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{{quote|''Till, bruised and bitten to the bone
And taught by pain and fear,
He learned to deal the far-off stone,
And poke the long, safe spear.''|'''[[Rudyard Kipling]]''', "The Benefactors"}}
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* In [[Bernard Cornwell]]'s novel ''Agincourt'' the hero is an archer, but the knight who's company he joins to go off to the war cross-trains every one of his archers to use the pole-ax.
* From ''[[Beowulf]]'':
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of spear-armed Danes, in days long sped,<br />
we have heard, and what honor the [[Blue Blood|athelings]] won!'' }}
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