 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 874 pages
...royal person in battle ; some lances covered with red and green velvet, and the suit of armour of King Henry VIII.; many and very beautiful arms, as well for men as for horse-fights ; the lance of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, three spans thick ; two pieces of cannon... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1851 - 882 pages
...led to the Armoury, in which are these particularities : spears out of which you may shoot ; shields that will give fire four times ; a great many rich halberds, commonly called partisans, with which the guard defends the royal person in battle ; some lances covered with red and... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1852 - 316 pages
...royal persons in battle; some lances covered with red and green velvet, and the suit of armour of King Henry VIII. ; many and very beautiful arms, as well for men as for horse-fights; the lance of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, three spans thick; two pieces of cannon... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1855 - 592 pages
...led to the Armoury, in which are these peculiarities — spears, out of which you may shoot ; shields that will give fire four times ; a great many rich halberds, commonly called partisans, with which the guard defend the royal person in battle ; some lances covered with red and... | |
 | William Brenchley Rye - 1865 - 464 pages
...into the Armoury, in which are these particularities : spears, out of which you may shoot ; shields that will give fire four times ; a great many rich halberds, commonly called partisans, with which the guard defend the Royal person in battle ; some lances covered with red dnd... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1871 - 460 pages
...led to the Armoury, in which are these particularities ; spears out of which you may shoot ; shields that will give fire four times ; a great many rich halberds, commonly called partizans, with which the guard defend the royal person in Battle ; some lances covered with red and... | |
 | Aungervyle society - 1881 - 360 pages
...into the Armoury, in which are these particularities: Spears, out of which you may shoot; Shields, that will give fire four times; a great many rich Halberds, commonly called Partuisans, with which the Guard defend the Royal Person in battle; some Lances, covered with red and... | |
 | Thomas Preston - 1885 - 242 pages
...the Tower in 1598 he records that in the armoury he saw "spears out of which you may shoot, shields that will give fire four times, a great many rich halberds, commonly called partizans, with which the Guards defend the royal person in battle." This confusion of the words halberd... | |
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We were next led to the Armoury, in which are these particularities : — spears out of which you may shoot ; shields that will give fire four times ; a great many rich halberds, commonly called partisans, with which the guard defend the royal person... 
