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" With Spanish yew so strong, Arrows a cloth-yard long, That like to serpents stung, Piercing the weather; None from his fellow starts, But playing manly parts, And like true English hearts, Stuck close together. When down their bows they threw, And forth... "
Penny readings in prose and verse, selected and ed. by J.E. Carpenter - Page 6
by Penny readings - 1866
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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Drayton. Carew. Suckling

1793 - 810 pages
...Our men were hardy. Th¡« while our nob|e kin£. His broad fword brandifhing. Down the French hull did ding, As to o'erwhelm it ; And many a deep wound lent, His arms with blood befpfent, And many a cruel dent Bruifed his helmet. Gb'fter, that duke fo good, Next of the royal blood,...
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Drayton, WArner

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 692 pages
...true English hearts, Stuck close together. When down their bows they threw, And forth their bilbows drew, And on the French they flew ; Not one was tardy ; Arms were from shoulder* sent, Seal into the teeth were rent, Down the French peasants went, Our men were hardy. This...
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...true English hearts, Stuck close together. When down their bows they threw, And forth their bilbows B Dy S] $ X^ @)Z"WT x 9 / - x z = 8 T J J ...ZBc r( gp / * ] : l = B 6JU m +f8㚸 $ < ҃ broadsword brandishing, Down the French host did ding, As to o'erwhelm it; And many a deep wound lent,...
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Select Poets of Great Britain: To which are Prefixed, Criticial Notices of ...

William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...; Not one was tardy ; Arms were from shoulders sent, Sealps to the teeth were rent, Down the Freneh Tegg"% Hazlitt William" William Hazlitt( broadsword brandishmg, Down the Freneh host did ding, As to o'erwhelm it ; And many a deep wound lent,...
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Henry of Monmouth: Or, Memoirs of the Life and Character of Henry ..., Volume 2

James Endell Tyler - 1838 - 464 pages
...true English hearts, Stuck close together. When down their bows they threw, And forth their bilbows drew, And on the French they flew ;— Not one was...besprent; And many a cruel dent Bruised his helmet. Gloucester, that Duke so good, Next of the royal blood, For famous England stood With his brave brother...
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Henry of Monmouth: Or, Memoirs of the Life and Character of Henry ..., Volume 2

James Endell Tyler - 1838 - 512 pages
...true English hearts, Stuck close together. When down their bows they threw, And forth their bilbows drew, And on the French they flew ;— Not one was...besprent; And many a cruel dent Bruised his helmet. Gloucester, that Duke so good, Next of the royal blood, For famous England stood With his brave brother...
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The Book of Archery

George Agar Hansard - 1840 - 594 pages
...true English hearts, Stuck close together. When down their bows they threw, And forth their bilboes drew, And on the French they flew, Not one was tardy...Our men were hardy. This while our noble king, His broadsword brandishing, Down the French host did ding, As to o'erwhelm it ; And many a deep wound lent,...
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The Book of Archery

George Agar Hansard - 1840 - 570 pages
...true English hearts, Stuck close together. When down their bows they threw, And forth their bilboes drew, And on the French they flew, Not one was tardy...the teeth were rent; Down the French peasants went: This while our noble king, His broadsword brandishing, Down the French host did ding, As to o'erwhelm...
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The Book of Archery: Being the Complete History and Practice of the Art ...

George Agar Hansard - 1841 - 574 pages
...true English hearts, Stuck close together. When down their bows they threw, And forth their bilboes drew, And on the French they flew, Not one was tardy...Our men were hardy. This while our noble king, His broadsword brandishing, Down the French host did ding, As to o'crwhelm it ; And many a deep wound lent,...
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Notes and Queries

1875 - 676 pages
...true English hearts, Stuck close together. When down their bows they threw, And forth their bilbows drew, And on the French they flew ; — Not one was...besprent ; And many a cruel dent Bruised his helmet. Gloucester, that Duke so good, Next of the royal blood, For famous England stood With his brave brother...
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