Than with triumph the trumpettis blew, And they with all the force thay can Wounder[396] rudelie at aither ran, And straik at uther with sa greit ire That fra thair harnes flew the fyre.
Item viii other palfrais to folowe her with side sadils richelie covered with cloth of gold orels Imbrodred upon velvet with harnes of the same.
Item a large and a goodlie palfray to be ledde in hande with a sadill and pillion covered with riche clothe of golde, the bordres richelie Imbrodred orels [or else] of goldsmyth worke harnes of the same.
Carr hors bay with an Almayn harnes of sylver, an ynch brod of betyn sylver, both the cottes of goldsmythes wark the bodys, the slevys on stryp of syllver, the oder gylt.
Feill off the Scottis ilk nycht in harnes baid, Be ordinance, for thai sic rewll had maid.
The Scottis spulyeit off gud ger thaim beforn, Quhat thaim thocht best, off fyn harnes thai waill, 35 Bath gold and gud, and horss that mycht thaim waill.
The Sotheroun blud thai leyt no frendschip feyll; 770 Our schefferand harnes schot the blud so scheyn.
Quhen Wallace men had thus the entré won, 515 Full gret slauchtir agane thai haff begon; Thai savit nayn apon the Sotheroun syd, That wapynnys bar, or harnes in that tid.
Thai latt him pass with thing that he had bocht; 355 Syn eftir sone, in all the haist thai mocht, To harnes yeid the power off the toun.
Speris full sone all in to splendrys sprang; With scharp suerdys thai hew on in that thrang: Blud byrstyt out throw fynharnes off maill.
Than graithit thai thaim till harnes hastely Thar sonyeit nane of that gud chewalrye.
The Scottis, in place that bauldly couth abyde, 210 Spoilyed the feld, gat gold and othir ger, Harnes and horss, quhilk thai mysteryt in wer.
The armyt men in harnes was so hait, Sum doun to ground duschit but mar debait; Sum lap, sum fell in to the felloun fyr, Smoryt to dede, and brynt bathe bayn and lyr.
Quham euir thai hyt, na harnes mycht thaim stynt, Fra thai on fute semblit with suerdis dynt; Off manheid thai in hartis cruell was, Thai thocht to wyn, or neuir thine to pass.
Nyne scor he led in harnes burnyst brycht; And fyfty was with Wallace in the rycht.
That gret hoost roydly ruschit wes; 305 Bot Schir Edward leit no man chas; Bot with presoners, that thai had tane, Thai till the wod agane ar gane, Quhar that thair harnes levit wer.
Some men deliteth beholding men to fight, Or goodly knightes in pleasaunt apparayle, Or sturdie souldiers in bright harnes and male.
And also all my Lord of Warrewikke men, my Lord of York men, and also my Lord of Salesbury men goo with harnes, and in harnes with strang wepons, and have stuffed their Lordes barges full of wepon dayly unto Westminster.
Ane bair hys helm, ane other bair hys speir; For the remanys of hys harnes and geir, Syk as hys rych gyrdill, and cotarmour, Turnus victor byreft hym in the stour.
Than at the last, al suddanly, with a plasch, Harnes and al togiddir, quhar he stude, Him self he swakkis and lap into the flude.
Apon hys wond onon he ruschis down: Abuf hym rang hys harnes with a sovn: And that onfrendly erth inimycall, That in hys deth he suld not scryk nor call, 30 As was the gys, with bludy mowth bait he.
Sal not my menȝe to harnes ryn in hy 15 Our al the town, and follow bissely?
On he dyd hys harnes a-geyne And worthe on hys sted, s{er}teyne, And thetherward he sowght.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "harnes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
