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Search phrase: lance

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CoriolanusCor I.i.198As I could pick my lance.As I could picke my Lance.
CymbelineCym V.iii.34A distaff to a lance, gilded pale looks;A Distaffe, to a Lance, guilded pale lookes;
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.i.122Enacted wonders with his sword and lance.Enacted wonders with his Sword and Lance.
Henry VI Part 11H6 III.ii.50What will you do, good greybeard? Break a lance,What will you doe, good gray-beard? / Breake a Launce,
Henry VI Part 11H6 III.ii.134A braver soldier never couched lance;A brauer Souldier neuer couched Launce,
Henry VI Part 33H6 II.iii.16Broached with the steely point of Clifford's lance;Broach'd with the Steely point of Cliffords Launce:
King Edward IIIE3 III.iii.179Enter four Heralds, bringing in a coat of armour, a helmet, a lance, and a shieldEnter foure Heraldes bringing in a coate armour, a helmet, a lance, and a shield.
King Edward IIIE3 III.iii.193Receive this lance into thy manly hand;Receiue this lance into thy manly hand,
King Edward IIIE3 III.iv.74Enter Prince Edward in triumph, bearing in his hand his shivered lance, and the body of the King of Bohemia borne before, wrapped in the colours. They run and embrace himEnter Prince Edward in tryumph, bearing in his hande his shiuered Launce, and the King of Boheme, borne before, wrapt in the Coullours: They runne and imbrace him.
King LearKL IV.vi.167And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks;and the strong Lance of Iustice, hurtlesse breakes:
Much Ado About NothingMA III.i.64Made a foul blot; if tall, a lance ill-headed;Made a foule blot: if tall, a launce ill headed:
PericlesPer II.ii.50To have practised more the whipstock than the lance.To haue practis'd more the Whipstocke, then the Launce.
Richard IIR2 I.iii.101Receive thy lance; and God defend the right.Receiue thy Launce, and heauen defend thy right.
Richard IIR2 I.iii.103Go bear this lance to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk.Go beare this Lance to Thomas D. of Norfolke.
Richard IIIR3 V.iii.144Let fall thy lance; despair, and die!Let fall thy Lance, dispaire and dye.
Troilus and CressidaTC I.iii.283The splinter of a lance.’ Even so much.The splinter of a Lance: Euen so much.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK I.iii.20Or tell of babes broached on the lance, or womenOr tell of Babes broachd on the Launce, or women

Poems

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Venus and AdonisVen.103 ‘ Over my altars hath he hung his lance, Ouer my Altars hath he hong his launce,

Glossary

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across[of a lance] not straight, obliquely; awry, amiss
ashspear, lance [made of ash]
beamlarge wooden staff, lance, club
charging-stafflance used in jousting
lancelancer, horse soldier armed with a lance [a metal-ended shaft]
lanceengage in a jousting contest
launchlance [to let out infection]
staff(plural ‘staves’) spear, lance
tiltlance-charge, joust, combat

Thesaurus

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horse soldier armed with a lancelance
jousting, lance used incharging-staff
lancebeam
lancestaff
lanceash
lance [to let out infection]launch
lance used in joustingcharging-staff
lance-chargetilt
straight, not [of a lance]across

Themes and Topics

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Discourse markers...] ‘ and not worth / the splinter of a lance ’ even so much [agamemnon] this shall b...
Weapons

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
LANCEBASIClance n, lance v

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