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And even if I had, it would not prove that a man should wear a gyve on his right leg."
"I see the food to be wholesome," said Jack; "and still it is no proof that a man should wear a gyve on his right leg."
Kirk was shoved toward it, one of his captors holding him while the other fastened the gyve about his wrist.
So soon as the child began to speak, the gyve was riveted; and the boys and girls limped about their play like convicts.
"God knows," said Jack, "I fear your anger; but yet your anger does not prove that a man should wear a gyve on his right leg."
But the man, when his gyve spoke, spat and struck at Jack, and threw stones at him as he went away; so that his head was broken.
So if ye would wive, beware of the gyve Of an ill-chosen mate; 'tis a harrowing fate.'
So he stooped and put the gyve in his bosom; and the rough iron galled him as he went, and his bosom bled.
In the past, 'anon' meant 'immediately', 'gyve' meant 'fetter', and 'horologe' meant 'clock'.
A shackle, also known as a gyve, is a U-shaped piece of metal secured with a clevis pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick-release locking pin mechanism.
So then, when he asked his way of any man, he showed the bright sword naked; and at that the gyve on the man's ankle rang, and answered in his stead; and the word was still STRAIGHT ON.
During Henry's rule there was a Lieutenant at the tower of London names Sir Leonard Skeffington who is credited with inventing the scavenger's daughter, also referred to as Skevington's gyve, the Spanish A-frame, or the stork.