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Lancegaye   Listen
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Lancegaye, Lancegay  n.  A kind of spear anciently used. Its use was prohibited by a statute of Richard II. "In his hand a launcegay, A long sword by his side."





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"Lancegaye" Quotes from Famous Books



... Supposen noght I scholde live; Bot he, which wolde thanne yive His grace, so as it mai be, This blinde god which mai noght se, Hath groped til that he me fond; And as he pitte forth his hond Upon my body, wher I lay, Me thoghte a fyri Lancegay, Which whilom thurgh myn herte he caste, He pulleth oute, and also faste 2800 As this was do, Cupide nam His weie, I not where he becam, And so dede al the remenant Which unto him was entendant, Of hem that in ...
— Confessio Amantis - Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins, 1330-1408 A.D. • John Gower


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