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Tarring and feathering, it seems, is a European invention as well as a Tupinamban. One of Richard Cœur de Lion's ordinances for seamen was, "that if any man were taken with theft or pickery, and thereof convicted, he should have his head polled, and hot pitch poured upon his pate, and upon that the feathers of some pillow or cushion shaken aloft, that he might thereby be known for a thief, and at the next arrival of the ships to any land, be put forth of the company to seek his adventure, without all hope of return unto his fellows."Holinshed.

 

In a challenge for a tournament recorded by Monstrellet, one of the conditions is, "that each person shall make provision of lances, but the rondelle which lies on the hands shall be only four fingers broad and no more." Mr. Johnes says he does not understand this.