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[[File:Lee Sidney 1932a plate facing p166.jpg|thumb|right|350px|The Bear-Garden or Paris Garden to the left, The Globe Theatre to the right (from {{:Lee, Sidney 1932a}}, vol. II, plate facing p. 166; click image to enlarge).]]<div class="no-img">
== Allusion ==
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'''Heere follows the Names of the ''Bulls'' and ''Beares'' at the ''Beare-Garden'' now.'''<br/>
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The ''Bulls'' are,<br/>
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1 ''Goldilocks''.<br/>
2 ''Emperour''.<br/>
3 ''Dash''.<br/>
4 ''Iugler''.<br/>
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The ''Beares'' are,
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1 ''Ned of Canterbury.''<br/>
2 ''George of Cambridge.''<br/>
3 ''Don Iohn.''<br/>
4 ''Ben Hunt.''<br/>
5 ''Nan Stiles.''<br/>
6 ''Beefe of Ipswich.''<br/>
7 ''<keyword>Robin Hood</keyword>.''<br/>
8 ''Blind Robin.'' [p. 62:]<br/>
9 ''Iudith of Cambridge.''<br/>
10 ''Besse Hill.''<br/>
11 ''Kate of Kent.''<br/>
12 ''Rose of Bedlam.''<br/>
13 ''Nan Talbot.''<br/>
14 ''Mall Cut-Purse.''<br/>
15 ''Nell of Holland.''<br/>
16 ''Mad Besse''<br/>
17 ''Will Tookey''<br/>
18 ''Besse Runner.''<br/>
19 ''Tom Dogged.''<br/>
If any will one of these, or some,<br/>
Or all, let them to our ''Beare-Garden'' come:<br/>
These beasts are for their service bound & tide,<br/>
And there their pleasures may be satisfied.<ref>{{:Taylor, John (1578-1653) 1870a}}, ''Third Collection'', ''Bull, Beare, and Horse, Cut, Curtaile'', p. 61 (separate pagination).</ref>}}
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== IRHB comments ==
After bears Nos. 16 and 17 is a left curly brace followed by the words "two white Beares." More often than not "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beargarden Beare-Garden]" was called "Paris Garden". This arena for the sickening "sport" of animal torture was in use until 1682.

== Lists ==
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-11.
* Outside scope of {{:Sussex, Lucy 1994a}}.

== Sources ==
* {{:Taylor, John (1578-1653) 1638a}}. Not seen.

== Background ==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beargarden Wikipedia: Beargarden]
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