To play at Shuttle-cock, methinks, is the game now. – “The Two Maids of Mortlake,” c.1609 Category: Badminton
His Highness playing at shuttle-cock with one far taller than himself, and hitting him by chance with the shuttle-cock upon the forehead — “this is,” quoth he, “the encounter of David with Goliath.” – Prince Henry, of his father, James the First Category: Badminton
