Twelvescore

"You have perhaps twelvescore armsmen," Jecks pointed out. ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (1998)

One of the old buccaneer writers of a century later says: ` ` The Spaniards affirm to this day that he took at that time twelvescore tons of plate and sixteen bowls of coined money a man (his number being then forty-five men in all), insomuch that they were forced to heave much of it overboard, because his ship could not carry it all. '' ❋ Unknown (1921)

The winners then saluted the King and Queen, and withdrew for a space to rest and renew their bow-strings for the keenest contest of all; while the lists were cleared and a new target -- the open one -- was set up at twelvescore paces. ❋ Unknown (1917)

One of the old buccaneer writers of a century later says: "The Spaniards affirm to this day that he took at that time twelvescore tons of plate and sixteen bowls of coined money a man (his number being then forty-five men in all), insomuch that they were forced to heave much of it overboard, because his ship could not carry it all." ❋ Howard Pyle (1882)

'Only twelvescore pounds, my lord, when I be in wrestling trim. ❋ Unknown (1862)

Curwen, Knight, in Henry the Eight's time, an excelent archer at twelvescore merks; and went up with his men to shoote with that reknowned King at the dissolution of abbeys: and the King says to him, Curwen, why doth thee begg none of these Abbeys? ❋ Various (1852)

‘Only twelvescore pounds, my lord, when I be in wrestling trim. ❋ Richard Doddridge (2004)

We have somewhere over twelvescore lancers and others with us. " ❋ Modesitt, L. E. (1998)

Spaniards affirm to this day that he took at that time twelvescore tons of plate and sixteen bowls of coined money a man (his number being then forty-five men in all), insomuch that they were forced to heave much of it overboard, because his ship could not carry it all. " ❋ Howard Pyle (1882)