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 1 2|   so that in rubbing on the ground, it should not be worn out.
 2 2|     threw their arms on the ground and surrendered.~COSIMO:
 3 2|     killed or thrown to the ground by the pike, those on foot
 4 2|  them drive a pole into the ground so that three arm-lengths
 5 2| arm-lengths remained (above ground), and so firmly fixed that
 6 2| side or have it fall to the ground; against this pole, the
 7 3| lower them, they damage the ground, and the shot does not reach
 8 3| Also, the unevenness of the ground saves them, for every little
 9 4|     fixed many poles in the ground behind the first ranks,
10 7|     again as much above the ground, as that a man may take
11 7| embankments higher than the ground, is very weak; for they
12 7| would throw his arms on the ground, they would pardon. Which
13 7|     gave them time, and the ground firm and most suitable for