Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Le Grand Vocabulaire François, Vol. 27
Les Spahis fe fervent de l'arc& de la lance plus commodément que des armes à feu. Quelques-uns portent à la main un inr' efpèce de dard de deux pieds e long qu'ils lanceur avec autant de force ue d'adreffe mais leur arme la p us redoutable e& le cimeterre quel nes - uns por teht au?i pour armes défenfives des cottes de mailles des cuiralfes des calques; mais le plus grand nombre n'a que l'habillement or dinaire le turban.
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