Sertorius faightyng a battaile in Spaine, slue one, whom signified unto hym the death of one of his capitaines, for feare that tellyng the very same to other, he should make theim afraied.
"Machiavelli, Volume I The Art of War; and The Prince"
Niccolò Machiavelli
"Get the ship clear, my lads," shouted he; "take in the jibtopsail-it will do more harm than good-slue round the guns, and get the lashings off them."
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton
Then Marigold and I will slue this one round, and then we'll send him a tow."
"The Red Planet"
William J. Locke