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  • "That we shall prove," said Goodwin Hawtayne; "but it would be well, ere they close with us, to raise up the mantlets and pavises as a screen against their bolts."

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • "That we shall prove," said Goodwin Hawtayne; "but it would be well, ere they close with us, to raise up the mantlets and pavises as a screen against their bolts."

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • "That we shall prove," said Goodwin Hawtayne; "but it would be well, ere they close with us, to raise up the mantlets and pavises as a screen against their bolts."

    The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • "That we shall prove," said Goodwin Hawtayne; "but it would be well, ere they close with us, to raise up the mantlets and pavises as a screen against their bolts."

    The White Company 1890

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