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PONTE (Ital. for " bridge ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 63 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PONTE (Ital. for " See also:bridge ")  , a rough See also:game See also:peculiar to the See also:city of See also:Pisa, in which the players, divided into two sides and provided with padded costumes, contended for the See also:possession of one of the See also:bridges over the See also:Arno . The weapon used, both for offence and See also:defence, was a See also:kind of See also:shield which served as a See also:club as well . A See also:history and description of the game may be found in See also:William See also:Heywood's Palio and Polite (See also:London, 1904) .

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