She could distinguish them by their corselets, their fustian skirts, their foot-gear.
"The Saint"
Antonio Fogazzaro Commentator: William Roscoe Thayer
"What are ye warlike men wielding bright weapons, Wearing grey corselets and boar-adorned helmets, Who o'er the water-paths come with your foaming keel Ploughing the ocean surge?
"A Book of Myths"
Jean Lang
He had a "comfortless voyage and a ticklish message;" found all along the road signs of an approaching enterprise, difficult to be mistaken; reported 10,000 veteran Spaniards, to which force Stanley's regiment was united; 6000 Italians, 3000 Germans, all with pikes, corselets, and slash swords complete; besides 10,000 Walloons.
"History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89, Vol. II. Complete"
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