Soone after entred a faire Ladie in mourning weedes, riding on a white Asse, with a dwarfe behind her leading a warlike steed, that bore the Armes of a knight, and his speare in the dwarfes hand.
XLII O then too weake and feeble was the forse 370 Of salvage beast, his puissance to withstand: For he was strong, and of so mightie corse, As ever wielded speare in warlike hand, And feates of armes did wisely understand.
And mought I liue to see him sacke rich Thebes, And loade his speare with Grecian Princes heads, Then would I wish me with Anchises Tombe, And dead to honour that hath brought me vp.
Sidenote d: Horison a circle deuiding the halfe speare of the firmament from the other halfe which we doe not see.
There also I saw a squier or armour-bearer and a woman with a helmet vpon her head carying a trophæ or signe of victorie vpon a speare after this manner.
The demand for the book, the avidity with which it has been read and the intemperance with which it has been discussed testify that in Dancers in the Dark Miss Speare wrote a book with truth in it.
Than Sir Mathewe strake asonder the speare wyth his swerde.
And the Scotte thoughte to have stryken hym on the brest, but Sir Mathewe Reedman swerved fro the stroke, and the speare point entred into the erthe.
Soone after entred a faire Ladye in mourning weedes, riding on a white Asse, with a dwarfe behinde her leading a warlike steed, that bore the Armes of a knight, and his speare in the dwarfes hand.
Each one profest to be her paramoure, And vow'd with speare and shield it to maintaine; Ne Judges powre, ne reasons rule, mote them restraine.
I tolde maister Shake a Speare that unlesse hee colde learne to wryte Beste Sellers such as Master Spenser's Faerye Quene (wch wee have put through six editions) there was suerly noe Hope for hym.
Hys name was Shake a Speare or somethynge lyke thatt.
Shall we, whom neither The Median Bow nor Macedonian Speare Nor the fierce Gaul nor painted Briton could Subdue, lay down our neckes to tyrants axe?
For the speare that came out at his backe ran into the earth, and sustained him up.
There was another ware legge-harnesse, and bare a target, a sallet, and a speare like a martial souldier: after him marched one attired in purple with vergers before him like a magistrate!
But my words did nothing prevaile, for there came out a tall man with a speare in his hand, that thrust him cleane through, and afterwards many that stood by drew out their swords, and so they killed him.
With three and twenty wounds my heart did goare, Giue me my sword and shild Ile be Reueng'd, My mortall wounding speare and goulden Crest.
Who seeing him from farre so fierce to pricke, 2 His warlike armes about him gan embrace, And in the rest his readie speare did sticke; 4 Tho when as still he saw him towards pace, He gan rencounter him in equall race.
Now was the Prince in daungerous distresse, 2 Wanting his sword, when he on foot should fight: His single speare could doe him small redresse, 4 Against two foes of so exceeding might, The least of which was match for any knight.
Goliah, the staffe of whose speare was like vnto the beame of a weauers loome, neuerthelesse he was slaine in the second battell in Gob by Elhanan, as the first was by Abisai Ioabs brother, and the second by Elhanan.
The head of his speare came vnto ten pound English or 600.
Then proved I a baron bold,[257] In deeds of armes the doughtyest knight That in those dayes in England was, With sworde and speare in feild to fight.
Sir Mordred lifted up his sworde, 105 And fierce to meet the king ran hee:] The king his speare he through him thrust; A fathom thorow his bodie.
He hauing therefore a swoord gird to him, tooke a speare in his hand, and riding on the kings horsse, went to the place where the idols stood.
Another held his speare to his nose, or his nose to his speare, as though he had ben discharging a caliuer, and ranne at the right foote of his fellowes stead.
I bought and paid for myselfe two javelen or speare heads, cost 8 mas and 8 condrins.
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