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Paunce means (historical) A piece of armour which covers the abdomen or lower body..
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/pɔːns/ · noun
(historical) A piece of armour which covers the abdomen or lower body..
The chest of armour, explicitly stated to have belonged to Oldcastle, contained a pair of 'close bristeplattes', a steel 'paunce', chain mail and another breastplate 'cum lez wyngges', all of which had been confiscated by Sir Thomas ...
She secretly would search each daintie lim, / And throw into the well sweet Rosmaryes, / And fragrant violets, and Paunces trim […]
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Paunce means (historical) A piece of armour which covers the abdomen or lower body..
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The chest of armour, explicitly stated to have belonged to Oldcastle, contained a pair of 'close bristeplattes', a steel 'paunce', chain mail and another breastplate 'cum lez wyngges', all of which had been confiscated by Sir Thomas ...
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