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  • The mute nodded, and stepping towards the coat of mail, which hung with the shield and helmet of the chivalrous monarch upon the pillar of the tent, he handled it with such nicety of address as sufficiently to show that he fully understood the business of an armour-bearer.

    The Talisman 2008

  • In 69 AD, Cartimandua divorced Venutius one wonders what took her so long in favour of his armour-bearer Vellocatus.

    Archive 2006-06-01 Carla 2006

  • In 69 AD, Cartimandua divorced Venutius one wonders what took her so long in favour of his armour-bearer Vellocatus.

    Five historical figures Carla 2006

  • And Turnus pursuing and aiming as he ran, thus upbraids him in triumph: 'Didst thou hope, madman, thou mightest escape our hands?' and catches him as he clings, and tears him and a great piece of the wall away: as when, with a hare or snowy-bodied swan in his crooked talons, Jove's armour-bearer soars aloft, or the wolf of

    The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

  • So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armour-bearer, and all his men, that same day together.

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 Charles Herbert Sylvester

  • Jonathan and his armour-bearer charged the Philistine garrison and routed hundreds singlehanded.

    When the Holy Ghost is Come Col. S. L. Brengle

  • And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him.

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 Charles Herbert Sylvester

  • Three of his household beside him, lying carelessly among their arms, and the armour-bearer and charioteer of Remus go [331-364] down before him, caught at the horses 'feet.

    The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

  • Then said Saul unto his armour-bearer, "Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these Philistines come and thrust me through, and abuse me."

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 Charles Herbert Sylvester

  • But his armour-bearer would not; for he was sore afraid.

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 Charles Herbert Sylvester

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