Lastly, though the sport can be performed in a variety of shoes, specialized tennis footwear have extensive, flat soles for stability and a constructed-up entrance...
31 The sport was performed primarily during important religious festivals, comparable to Shrovetide, Christmas, or Easter, 30 and Shrovetide games have survived into the modern...
A translation reads: "forasmuch as there may be great noise in the metropolis brought on by hustling over massive foot balls rageries de grosses pelotes...