What is "arrowes"

Usage examples of "arrowes".

Captaine Smith was led after him by three great Salvages, holding him fast by each arme: and on each side six went in fyle with their arrowes nocked.

In retiring being in the midst of a low quagmire, and minding them more than my steps, I stept fast into the quagmire, and also the Indian in drawing me forth: thus surprised, I resolved to trie their mercies, my armes I caste from me, till which none durst approch me: being ceazed on me, they drew me out and led me to the King, I presented him with a compasse diall, describing by my best meanes the use thereof, whereat he so amazedly admired, as he suffered me to proceed in a discourse of the roundnes of the earth, the course of the sunne, moone, starres and plannets, with kinde speeches and bread he requited me, conducting me where the canow lay and John Robinson slaine, with 20 or 30 arrowes in him.

A good time they continued this exercise, and then cast themselves in a ring, dauncing in such severall Postures, and singing and yelling out such hellish notes and screeches: being strangely painted, every one his quiver of arrowes, and at his backe a club: on his arme a Fox or an Otters skinne, or some such matter for his vambrace: their heads and shoulders painted red, with oyle and Pocones mingled together, which Scarlet like colour made an exceeding handsome shew, his Bow in his hand, and the skinne of a Bird with her wings abroad dryed, tyed on his head, a peece of copper, a white shell, a long feather, with a small rattle growing at the tayles of their snaks tyed to it, or some such like toy.

Smith little dreaming of that accident, being got to the marshes at the river's head, twentie myles in the desert, had his two men slaine (as is supposed) sleeping by the Canowe, whilst himselfe by fowling sought them victuall, who finding he was beset with 200 Salvages, two of them hee slew, still defending himself with the ayd of a Salvage his guide, whom he bound to his arme with his garters, and used him as a buckler, yet he was shot in his thigh a little, and had many arrowes stucke in his cloathes but no great hurt, till at last they tooke him prisoner.

Notwithstanding within an houre after they tyed him to a tree, and as many as could stand about him prepared to shoot him, but the King holding up the Compass in his hand, they all laid downe their Bowes and Arrowes, and in a triumphant manner led him to Orapaks, where he was after their manner kindly feasted and well used.

For the King himselfe will make his owne robes, shooes, bowes, arrowes, pots, plant, hunt, or doe any thing so well as the rest.

Such as Diana by the sandie shoreOf swift Eurotas, or on Cynthus greene,Where all the Nymphes haue her vnwares forlore,Wandreth alone with bow and arrowes keene,To seeke her game: Or as that famous QueeneOf Amazons, whom Pyrrhus did destroy,The day that first of Priame she was seene,Did shew her selfe in great triumphant ioy,To succour the weake state of sad afflicted Troy.

O stay thy hand, for yonder is no gameFor thy fierce arrowes, them to exercize,But loe my Lord, my liege, whose warlike name,Is farre renowmd through many bold emprize.

Like as Cupido on Idæan hill,When hauing laid his cruell bow away,And mortall arrowes, wherewith he doth fillThe world with murdrous spoiles and bloudie pray,With his faire mother he him dights to play,And with his goodly sisters, Graces three.

The first troupe was a monstrous rablementOf fowle misshapen wights, of which some wereHeaded like Owles, with beckes vncomely bent,Others like Dogs, others like Gryphons dreare,And some had wings, and some had clawes to teare,And euery one of them had Lynces eyes,And euery one did bow and arrowes beare:All those were lawlesse lustes, corrupt enuies,And couetous aspectes, all cruell enimies.

And in his hand a bended bow was seene,And many arrowes vnder his right side,All deadly daungerous, all cruell keene,Headed with flint, and feathers bloudie dide,Such as the Indians in their quiuers hide.

But that lame Hag, still as abroad he strewHis wicked arrowes, gathered them againe,And to him brought, fresh battell to renew:Which he espying, cast her to restraineFrom yielding succour to that cursed Swaine,And her attaching, thought her hands to tye.

She on a day, as she pursewd the chaceOf some wild beast, which with her arrowes keeneShe wounded had, the same along did traceBy tract of bloud, which she had freshly seene,To haue besprinckled all the grassy greene.

For that same Brute, whom much he did aduaunceIn all his speach, was Syluius his sonne,Whom hauing slaine, through luckles arrowes gla&utilde.

Kings Queenes, Lords Ladies, Knights & Damzels gentWere heap'd together with the vulgar sort,And mingled with the raskall rablement,Without respect of person or of port,To shew Dan Cupids powre and great effort:And round about a border was entrayld,Of broken bowes and arrowes shiuered short,And a long bloudy riuer through them rayld,So liuely and so like, that liuing sence it fayld.