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At Mr. FIGG’s Gk.eat-R.oomj♦At bis Houfe the Sign of the City of Oxford, in Oxford-Road, this prefent IVednefday the i$th Inft. will be a fatal of Skill by the following Majiers.E Andrew Mac Colley,from Slige in t{ie Kingdom of Ireland, and John Needs, from Fro.ie in Somerfetlhirfc, Matters of the Sei* -ence of Defence, of known Courage, an4 approv’d Skill, thb’ not plum'd with Fortune’s Favours fo richly as fome of lefs Demerit, whom we have taken Umbrage at, hereby invite .Mr. Wm. Gill .and Mr, The.Si.biis to the Exercife of the ufual Weapons fought on the Stage, at the Time and Place above appointed, then and there to exert themfelves in offend-%*g all they can, ^rbich we (hall, on our Part, be careful to obferve, with*efpe to them, refolving, by this Battle, either to be recorded in the Annals of Fame, as Victors great, or Men who fold their Hbnour at thfc deareft Price, ana made the Conqueror forry for his bidody Purchafe, c,Ann. Mac Golz-ey, Johk N*eds.We Wm. Gill of the City of Gloucefter, and Tho. Siblis fifofn Suckley in Worceffcerfhire, (late Scholars to that Great Mafter Mr. James Figg) Proficients in the Science of I. efenc?, fcili not fail meeting our brave and bold Invkors at the Time -*nd Place appointed, when and where they may expect to 4e treated according to Requeft, not the ieaft Favour being inlend^d them. If they anfwer tibe Contents of the above tjhall^nge, we ihall have the better Opportunity to difptay fuch Beauties of the Sword could have been Ihewn by none b£t Him that taught u$, and to let them tafte of Error in # Royortion to their Behaviour, by a Power irrefrirabie as Fate, Which common Eyes cannot difcern, yet waits our Pleafitre, ad at Diitance wounds by miffive Fame, c.Wm. Gill, Tho. Siblis.Note, Six Pair of Gloves will be cirdgelted for by the Leather-Bottle-Mefi of Hampftead and Harrow on the Hill, againft the litre Number of Londoners * and other Diverfipn to complete an Evening’s Entertainment.N. B. Tfcgy fight the Weapons backwards, the Quart£r-Staff firft. Mr. Siblis fights Mr. Needs.The Doors will be open’d at Three, and the Mailers .mount at Six.
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Daily Journal
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Jul 15, 1730
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UK 04 Mar 2020
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