| Jean Froissart - 1806 - 504 páginas
...arms, heads, and through their armour, fome of them cut the firings of their crofsM 2 bows, 163 bows, others flung them on the ground, and all turned about, and retreated, quite difcomfited. The French had a large body of men at arms on horfeback, richly drefl'ed, to fupport the... | |
| 1807 - 588 páginas
...seemed as if it snowed. ' When the Genoese felt these arrows, which pierced their arms, heads, arid through their armour, some of them cut the strings...all turned about, and retreated, quite discomfited. The French had a large hody of men at arrns on horseback, richly dressed, to support the Genoese. '... | |
| Robert Roscoe - 1813 - 156 páginas
...deposited at Melros." See Johnes's Froissart, vol. ip 48, 51. What, but that hissing arrowy show'r. P. 50. The universal use of the long-bow amongst the English,...discomfited." Johnes's Froissart, vol. ip 514, 325. M 2 Together twin'd, the wrestlers gasp. P. 57. " There was much hacking and cutting of each other,... | |
| 1823 - 380 páginas
...never moved. They hooted a third time, advancing with their cross-bows presented, and began to shoot. The English archers then advanced one step forward,...all turned about, and retreated, quite discomfited. The French had a large body of men at 'arms on horseback, richly dressed, to support the Genoese. '... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1835 - 386 páginas
...They hooted a third time, advancing with their crossbows presented, and began to shoot. The EnglUh archers then advanced one step forward, and shot their...all turned about, and retreated, quite discomfited. The French had a large body of men-at-arms on horseback, richly dressed, to support the Genoese. *'... | |
| Walter Scott - 1835 - 394 páginas
...step forward, and shot their arrows with such force and quickness, that it seemed as if it snowed. u When the Genoese felt these arrows, which pierced...all turned about, and retreated, quite discomfited. The French had a large body of men-at-arms on horseback, richly dressed, to support the Genoese. *'... | |
| Walter Scott - 1835 - 450 páginas
...never moved. They hooted a third time, advancing with their crossbows presented, and began to shoot. The English archers then advanced one step forward,...all turned about, and retreated, quite discomfited. The French had a large body of men-at-arms on horseback, richly dressed, to support the Genoese. '*... | |
| 1836 - 282 páginas
...Genoese could not withstand the force of these arrows, which pierced completely through their armour ; so some of them cut the strings of their cross-bows,...all turned about and retreated quite discomfited. The French had drawn up a large body of men-atarms on horseback, richly dressed, to support the Genoese;... | |
| Walter Scott - 1838 - 1198 páginas
...step forward, and shot their arrows nilh such force and quickness, that it seemed as if it snowed. u When the Genoese felt these arrows, which pierced...all turned about, and retreated, quite discomfited. The French bad a large Di dy of men at-arm* on horseback, richly dressed, to support the Genoese. "... | |
| Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1839 - 850 páginas
...never moved. They hooted a third time, advancing with their cross-bows presented, and began to shoot. The English archers then advanced one step forward,...all turned about and retreated, quite discomfited. The French had a large body of men-at-arms on horseback, richly dressed, to support the Genoese. The... | |
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