Richard Knolles
Historian, c. 1545-1610
Cited as Knolles. — 45 quotations
Adjudge
He adjudged him unworthy of his friendship.
Animate
The more to animate the people, he stood on high . . . and cried unto them with a loud voice.
Assurance
Brave men meet danger with assurance.
Bombard
They planted in divers places twelve great bombards, wherewith they threw huge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city, might break down the houses.
Broach
You shall want neither weapons, victuals, nor aid; I will open the old armories, I will broach my store, and will bring forth my stores.
Chase
Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince to prince and from place to place.
Conceited
He was . . . pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit.
Corrupt
Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them.
Courier
The wary Bassa . . . by speedy couriers, advertised Solyman of the enemy's purpose.
Crawl
Secretly crawling up the battered walls.
Cut
This great cut or ditch Secostris . . . purposed to have made a great deal wider and deeper.
Dally
Dallying off the time with often skirmishes.
Disband
They disbanded themselves and returned, every man to his own dwelling.
Discharge
The galleys also did oftentimes, out of their prows, discharge their great pieces against the city.
Double
Sailing along the coast, the doubled the promontory of Carthage.
Enthronize
There openly enthronized as the very elected king.
Entreat
The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men.
Feed
Feeding him with the hope of liberty.
Fortune
It fortuned the same night that a Christian, serving a Turk in the camp, secretely gave the watchmen warning.
Gap
Miseries ensued by the opening of that gap.
Gate
Opening a gate for a long war.
Get
He . . . got himself . . . to the strong town of Mega.
Grace
He might, at his pleasure, grace or disgrace whom he would in court.
Grow
Winter began to grow fast on.
Guerdon
He shall, by thy revenging hand, at once receive the just guerdon of all his former villainies.
Hold
Of him to hold his seigniory for a yearly tribute.
Hurly-burly
All places were filled with tumult and hurly-burly.
Keep
The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary, was always kept in the castle of Vicegrade.
March
The drums presently striking up a march.
Move
Minds desirous of revenge were not moved with gold.
Prefer
Preferred an infamous peace before a most just war.
Rise
He, rising with small honor from Gunza, . . . was gone.
Run
Neither was he ignorant what report ran of himself.
Serve
Many . . . who had before been great commanders, but now served as private gentlemen without pay.
Set
The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty galleys, set forth by the Venetians.
Shaver
By these shavers the Turks were stripped.
Ship
The timber was . . . shipped in the bay of Attalia, from whence it was by sea transported to Pelusium.
Shout
The Rhodians, seeing the enemy turn their backs, gave a great shout in derision.
Spare
All the time he could spare from the necessary cares of his weighty charge, he estowed on . . . serving of God.
Spend
Their bodies spent with long labor and thirst.
Stipendiary
His great stipendiary prelates came with troops of evil-appointed horseman not half full.
Thick
In the thick of the dust and smoke.
Victual
He was not able to keep that place three days for lack of victual.
What
The year before he had so used the matter that what by force, what by policy, he had taken from the Christians above thirty small castles.
Writ
Babylon, so much spoken of in Holy Writ.