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The Bewties Of The Fute-ball is a brief, anonymous Middle Scots poem of the sixteenth century.〔(The Maitland Folio Manuscript )〕 It depicts the game of football, as it was played in the same era, as being violent and unruly. ==Historical context== Ball games played between opposing teams were widespread in pre-modern Europe. Many localities are known to have had a variety including the Calcio of Florence and La Soule of northern France In Scotland football games were common enough for the Scottish Parliament to attempt to outlaw them on several occasions. The act of 1457, under James II, is typical.〔(Laws forbidding football and golf in Scotland. (National Library Of Scotland). )〕 The act was principally intended to encourage archery practice but decreed that football, and also golf, should be simultaneously discouraged. :Item. It is ordanyt and decretyt that Wapinschawing be haldin be the lordis and baronys spirituale and temporale four tymes in the yeir. And that the futebawe and the golf be uterly cryt done and not usyt. or in translation, :Item. It is ordained and decreed that weapon shows be held by the Lords and Barons, Spiritual and Temporal, four times a year and that football and golf be utterly cried down and not used. Several ball games which appear to predate the modern era exist in modern Scotland. The Kirkwall Ba Game is an example. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Bewties Of The Fute-ball」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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