battoon

Luttrell, in 1704, speaks of “a battoon set with diamonds sent him from the French king.”

The Journal to Stella 2003

Luttrell, in 1704, speaks of "a battoon set with diamonds sent him from the French king."

The Journal to Stella Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 1901

'Sir,' the other answered hotly, 'I have been in battles when you were in your baby-linen, and I handled a battoon when you could scarce shake

Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

Luttrell, in 1704, speaks of "a battoon set with diamonds sent him from the French king."

The Journal to Stella Jonathan Swift 1706

The governor sent me word that my servant should be restored to me upon payment of sixty piastres; and being answered by me that I had not a penny for myself, and therefore could not pay sixty piastres to redeem my servant, he informed me by a renegade Jew, who negotiated the whole affair, that either I must produce the money or receive a hundred blows of the battoon.

A Voyage to Abyssinia Jeronimo Lobo 1637

Union, between England and Scotland, was upon debate, and having the honour to have severall Lords and Members of parliament often dine with us, they inform'd us of the Grand day when the Act was to be past or rejected, and by speciall favour of my Lord high Commissioner, we had leave to stand upon the throne by his right hand: The usuall way to admit strangers is to give them a battoon; which holding in their hands, shows that they are forreigners.

The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) James Pringle Thomson