 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...woods, and do more sharply wound them "then" all their enemies' swords or spears, whicrh can seldom come nigh them : yea, and oftentimes their mantle serveth them, when they are near (hard) driven, being wrapped about their left arm instead of a target, for it is hard to cut "thorough"... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1872 - 168 pages
...doe more annoy the naked rebels whilst they keepe the woods, and doe more sharply wound them, than all their enemies swords or spears, which can seldome come nigh them. Tea and oftentimes their mantle serveth them, when they are neere driven, being wrapped about their... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1881 - 516 pages
...the gnats, which in that country do more annoy the naked rebels, whilst they keep the woods, and do more sharply wound them "then" all their enemies' swords or spears, which can seldom come nigh them : yea, and oftentimes their mantle serveth them, when they are near (hard) driven,... | |
 | Mathew Wilson - English language - 1884 - 294 pages
...himselfu strongly against the gnat, which in that country doe more annoy the naked rebels whilst they keep the woods, and doe more sharply wound them, then all...their mantle serveth them, when they are neere driven, being wrapped about their left arme, instead of a target, for it is hard to cut thorough with a sword;... | |
 | George Saintsbury - English language - 1885 - 424 pages
...the wood, and do more sharply wound them than all their enemies swords, or spears, which can seldom come nigh them : yea and oftentimes their mantle serveth them, when they are near driven, being wrapped about their left arm, for it is hard to cut through with a sword. Besides... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1890 - 308 pages
...woods, and doe more sharply wound them, than all their enemies swords or speares, which can seldom come nigh them : yea, and oftentimes their mantle serveth them when they are neere driven, being wrapped about their left arme, instead of a target, for it is hard to cut through with a sword;... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - Literary Collections - 1893 - 632 pages
...woods, and do more sharply wound them than all their enemies' swords or spears, which can come seldom nigh them : yea, and oftentimes their mantle serveth them when they are near driven, being wrapt about their left arm instead of a target, for it is as hard to cut through... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1900 - 502 pages
...woods, and doe more sharply wound them, than all their enemies swords or speares, which can seldom come nigh them : yea, and oftentimes their mantle serveth them when they are neere driven, being wrapped about their left arme, instead of a target, for it ia hard to cut thorough with a sword... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1900 - 824 pages
...woods, and doe more sharply wound them, than all their enemies swords or speares, which can seldom come nigh them : yea, and oftentimes their mantle serveth them when they are neere driven, being wrapped about their left arme, instead of a target, for it is hard to cut thorough with a sword... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - Great Britain - 1902 - 420 pages
...the woods, and do more sharply wound them, than all their enemy's swords or spears, which can seldom come nigh them. Yea, and oftentimes their mantle serveth them, when they are near driven, being wrapped about their left arm instead of a target, for it is hard to cut through... | |
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... with a sword ; besides, it is light to beare, light to throw away; and, being, as they commonly are, naked, it is to them all in all. Lastly, for a... 
