A sword. (Italian.)
“Quiconque aura affaire à moy, il faut quitl ait affaire a Martine que me voyla au coste (appellant son espee ‘Martineʹ).”—Brantome: 1 odomontade Espagnoles, vol. ii. p. 16.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.