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His and Her Stool-ball Banter: Play or Foreplay?
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| Game | StoolballStoolball |
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| Text | "Ward: Can you play at shuttlecock forsooth? Isabella: Ay, and stool-ball too, sir; I have great luck at it. Ward: Why, can you catch a ball well? Isabella: I have catched two in my lap at one game Ward: What, have you, woman? I must have you learn to play at trap too, then y'are full and whole." Dutton, Richard Thomas, Women Beware Women and Other Plays [Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1999], page 135. The play itself is generally dated 1613 or 1614. Submitted by John Thorn, 7/9/2004 |
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1613. His and Her Stool-ball Banter: Play or Foreplay?"
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