Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 54
armor his ancestors must haveworn. The brave wearer of this mail, he wouldsay, had certainly done some hard fighting, andthese dents and those breaks in the mail were prob- In course of time this suit of armor, and thearmed figure of the Dc Vernaye, about whichtheir father talked so much, became so… … SIR LEOPOLD DE VERNAY ably made when he couched his lance or drew hissword in the battles of Hastings and Marston Moor.Some of Mr. Verneys visitors, who rememberedEnglish history, knew that this individual musthave lived a very long life indeed if he had foughtin both the battles of Hastings and…
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