We find that Cromwell relaxed the strung bow by times
On March 31st, 1654, the Puritan parliament passed "An Ordinance Prohibiting Cock Matches"(i.e., cock-fightings)and likewise issued excommunications against well-nigh all classes of sports and pastimes; nevertheless, we find that Cromwell relaxed the strung bow by times, and indulged himself in witnessing some Hurling and Wrestling matches in Hyde Park, as the following quotation from the Commonwealth newspaper, The Moderate Intelligencer, amply testifies:
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