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Martin and Valerian, both Masters of the Soldiery, were sent to him.
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After several days John Troglita was sent to Africa and Artabanes was summoned to receive the office of Master of the Soldiery in the imperial presence.
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Rome, however, was under siege for a long time when the Master of the Soldiery John was in command there.
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The murderous – headed statues of the wicked Emperors of the Soldiery, whom sculptors had not been able to flatter out of their villainous hideousness, might have come off their pedestals to run away with the Bride.
Little Dorrit 2007
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QUOTATION: Enjoin this upon the Officers, and let them inculcate, and press home to the Soldiery, the Necessity of Order and Harmony among them, who are embarkd in one common Cause, and mutually contending for all that Freeman [sic] hold dear.
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But the comrades would never hear the rest of Andel's forthcoming witticism for Red broke in: "Be a bit quieter, Andel, or you'll have the whole of the Rhanian Soldiery on our heads."
Elric At The End of Time Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1984
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Thence he came with two thousand infantry and five hundred horsemen to aid Mundo against Sabinian, Master of the Soldiery of Illyricum, who at that time had made ready to fight with Mundo near the city named Margoplanum, which lies between the Danube and Margus rivers, and destroyed the Army of Illyricum.
The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964
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Soldiery; their Harvest utterly ruined, and the only Passage of Relief stopped up by a most formidable Fleet.
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Soldiery in companies drove a roadway through the mass from time to time, by which the arrivals might enter
The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Elizabeth Miller
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Baza, the Master of the Soldiery, who was the son of
The Origin and Deeds of the Goths Jordanes
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