History of Zionism, 1600-1918, Vol. 2 (of 2)Sokolow, Nahum
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History of Zionism, 1600-1918, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Sokolow, Nahum
Jews -- Restoration; Zionism -- History
There is a captaine called _Nauison_, which hath under him xx. thousand
men, appointed and armed with the skin of a serpent, most hard & stiffe,
they haue Axes, pollaxes, pikes, harquebushes, and other kind of
weapons: their Ensigne or armes, is a white snaile in a blacke fielde,
with a deuise about it, _By little and little, men goe very farre_.
Of the tribe of _Simeon_ there is a Prince of _Arsay_, whose name is
not yet knowne, but they say he is a deuill, great, grosse, & thicke
beyond measure, with a flat nose, and both he and his men are of the
stature of Giants: he leadeth with him xx. thousand footemen, almost
all _Alfiers_, which are also so swift & nimble that they will take
horses running: they make a meruailous noise, such as no people use:
their Ensigne is an Lute in a blacke field, and haue for their posy,
_Such is my government_.
6. _Of the Duke of Barsalda._
There is a duke of _Barsalda_, and he is the conducter of xiii.
thousand footmen, which are all Harquebushers, & carry no fire matches,
but strike it with a stone: they are apparrelled & armed with such a
hard kind of leather, and so enchaunted, that no yron weapon in the
world is able to perse it thorow. They bee also very swift and light:
their Ensigne or armes, is a dry tree in a blew field, and their deuise
thus, _I hope to spread, and be greene againe_.
7. _Of the Armie of the Duke Passill._
There is a duke of _Passill_ called _Abia_, he hath under his conduct
a thousand footmen, very cruell, hauing all kind of weapons to push or
pricke far off, and to strike nigh, but farre different from ours, they
are very expert in artificiall fire, and make the greatest and most
dreadfull thinges withall yᵗ a man can imagin: they do it either by
arte or enchauntment, so that it seemeth that it raigneth fire upon
their enemies, and yet notwithstanding hurteth not themselves at all,
by reason they are apparalled with a certaine Serpents skin which
preserueth them. Their Ensigne is a Cat holding a Rat in her paw in a
blacke fielde, and theyr posie thus, _Euen so hapneth it to him that
is not gouerned_.
8. _Of the Army conducted by the Earle of Albary._
There is an Erle of _Albary_ called _Orut_, which hath under his
gouernaunce a thousand horse-men with Crosse-bowes, some of them weare
certaine light armour of a kind of hard mettall, with Rapyers and
daggers after theyr manner, they fight alwayes running and their horses
are so swift that it is wonderfull. This man also hath xx. thousand
horses barbed with very fine leather. Some carry pikes & Partisans,
& such like weapons. Their Ensigne or armes is a man in chaines, in
a field parted halfe with greene and purple, and this deuise withall,
_My chaines shall bind another man_.
9. _Of the Marquesse of Vorio._
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