ABSTRACT
ALBERT Krantz, too, tells us that there was a further scoundrel of an actor, who, because of his excessive girth, would gobble up in one day the food of ten men. To make sure that he did not swallow down the provisions of useful workmen, like a public scourge, he was hanged at the command of another Danish king.1 Jumping and its advantages have already been mentioned; for instance, by leaping over ditches with amazing agility faithful servants have been able to supply their masters with poles or staffs with which to escape an enemy hard on their heels.2
