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He has called him forty Marchmen bold, Were kinsmen to the bold Buccleuch; With spur on heel, and splent on spauld, And gluves of green, and feathers blue.
From Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys by Various
He has call’d him forty marchmen bauld, Were kinsmen to the bauld Buccleuch, With spur on heel, and splent on spauld, And gleuves of green, and feathers blue.
From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank
One and all, the reivers were well armed, "with spur on heel, and splent on spauld," and with them they carried scaling ladders, picks, axes, and iron crowbars.
From Stories of the Border Marches by Lang, Jeanie
He has calld him forty marchmen bauld,Were kinsmen to the bauld Buccleuch,With spur on heel, and splent on spauld,And gleuves of green, and feathers blue.
From A Collection of Ballads by Lang, Andrew
He has call'd him forty Marchmen bauld, Were kinsmen to the bauld Buccleuch; With spur on heel, and splent on spauld; And gleuves of green, and feathers blue.
From Types of Children's Literature by Barnes, Walter
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ant, -ent
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