 | Michael Drayton - English poetry - 1753 - 434 pages
...ftruck below the knee, not counted then a man : All made of Spanim yew, their bows were wondrous ftrongv They not an arrow drew, but was a cloth-yard long. Of archery they had the very perfeft craft, With broad-arrow, or but, or prick, or roving fhafr, At marks full forty fcore, they... | |
 | Walter Scott - Minstrels - 1805 - 340 pages
...short sword at their belt, a buckler scarce a span, Who struck below the knee not counted then a man. All made of Spanish yew, their bows were wondrous...; Of archery they had the very perfect craft, With broad arrow, or but, or prick, or roving shaft. Poly-Olbion, Song 26. To wound an antagonist in the... | |
 | Walter Scott - Scottish poetry - 1805 - 344 pages
...a span, Who struck below the knee not counted then a man. All made of Spanish yew, their bows wore wondrous strong, They not an arrow drew but was a...; Of archery they had the very perfect craft, With broad arrow, or but, or prick, or roving shaft. Poly-Olbion, Song 26. To wound an antagonist in the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1806 - 350 pages
...sword at their belt, a buckler scarce a span, Who struck below the knee not counted then a man. AH made of Spanish yew, their bows were wondrous strong....Of archery they had the. very perfect craft, With broad arrow, or but, or prick, or roving shaft. Poly-Olbion, Song 26. To wound an antagonist in the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 692 pages
...short sword at their belt, a buckler scarce a Who struck below the knee, not counted then a man : AI made of Spanish yew, their bows were wondrous strong; They not an arrow drew, but was a cluth-yard long Of archery they had the very perfect craft, With broad arrow, or but, or prick, or... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1812 - 362 pages
...short sword at their belt, a buckler scarce a span, Who struck below the knee not counted then a man. All made of Spanish yew, their bows were wondrous...long. Of archery they had the very perfect craft, With broad arrow, or but, or prick, or roving shaft. To wound an antagonist in the thigh, or leg, was reckoned... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 366 pages
...short sword at their belt, a buckler scarce a span. Who struck below the knre nat counted then a man. All made of Spanish yew, their bows were wondrous strong, They not an arrow drew but was a cloth yard long; Of archery they had the very perfect craft, With broad arrow, or but, or prick, or... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1819 - 322 pages
...counted then a man. All made of Spanish yew, their hows were wondrous strong, They not an arrow drew, hut was a clothyard long. Of archery they had the very perfect craft, With hroad arrow, or hut, or prick, or roving shaft. To wound an antagonist in the thigh, or leg, was reckoned... | |
 | Robin Hood - 1820 - 338 pages
...short sword at their belt, a buckler scarce a span, Who struck below the knee, not counted then a man : All made of Spanish yew, their bows were wondrous...they had the very perfect craft, With broad-arrow, or but, or prick, or roving shaft, At marks full forty score, they ns'd to prick, and rove, Yet higher... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 264 pages
...short sword at their belt, a buckler scarce a span, Who struck below the knee not counted then a man. All made of Spanish yew, their bows were wondrous...long. Of archery they had the very perfect craft, With broad arrow, or but, or prick, or roving shaft. \ To wound an antagonist in the thigh, or leg, was... | |
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Their baldrics set with studs, athwart their shoulders cast, To which under their arms their sheafs were buckled fast, A short sword at their belt, a buckler scarce a span, Who struck below the knee, not counted then a man : All made of Spanish yew, their... 
