“Ina race called ‘‘the King’s Race,” which used to be run by lads on Good Friday or Easter Saturday in some parts of the Mark of Brandenburg, the winner was called ‘‘the King,” and the last to come in was called ‘‘the Lame Carpenter.” One of the Carpenter’s legs was bandaged with splints as if it were broken, and he had to hobble along on a crutch. Thus he was led from house to house by his comrades, who collected eggs to bake a cake.”

— The Library (Bibliotheca), BOOK I, ch. III · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan