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date: 12 September 2024

Thomas Elyot 1499–1546
English diplomatist and writer 

  1. Football, wherein is nothing but beastly fury, and extreme violence, whereof proceedeth hurt, and consequently rancour and malice do remain with them that be wounded.
    Book of the Governor (1531)