 | Bertrandon de La Brocquière - Europe, Eastern - 1807 - 356 pages
...point. It is ornamented with plates of iron on all sides•, to ward off from the face, neck and p P cheeks, blows of the sword, and are like the helmets...further from evening to day-break than in three other days,—and this is the reason why they cannot wear such complete armour as the French and Italians.... | |
 | Thomas Wright - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1848 - 566 pages
...which, not having vizor nor throat piece, had need of projecting plates of iron to guard the face. and for these occasions they have a particular kind...gallop for a long time, while we select only those that gallop well and with ease. It is by these forced marches that they have succeeded in surprising and... | |
 | Albert Boardman Kerr - Coeur, Jacques, D. 1456 - 1927 - 394 pages
...marches they only walk, but in these [surprise attacks] they always gallop; and, as they are besides lightly armed, they will thus advance further from...this is the reason why they cannot wear such complete armor as the French and Italians." And witness the oration of ^Eneas Sylvius before the diet of Frankfort... | |
 | Thomas Wright - Travel - 2003 - 566 pages
...; and as they are heside lightly armed, they will thus advance further, from evening to day-hreak, than in three other days; and this is the reason why...French and Italians. They choose, also, no horses hut such as walk fast, and gallop for a long time, while we select only those that gallop well and... | |
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In their ordinary marches they only walk, but in these they always gallop ; and as they are beside lightly armed, they will thus advance further, from evening to day-break, than in three other days ; and this is the reason why they cannot wear such complete... 