At which skyrmyshe, my seid Lord Dacre, and his brother, Sir Cristofer, Sir Arthure, and Sir Marmaduke, and many other gentilmen, did marvellously hardly; and found the best resistence that hath been seen with my comyng to their parties, and above xxxii Scottis sleyne, and not passing iiij Englishmen, but above lx hurt.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
Ariosto does the same in the xxxii Book of Orlando Furioso: Joshua's Day seemed shorter than the same, Shorter did seem the false Amphytrion's Night.
"An Essay on Criticism"
John Oldmixon
For the influence of these marriage negotiations in preparing for Napoleon's rupture with the Czar, see chap, xxxii.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose