sumpter
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XII Many a well-laden sumpter before them cross'd the Rhine, That for the fellow-hunters carried bread and wine.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
They treated us very well on the journey, giving us sumpter beasts and every thing necessary.
From The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume I (of 2) by Juan Gonzalez de Mendoza
There are ten lances and two court ladies and a dozen or so of sumpter horses—a brave show.
From Orrain A Romance by S. Levett-Yeats
The brothers answered 'Yes,' and that in very truth it was for him that they asked for the sumpter beast.
From Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition by Edward Hutton
Here richly-caparisoned horses were prancing, there sumpter mules laden with supplies, and decorated with ribbons and flowers, made their slow way onward.
From Historical Tales, Vol. 4 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
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