Buskle

The king will not 'buskle' himself to assault some other country; and, the next day, those of Guieime began to 'buskle' themselves to stand to their defence.

For these reasons some historiographers have shrunk back from their task; others, being stout-hearted men, contemptuously trample their critics underfoot, and do not hesitate to “buskle forward, and rush through the pikes of their quipping nips [taunting sarcasm] and biting frumps [jeers]".