Book 30. (1 results) Mariners of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 3 | 657 | More than one View more quotes about mercenary">mercenary had a crossbow bolt half through his brass-bound shield, formed of layers of bosk hide. |
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Book 30. (7 results) Mariners of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 3 | 654 | I concealed myself behind them, and then I rose to my feet, and ran toward the open country. |
| 3 | 655 | I was not alone, as neck-roped women, and warriors, singly, and in prides, fled the city. |
| 3 | 656 | There were tarns in the sky and their shadows seemed to race across the grass. |
| 3 | 657 | More than one mercenary had a crossbow bolt half through his brass-bound shield, formed of layers of bosk hide. |
| 3 | 658 | The crossbow, even the stirrup variety, loads slowly, and there is little danger from the quarrel if one need only defend oneself from a single direction. |
| 3 | 659 | Should the tarnsman dismount he fights evenly with his foe, and the more skilled warrior is most likely to survive. |
| 3 | 660 | I soon realized that the bolts flighted from the crossbows had the mercenaries as targets, and not the women. |
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I concealed myself behind them, and then I rose to my feet, and ran toward the open country.
I was not alone, as neck-roped women, and warriors, singly, and in prides, fled the city.
There were tarns in the sky and their shadows seemed to race across the grass.
More than one mercenary had a crossbow bolt half through his brass-bound shield, formed of layers of bosk hide.
The crossbow, even the stirrup variety, loads slowly, and there is little danger from the quarrel if one need only defend oneself from a single direction.
Should the tarnsman dismount he fights evenly with his foe, and the more skilled warrior is most likely to survive.
I soon realized that the bolts flighted from the crossbows had the mercenaries as targets, and not the women.
- (Mariners of Gor)