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Betty Was "a Romp at Stool-Ball"

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Text	"James before he beheld Betty, was vain of his strength, a rough wrestler . . . ; Betty [was] a publick Dancer at May-poles, a Romp at Stool-Ball. He was always following idle Women, she playing among the Peasants; He a Country Bully, she a Country Coquet." Steele, Spectator number 71, May 22, 1711, page 2. Provided by John Thorn, emails of 6/11/2007 and 2/1/2008. The implication of the passage appears to be that women who played a game like stool-ball were unlikely to be chaste.
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 <p>Steele, <i>Spectator</i> number 71, May 22, 1711, page 2.   Provided by John Thorn, emails of 6/11/2007 and 2/1/2008.  The implication of the passage appears to be that women who played a game like stool-ball were unlikely  to be chaste.<b> </b></p>
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