"There was an Englyshe squyre, borne in the bishopryke of Lincolne, an expert man of armes; I can nat say whyder he could se or nat; but he spurred his horse, his speare in his hande, and his Targe about his necke; his horse came rushyng downe the waye, and lept clene over the barres of the baryers, and so galoped to the gate, where as the duke of Burgoyne and the other lords of France were, who reputed that dede for a great enterprise.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
It is but foly to rehers the names here Of al suche Foles: as in one Shelde or Targe.
"The Ship of Fools, Volume 1"
Sebastian Brandt
He then the horrid countenance mark'd, Bright from the brazen Targe his left arm bore, Reflected.
"The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II"
Ovid