. An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature. he Armouries of some of the Nobility (whereof Ialso have seen a part), they are so well furnished, that withinsome one Barons custody, I have seen three score or ahundred corslets at once; besides calivers, hand-guns, bows,sheafs of arrows, pikes, bills, pole-axes, flasks, touch-boxes,targets, &c.: the very sight whereof appalled my courage. Seldom shall you see any of my countrymen, aboveeighteen or twenty years old, to go without a dagger at theleast, at his back or by his side; although they be aged loo Every one usually car
. An English garner; ingatherings from our history and literature. he Armouries of some of the Nobility (whereof Ialso have seen a part), they are so well furnished, that withinsome one Barons custody, I have seen three score or ahundred corslets at once; besides calivers, hand-guns, bows,sheafs of arrows, pikes, bills, pole-axes, flasks, touch-boxes,targets, &c.: the very sight whereof appalled my courage. Seldom shall you see any of my countrymen, aboveeighteen or twenty years old, to go without a dagger at theleast, at his back or by his side; although they be aged loo Every one usually carries arms. P^- ^^- J^^-^^- J^-g 533, burgesses or magistrates of any city who, in appearance, aremost exempt from brabling and contention. Our Nobility commonly wear swords or rapiers, with theirdaggers; as doth every common serving man also that fol-loweth his lord and master. Finally, no man travelleth by the way, without his swordor some such weapon, with us; except the Minister, whocommonly weareth none at all, unless it be a dagger orhanger at his The most dangerous and memorable adventure of Richard Ferris, one of the five ordinary Messengers of Her Majestys Chamber : who departed from Tower Wharf, on Midsummer Day last past, with Andrew Hill and William Thomas ; who undertook, in a small wherry boat, to row, by sea, to the city of Bristow j and are now safely returned. Wherein is particularly expressed their perilssustained in the said Voyage: and the great entertain-ment they had at several places upon the coast ofEngland^ as they ^wentj but especially at thesaid city of Brist(nv. Published by the said Richard Ferris.
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