Citations:vauntgarde

English citations of vauntgarde

1792, Sir John Harington, Nugæ Antiquæ, being a collection of original papers in prose and verse: written in the reigns of Henry VIII., etc. by Sir J. Harington and others ... Selected by H. H. A new and enlarged edition, page 36:
[…] ; before the vauntgarde marched the forlorne hope, […] vpon either syde of the vauntgarde […] marched wyngs of shott, […]

1804, Sir John Harington, Henry Harington, Nugae Antiquae: Being a Miscellaneous Collection of Original Papers, in Prose and Verse; Written During the Reigns of Henry Viii., Edward VI., Queen Mary, Elizabeth, and King James, page 280:
... delivered upon close at hande , a volley of at leaste 100 shott , whiche were instauntlie repelled by some troupes whiche his Lordship caused to be drawen forthe of the vauntgarde , commanded that daie by the Earle of Thomounde .
1872, Henri d'Orléans Aumale (duc d'), History of the Princes de Condé in the XVIth and XVIIth Centuries: Louis de Bourbon, cont., Henri de Bourbon (1569-1588), Henri de Bourbon, (1588-1610), page 292:
The 15 the enemies had apoyntid his randevous at Saynsoni ( Sunxai ) , and owr vauntgarde determined the same , so both the marshall of ether campp arivid there at one instant . The enemye tooke the field , back with a great wood ...
1873, John M'Ure, Glasghu Facies: A View of the City of Glasgow; Or, An Account of Its Origin, Rise, and Progress, with a More Particular Description Thereof Than Has Been Hitherto Known ..., page 89:
The Hamiltons had the vauntgarde of the queen's part , assisted with others , to the number of 2000. Both companies did strive for a hill nigh adjoining where they met . Their meeting together was in a straight passage through a village ...