When the French vaward was thus brought to confusion, the english archersrafte away their bowes, and tooke into their handes, axes, mastes, swords, billes, and other hand weapons
1578, John Polemon, “The Battell of Bicona”, inAll the famous battels that haue bene fought in our age throughout the worlde[…], page157:
[…]and Mounsieur Baccalaure the Ensigne bearer of Monsieur de Brion was slayne, and Hugh Earle of Pepoli, had his legge shot through with an harquebusse, the Frenche guidons wererafte and torne[…]
