Shaw, Henry, 1800-1873, William Pickering (Firm) · London : William Pickering · leaf 212
thus caught, to the ground. If much resistance wasmade, he had only to give the weapon a twist, and the curved spike which wasplaced on the under side of the staff, in a plane at right angles to that ofthe instrument itself, would pierce his body, and put him at once hors decombat. The staff of the… … CLASP OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES V.
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