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QWho wrote the Vulgaria, which includes the earliest evidence of games resembling football being played at English public schools?

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  • A William Shakespeare ✔ ✖
  • B William Herman ✔ ✖
  • C William Wordsworth ✔ ✖
  • D William Wallace ✔ ✖
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The Vulgaria is a Latin textbook written by William Herman, who had been headmaster at Eton and Winchester colleges. It includes a translation exercise with the phrase "We wyll playe with a ball full of wynde", which provides the earliest evidence of games resembling football being played at English public schools.

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