“Gy menne, de nyn harnsch anne en hebben, gy solt achter uns beharnscheden gaen, und wyket nycht und schuwet uns und steket myt den peyken under de iseren hode.”
“You men, who have no armour on you, you shall go behind our armoured [men] and will not move nor fear and you will stab with the pikes underneath the iron hats [in the faces and necks of the enemy].” – Captain Hynrick van Gemen, explaining the use of pikes, before the defense of Münster from invaders, circa 1407.
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