Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 444
ed in imitationof Amadis and Lanzilote and other knights ofolden times of whom so much is written inbooks. The combatants are clad in breastplatesand wear a particular kind of helmet. Theyuse lances of fourteen hands breadth long withblunt iron points. They throw these lances atone another and… … Fig. 7.Spanish Officers at Barriers. From Engraving by Hogenburg, 1569. held his lance with the butt end in his rightpalm and the left hand at the balance. Baltasinheld his in the ordinary way. He broke a pieceoff his lance jioint when striking, and Ternantbroke his helmet. The guards then…
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