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Under these conditions a considerable force of stipendiaries was levied without much difficulty.

From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by Hunt, William

And when Stephen Colonna was settling himself on his palfrey, he heard, for the first time, that the Knight of Provence, Rodolf the trooper, and eighty of the stipendiaries, had already departed,—whither, none knew.

From Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

But this stipend should be independent of those to be continued to the stipendiaries of the Rajah.

From A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude, Volumes I & II by Sleeman, William

When attacked and conquered by the Saxons, who originally had been called in as stipendiaries to their assistance, were they not brave?

From The Description of Wales by Cambrensis, Giraldus

As soon as peace is restored, we will send out of the kingdom all foreign knights, cross-bowmen, and stipendiaries, who are come with horses and arms to the molestation of our people.

From Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins by Fiske, John