As fast from every village round the horse came spurring in:

He sent couriers also spurring in every direction, summoning all capable of bearing arms to meet him at Castellar.

Riders spurring in hot haste brought word to the king's commanders that the backwater men had come over the mountains.

Spurring in that direction he dashed through the bushes and came upon the culprit just as he was pushing his canoe from shore.

"A soul," says he, "often wants not so much spurring in the beginning of her conversion; her own fervor and cheerfulness make her run vigorously.