A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical (1881)
Chatto, William Andrew, 1799-1864, Jackson, John, 1801-1848, Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884 · New York : J. W. Bouton · leaf 218
ice-players, messengers, and currours, that is couriers. In old authors the niimerous idleretainers of the nobilityare frequently represented as gamblers, swash-bucklers, and tavej-n-haunters. Although there are twenty-four impressions in the volume, yet thereare only sixteen subjects, as described… … The above cut is a reduced copy of the knight, No. 7 ; and hischaracter is thus described : The knyght ought to be maad al armedupon an hors in suche wise that he have an helme on his heed and aspere in his right hond, and coverid with his shelde, a swerde and a maceon his left syde . clad with an…
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