Book 26. (1 results) Witness of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 31 | 640 | The two men, protected View more quotes about behind">behind their brethren, unslung their bows. |
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Book 26. (7 results) Witness of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 31 | 637 | But none cared, it seemed, to be the first to tread within the orbit of that fierce satellite, that primitive, improvised weapon. |
| 31 | 638 | "You, you," said the leader of the strangers to two of his men. |
| 31 | 639 | "Sheath your swords, set your bows". |
| 31 | 640 | The two men, protected behind their brethren, unslung their bows. |
| 31 | 641 | Some such weapons are set by a windlass, but those these men carried were more swiftly prepared for fire. |
| 31 | 642 | They could be drawn with two hands, the bow held down, a foot in the stirrup. |
| 31 | 643 | It would take a moment, of course, to free the bow, to draw it, to set it, to extract a quarrel from the quiver, to arm it. |
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But none cared, it seemed, to be the first to tread within the orbit of that fierce satellite, that primitive, improvised weapon.
"You, you," said the leader of the strangers to two of his men.
"Sheath your swords, set your bows".
The two men, protected behind their brethren, unslung their bows.
Some such weapons are set by a windlass, but those these men carried were more swiftly prepared for fire.
They could be drawn with two hands, the bow held down, a foot in the stirrup.
It would take a moment, of course, to free the bow, to draw it, to set it, to extract a quarrel from the quiver, to arm it.
- (Witness of Gor)