 ... time, advancing with their cross-bows presented, and began to shoot. The English archers then advanced one step forward, and shot their arrows with such force and quickness, that it seemed as if it snowed. When the Genoese felt these arrows, which...  The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Pàgina 7561807Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Jean Froissart - 1901 - 452 pàgines
...that it seemed as if it snowed. When the Genoese felt these arrows, which pierced through their armor, some of them cut the strings of their cross-bows, others flung them to the ground, and all turned about and retreated quite discomfited. The French had a large body of... | |
 | Robert Roscoe - 1813 - 156 pàgines
...it seemed as if it snowed. When the Genoese felt these arrows, which pierced their arms, heads, and through their armour, some of them cut the strings...all turned about, and retreated quite discomfited." Johnes's Froissart, vol. ip 514, 325. M 2 Together twin'd, the wrestlers gasp. P. 57. " There was much... | |
 | Robert Roscoe - 1813 - 128 pàgines
...it seemed as if it snowed. When the Genoese felt these arrows, which pierced their arms, heads, and through their armour, some of them cut the strings...all turned about, and retreated quite discomfited." Johnes's Froissart, vol. ip 514, 325. Together twin'd, the wresflers gasp. P. 57. " There was much... | |
 | 1823 - 380 pàgines
...seemed as if it snowed. ' When the Genoese felt these arrows, which pierced their arms, heads, and through their armour, some of them cut the strings of their cross-bows, otliers flung them on the ground, and all turned about, and retreated, quite discomfited. The French... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1835 - 386 pàgines
...seemed as if it snowed. " When the Genoese felt these arrows, which pierced their arms, heads, and through their armour, some of them cut the strings...quite discomfited. The French had a large body of men-at-arms on horseback, richly dressed, to support the Genoese. *' The King of France, seeing them... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1835 - 394 pàgines
...seemed as if it snowed. u When the Genoese felt these arrows, which pierced their arms, heads, and through their armour, some of them cut the strings...quite discomfited. The French had a large body of men-at-arms on horseback, richly dressed, to support the Genoese. *' The King of France, seeing them... | |
 | 1836 - 282 pàgines
...Genoese could not withstand the force of these arrows, which pierced completely through their armour ; so some of them cut the strings of their cross-bows,...about and retreated quite discomfited. The French had drawn up a large body of men-atarms on horseback, richly dressed, to support the Genoese; and when... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1838 - 1198 pàgines
...seemed as if it snowed. u When the Genoese felt these arrows, which pierced their arms, heads, and through their armour, some of them cut the strings...about, and retreated, quite discomfited. The French bad a large Di dy of men at-arm* on horseback, richly dressed, to support the Genoese. " The King of... | |
 | Jean Froissart - 1839 - 836 pàgines
...it seemed as if it snowed. When the Genoese felt these arrows, which pierced their arms, heads, and through their armour, some of them cut the strings...France, seeing them thus fall back, cried out, " Kill me those scoundrels ; for they stop up our road, without any reason." You would then have seen the above-mentioned... | |
 | Jean Froissart - 1839 - 830 pàgines
...through their armour, some of them cut the strings of their cross-hows, others flung them on the groimd, and all turned about and retreated quite discomfited....France, seeing them thus fall back, cried out, " Kill me those scoundrels ; for they stop up our road, without any reason." You would then have seen the above-mentioned... | |
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