Heralds, at times

Usage examples of messengers.

We have guards to set, and messengers to send to the bridges and the riverward villages in case your enemies have any remote gain in this circumstance.

A light saddle made sense if you wanted to travel speedily, which she supposed most messengers did, but it would take some getting used to.

She is short on messengers and thought I could talk you into joining up.

The ache in his leg was robbing him of sleep, and each day was filled with the demands of supply, details on the planned deployment on the march, and the ceaseless swarm of messengers delivering reports and orders then hurrying off with the same.

Barracks Wall, after Destriant Karnadas had left and the stream of messengers began its frenzied flow, he had watched the first concerted movement of enemy troops to the east and southeast, the rumbling appearance of siege weapons.

Right at the beginning of October came messengers from the parts about Dover from London and from Canterbury to bring the king tidings that have troubled his heart.

Now were they about to put to sea when messengers came from Greece, who stayed the expedition and kept back the king and his men.

With the messengers who came was John, who was well worthy to be believed, for he was witness and messenger of nought that was not true and that he did not know for certain.

Holy Terra placed in the hands of those who had succored Her Messengers, and their foes were brought low.

His forces would be too far distant to intervene as ordered, for by the time messengers reached him and he advanced, the feigned flight would have carried the battle beyond his reach.

Several messengers were running along the narrow streets, carrying news of trade convoys or shipments to the merchants.

But they were not Spartans: they were house-slaves, messengers, gardeners and servants, with no experience of war.

Before Parmenion could reply, a servant announced the arrival of the messengers from Pella.

The decrees of this Council covered a range as wide as the measures adopted for dredging the channels of the lake and preventing the encroachment of water weed, to the choice of messengers to be sent to the Gods Baal and Astarte.

In the five years that Huy had directed the religious life of Opet, not more than 100 human messengers had been sent to the gods.