What is "betwene"

Usage examples of "betwene".

With that his balefull speare, he fiercely bentAgainst the Pagans brest, and therewith thoughtHis cursed life out of her lodge haue rent:But ere the point arriued, where it ought,That seuen-fold shield, which he from Guyon broughtHe cast betwene to ward the bitter stound:Through all those foldes the steelehead passage wroughtAnd through his shoulder pierst.

Now to bring this Peter in credite, and the kyng out of all credite with his people, diverse vaine persons bruted dayly among the commons of the realme, that Christe had twice appered unto him in the shape of a childe, betwene the prieste's handes, once at Yorke, another tyme at Pomfret.

Now to bring this Peter in credite, and the kyng out of all credite with his people, diverse vaine persons bruted dayly among the commons of the realme, that Christe had twice appered unto him in the shape of a childe, betwene the prieste’s handes, once at Yorke, another tyme at Pomfret.