Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back. Dryden.
What will you do, good greybeard? Break a lance, And run a-tilt at Death within a chair?.
The head of the lance was commonly of the leaf form, and sometimes approached that of the lozenge; it was very seldom barbed, although this variety, together with the others, appears upon the Bayeux Tapestry.
... from Lance Armstrong's point of view, right? ...
... Lance Armstrong takes his own blood, his own blood, ...