Men mycht behald full mony riall stedis, 15 Full mony pantyt targe and weirlyke wedis: Of giltyn geir dyd glytter bank and bus.
Rays hie the targe of faith vp in thy hand, On hed the halsum helm of hoip onlace, In cheryte thy body all embrace, 5 And of devoit oryson mak thy brand.
Say rather, from marge to blue marge The whole sky grew his targe With the sun's self for visible boss, While an Arm ran across Which the earth heaved beneath like a breast Where the wretch was safe prest!
In form this targe seems to be a burlesque parody of the figure of a Mycenaean shield.
The huge shield of Aias becomes cele grant targe duble in France, and the warriors boast over their slain in France, as in the Iliad.
A few moments of experiment, we repeat, prove that a roundtarge can protect a man in Hector's attitude, and that the Homeric texts here throw no light on the size of the shield.
Yet, as any one can see by experiment, a man who crouched low would be protected entirely by a Highland targe of less than thirty inches in diameter, so nothing about the size of the shield is ascertained in this passage.
And he sent his targe in the air in a bravado, catching it by the prong in its navel, smart and clean, when it whirled back.
Tis a bonnytarge ye have, man; it might be doing for toll.
So he spake, The prophet, holding up his targe of bronze Wrought without blazon, to the ears of men Who stood around and heeded not his word.
Twas an unequivocal proof of your loyal gallantry of soul, giving Targe the victory.
Eight unto the gate with the targe they yede, Fighting on a gate, under him they slew his steed, Therefore ne would he cease, alone into the castele Through them all would press; on foot fought he full wele.
Ten sergeants of the best his targe 'gan him bear That eager were and prest[3] to cover him and to were.
Himself as a giant the chainës in two hew, The targe was his warant,[5] that none till him threw.
There was one trick of the sword I had learned off an old sergeant of pikes in Macka's Scots, in a leisure afternoon in camp, that I knew was alien to every man who used the targe in home battles, and it served me like a Mull wife's charm.
With merriment, and song, and timbrels clear, A troop of dames from myrtle bowers advance; The little warriors doff the targe and spear, And loud enlivening strains provoke the dance.
And hard aboord he comes to enter in our boat, Our maisters mate, his pike eftsoones strikes through his targe and throat.
Through targe and body right that downe he falleth dead His fellow then in heauie plight, doth swimme away afraid.
Yon tusker, my foe, wrought me trouble When targe upon targe I had carven: For the thin wand of slaughter was shattered And it sundered the ground of my handgrip.
Now when they were met together and come unto one spot, then clashed they targe and spear and fury of bronze-clad warrior; the bossed shields pressed each on each and mighty din arose.
So when they were met together and come unto one spot, then clashed they targe and spear and fury of bronze-clad warrior; the bossed shields pressed each on each, and mighty din arose.
Paris puts on a warlike phiz, And from his hand his staff goes whiz, Which lent the Grecian targe a thump, And then upon the ground fell plump.
But I will give thee thy requite, so there may be left in thy heart no despite; now give me the targeand fall on me with thy whinger; either thou shalt kill me or I shall kill thee.
Hearing this, Kanmakan set him on the ground, but when he found him self at liberty, he ran to his sword and targe and taking them up stood plotting in himself treachery and sudden assault on his adversary.
Her resolution was immediately taken: she drew around her three hundred of her best knights, and, grasping a targe and spear, and mounting again her good steed, she quitted the town by a gate which the enemy had overlooked.
Anon in view a portal's blazoned arch Arose; the trumpet bids the valves unfold; And forth an host of little warriors march, Grasping the diamond lance, and targe of gold.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "targe" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
