Sentence:  The burghers go in velvets and furs, but they have not learned to leap <WSD>free-handed</WSD> to horse nor to aim with the lance at the four nailes of the shield, nor yet to ride a buhurd, therefore they need a duke who protects them, and that am I. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (freehanded) (unassisted).