The whole point of the laws as drawn is to make the scrum a contest whereby the put-in side has the advantage of timing the feed and having its hooker closer to the ball.

...Thou hast... / Abused her delicate youth with drugs or minerals...

Virtue indeed meets many a rhiming friend, And many a compliment politely penn’d,

In Boilly's illustration, the Maid appears clad in a dress with a long skirt and puffed and slashed sleeves, a whiteplumed hat, a hauberk (or mail tunic) and a cuirasse (armor for the breast and back). She stands with her sword upheld ...