Was made to keep people interested and to entertain
Not many woman were allowed to watch the perfomamce (only women like the queen or if they were rich) . It could be to do with when women weren’t there they would make jokes towards women.
Only men performed.
“As two spent swimmers, that do cling to each other”
The armies are being compared to swimmers that have no energy hanging on to each to stop driving.
Contemporary English:Like two swimmers with no energy, holding onto each other to live

October 9, 2016 at 4:01 pm
It’s great to see you taking the initiative and writing down notes of information you think is key.