...the more they stay the same. From "Anatomie of Abuses" by Philip Stubbes (1583):
"As concerning foote-balle, I protest unto you it may rather be called a [...] bloody and murthering practice than a fellowy sport or pastime. For doth not every one lie in wait for his adversary seeking to overthrow him, though it be on hard stones, or ditch or dale, or valley or hill? By this means their necks are broken, sometimes their backs, sometimes their arms, sometimes their noses gush out with blood, sometimes their eyes start out, sometimes hurt in one place and sometimes another; for they have the ability to dash him against the heart with their elbows, to butt him under the short ribs with their gripped fists, and with their knees to catch him on the hip."
"As concerning foote-balle, I protest unto you it may rather be called a [...] bloody and murthering practice than a fellowy sport or pastime. For doth not every one lie in wait for his adversary seeking to overthrow him, though it be on hard stones, or ditch or dale, or valley or hill? By this means their necks are broken, sometimes their backs, sometimes their arms, sometimes their noses gush out with blood, sometimes their eyes start out, sometimes hurt in one place and sometimes another; for they have the ability to dash him against the heart with their elbows, to butt him under the short ribs with their gripped fists, and with their knees to catch him on the hip."
