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Kn. Come Mr. Fancy we'le pursue our first design of retiring into my Cabinet and reading a leaf or two in Martiall, I am a little dull and wou'd fain laugh.
Sir Patient Fancy 1678
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The “Martiall” part of the code dealt with the duties of soldiers.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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The “Martiall” part of the code dealt with the duties of soldiers.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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The “Martiall” part of the code dealt with the duties of soldiers.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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The exercise of both was shootyng and darting, running and wrestling, and trying such maisteries, as eyther consisted in swiftnesse of feete, agilitie of body, strength of armes, or Martiall discipline.
The More Things Change II Heo 2006
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Tourneyes, and other Martiall exercises, but they were reserved for
The Decameron 2004
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And about the same time in the Dutch Regiment, an other for murthering of one of his companions, about a quarrell betweene themselues, rising as it was supposed, vpon their drinke, was by order of Martiall law, presently tyed to the partie so murthered, and foorthwith both of them so cast into the sea.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Eutropius reporteth, that he infinitely excelled in the vertues both of the mind and body also, and that hauing a pleasure in the practise of warre, and in the iust commendation, of Martiall prowesse, he neuer pitched his field but his successe in the battel was alwayes victorious.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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But I hope, as in other places the recouerie of their diseases doeth acquaint their bodies with the aire of the countries where they be, so the remainder of these which haue either recouered, or past without sicknesse will proue most fit for Martiall seruices.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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By like manner of meane, was sentence given between the noble Greekes: For the noble and valiant personage Palamedes was convicted and attainted of treason, by false perswasion and accusation, and Ulisses being but of base condition, was preferred in Martiall prowesse above great Ajax.
The Golden Asse Lucius Apuleius
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