-
organised by
Henry VIII in July 1540
listed "two
hande sworde", "****
sworde", and "longe
sworde" as
separate items (as it
should in
Joseph Swetnam's...
- did yeld his
conquered parte unto his
cosins sworde in Camberland" (Act I,
Scene II); "the
cruell sworde bereft Morgan his life with
cosyns hand" (Act...
- did yeld his
conquered parte unto his
cosins sworde in Camberland" (Act I,
Scene II); "the
cruell sworde bereft Morgan his life with
cosyns hand" (Act...
- Erasmus'
Institution of a
Christian Prince contains the
words "There is no
sworde to bee
feared more than the
Learned pen", but this is not
evident from modern...
- man or beast: yett sure in all that warr,
there perished not
manye by the
sworde, but all by the
extreamytie of
famine ... they
themselves had wrought.'"...
-
wayne wouldst dye,
Sythence he thee for
renomme hath betrayde, Bie hys owne
sworde forslagen doth he lye;
Yblente he was to see thie
boolie eyne, Yet nowe...
- what hapned, retired,
neither the
threats of the
Generall nor the
bloudie sworde of
inferiour officers was
sufficient enough to
keepe them from
turning tayle...
- man or beast: yett sure in all that warr,
there perished not
manye by the
sworde, but all by the
extreamytie of
famine ... they
themselves had wrought. Irenius...
- oftentimes, to
aunswere theire desire, The
subjectes feele both famine,
sworde and fire. A
version in
which a cat
figures is in
Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder's...
- knew,
Receyve thou my
bloud too (quoth he) and
therewithal he drew His
sworde, the
which among his
guttes he thrust, and by and by Did draw it from the...
