| 1832 - 602 Seiten
...completely lamed by the effect of armour : and James the First justly and wittily observed, that armour not only protected the wearer, but also prevented him from injuring any one else. From cavalry thus equipped, the infantry had, of course, nothing to dread : and as to the... | |
| 1824 - 618 Seiten
...expressed his pacific admiration of armour : ' He could not,' he said, ' but greatly praise armour, as it not only protected the wearer, but also prevented him from injuring any other person.' The warriors of his times, however, began to discover that it lacked the best part of these qualities.... | |
| John Mitchell - 1838 - 414 Seiten
...already completely lamed by the effect of armour : and James I. justly and wittily observed, that armour not only protected the wearer, but also prevented him from injuring any one else. From cavalry thus equipped, the infantry had not much to dread: and as to the argoulets,... | |
| 1841 - 982 Seiten
...full freedom of action, than when such qualities are constrained by the incumbrance of a cuirass. Kng James I. observed, in praise of armour, that it not...prevented him from injuring any other person; and there eaa be no doubt that, however invulnerable a otnai may render a cavalry soldier, his active proare... | |
| Charles Dalton - 1885 - 438 Seiten
...and James I., by WB Rye. James I. said of armour " that he could not but greatly praise armour, as it not only protected the wearer, but also prevented him from injuring any other person." Quoted by Sir S. Meyrick in his Ancient Armour, iii. p. 73. due for an armour which the late Prince... | |
| James Burnley - 1886 - 420 Seiten
...violent opposition. Peace-loving James I. remarked that he could not but greatly praise armour, as it not only protected the wearer, but also prevented him from injuring any other person. It was the gallant Bayard who said, " It is humiliating that a man with a heart in him should be exposed... | |
| Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson - 1900 - 408 Seiten
...pacific perhaps echoed James I. 's mild statement that "he could not but greatly praise armour, seeing that it not only protected the wearer, but also prevented him from injuring any other person." It was more than this to many mediaeval wearers, for it represented to them the mystic armour of the... | |
| 1832 - 720 Seiten
...completely lamed by the effect of armour : and James the First justly and wittily observed, that armour not only protected the wearer, but also prevented him from injuring any one else. From cavalry thus equipped, the infantry had, of course, nothing to dread: and as to the... | |
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