Their oares are like scoopes, and many times they set with long poles, as the depth serueth.
Those that were vnarmed, seeing how they hurt them, left their oares and went vnder the deck: whereupon the brigandine began to crosse, and to goe where the current of the streame carried it.
A plowman (for us) found our Oares againe, Within a field well fil'd with Barley Graine.
My resolution was so mastered with feare, that at every stroake of the oares of these inhumans I thought it to be my end.
Past the breake of day every one takes his oare to row; the formost oares have great advantage.
Wherefore he retaining onely the barks with Oares and such as were willing to stay with him, sent all the rest with the shippes backe againe, [Sidenote: M.
The knight was ruled, and the Boateman strayt 6 Held on his course with stayed stedfastnesse, Ne euer shruncke, ne euer sought to bayt 8 His tyred armes for toylesome wearinesse, But with his oares did sweepe the watry wildernesse.
So forth they rowed, and that Ferryman 2 With his stiffe oares did brush the sea so strong, That the hoare waters from his frigot ran, 4 And the light bubbles daunced all along, Whiles the salt brine out of the billowes sprong.
Hauing runne so little a way, he fell into suche terrible currants, that although he made waye wyth oares and sayles, yet the sayde Currant forced hym backe agayne.
Wee with saile and oares made way through the yce: about fiue in the morning we set saile: sometime we laye Southwest, and sometime South, and sometime West, as wee might best finde the way.
Westerly, and with saile and oares we gate the sea.
I, with al the oares of reason, row against so strang a tyde;” and again, on p.
Your Nurse is gone with yong Ascanius, And heres Æneas tackling, oares and sailes.
Though she repairde my fleete and gaue me ships, Yet hath she tane away my oares and masts, And left me neither saile nor sterne abourd.
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