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Brutus and Cassius to plant their soldiery) consisted of such as I conceive were they that are called milites beneficiarii; in regard that the tenure of their lands was by way of benefices, that is, for life, and upon condition of duty or service in the war upon their own charge.
The Commonwealth of Oceana James Harrington 1644
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(p. 501) translated by Carlyle "milites," by Schultens
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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He went further than Smail in emphasising the skill and professionalism of the milites, the heavy cavalry of the Middle Ages.
De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » The Myths of Medieval Warfare 2010
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Oculi ut milites in insidiis semper recubant, et subito ad visum sagittas emittunt,
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Plutarch. vita Marcelli, Nec sensit urbem captam, nec milites in domum irruentes, adeo intentus studiis, &c. 1996.
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Tunc portantur et milites in equis, et armis quoque pleni atque parati, qui feruentibus sonipedibus se inuicem cuspidibus ad fragorem magnum configentes lanceas comminuunt, et fragmenta per mensas, et pauimenta discurrunt.
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Vnde quum equitant plures dominæ simul et videntur à longe, apparent milites, habentes galeas in capitibus cum lanceis eleuatis.
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Ducissa Cracouiæ, et Episcopus et quidam milites, plures etiam nobis dederunt huiusmodi pelles.
The long and wonderful voyage of Frier Iohn de Plano Carpini 2004
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Secunda ab hac Diospolis, sive Thebae cognomine Ægyptiæ; quas centum portas habuisse ferunt; sive, at alii ajunt, centum aulas, totidem olim Principum domos; solitasque singulas, ubi negotium exegerat, ducenos armatos milites effundere.
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Et L. Martium in Hispania, interfectis Scipionibus, concionem seu orationem ad milites habentem, atque ad vltionem exhortantem, conflagrasse, Valerius Antias narrat.
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