Arms and Armour in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Also a Descriptive Notice of Modern WeaponsCassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1869 - 296 pages |
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16th century altogether amongst ancient appears archers arms and armour arquebus arrows artillery Assyrian ball barrel basinet battle Bayeux Tapestry belt blade blows brass breech bronze camail cannon cavalry Charles the Bold combat consequence covered cross-bow cuirass culverin dagger dart decoration defence discharged early effigies enemy England English engraved examples fire fire-arms fixed foot soldiers France Franks front Gauls Greek grooves guard guisarme hand hauberk head head-piece helm hilt hollow Homer hoplite Iliad infantry iron javelin knights Lacombe lance leather length limbs Louis mail armour manner men-at-arms metal middle ages military equipment monuments Museum musket Pandarus pavise period phalanx Philip Augustus piece of armour pike pikemen pilum plate plate armour Polybius projectile protection rank remarkable represented rifled Roman sarisses savage shaft shield shoulders side sollerets sometimes spear stone Swiss sword tion tunic variety warriors weapon wearer worn
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Page 285 - And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal.
Page 29 - Where, Pandarus, are now thy winged shafts? Thy bow, and well-known skill, wherein with thee Can no man here contend? Nor Lycia boasts. Through all her wide-spread plains, a truer aim ; Then raise to Jove thy hands, and with thy shaft Strike down this chief, whoe'er he be, that thus Is making fearful havoc in our host.
Page 24 - In fair white linen these ; in tunics those, Well woven, shining soft with fragrant oils ; These with fair coronets were crowned, while those With golden swords from silver belts were girt. Now whirled they round with nimble...
Page 22 - And all the signs that crown the vault of Heav'n; Pleiads and Hyads, and Orion's might, And Arctos, call'd the Wain, who wheels on high His circling course, and on Orion waits; Sole star that never bathes in th
Page 22 - Appealed, asserting to have paid the whole; While one denied that he had aught received. Both were desirous that before the Judge The issue should be tried; with noisy shouts Their several partisans encouraged each. The heralds stilled the tumult of the crowd; On polished chairs, in solemn circle, sat The reverend Elders; in their hands they held The loud-voiced heralds...
Page 30 - At once the sinew and the notch he drew ; The sinew to his breast, and to the bow The iron head ; then, when the mighty bow Was to a circle strained, sharp rang the horn, And loud the sinew twanged, as toward the crowd With deadly speed the eager arrow sprang — it struck Just where the golden clasps the belt restrained.
Page 22 - Sole star that never bathes in th' ocean wave. : And two fair populous towns were sculptur'd there; In one were marriage, pomp and revelry, And brides, in gay procession, through the streets With blazing torches from their chambers borne, While frequent rose the hymeneal song. : Youths...