictionary of National Beliefs, Superstitions, and Popular Customs</u> (Reeves and Turner, London, 1905), vol. 2, page 527.  <b>Note:</b>  Can we find this early text and evaluate whether rounders is in fact its subject?  <b>Caveat:</b>  It would startle most of us to encounter any species of rounders this early; the earliest appearance of the term may be as late as 1828 - see #1828.1 below.</p>
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