Strongth of his bowman's bill
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- strong → in the Odyssey Odysseus is recognized when he alone has the strength to string his own bow
- Strongbow: Richard de Clare, the Earl of Pembroke, led the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland in 1170. He married Eve MacMurrough and ruled Leinster till he died in 1176. He was buried in Christ Church Cathedral; his tomb was long a Dublin landmark, a place where debts were paid, business done (hence bill).
- bill: a pike or similar weapon
