The obsolete verb "to proche" may hold some clues. Congrats, I think you have come up with an entry for the OED ;)
Also, did you know that Maximilian commissioned a fishing book? Have you seen the color plate from it?
From OED
PROCHE
[Apparently a variant of PROKE v.1, perhaps by association with BROACH v.1, or perhaps the reflex of an earlier parallel form with palatalized consonant (perhaps compare PRITCH v. beside PRICK v.).]
trans. To prick, pierce; to spur. Also intr. Quot. c1450 may belong at PROACH v.
a1425 (?a1300) King Alexander (Linc. Inn) 2444 Mark of Rome and Antioche Heore gode stedis gonne proche [c1400 Laud broche]. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1926 Now he [sc. Alexander] proches [a1500 Trin. Dub. prokes] for pride, & propurly he wedis; For-i him bose to be bett as a barne fallis. 1488 HARY Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace V. 962 The burly blaide..Throwch bayne and brawne it prochyt euirilkdeill. 1515 Scottish Field 325 in Percy Folio I. 228 They proched vs with speares & put many over that they blood out brast at there broken harnish. 1523 LD. BERNERS tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccclxiii. 591 The englysshe~men and gascoyns proched their horses with their spurres.
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The obsolete verb "to proche" may hold some clues. Congrats, I think you have come up with an entry for the OED ;)
Also, did you know that Maximilian commissioned a fishing book? Have you seen the color plate from it?
From OED
PROCHE
[Apparently a variant of PROKE v.1, perhaps by association with BROACH v.1, or perhaps the reflex of an earlier parallel form with palatalized consonant (perhaps compare PRITCH v. beside PRICK v.).]
trans. To prick, pierce; to spur. Also intr.
Quot. c1450 may belong at PROACH v.
a1425 (?a1300) King Alexander (Linc. Inn) 2444 Mark of Rome and Antioche Heore gode stedis gonne proche [c1400 Laud broche]. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 1926 Now he [sc. Alexander] proches [a1500 Trin. Dub. prokes] for pride, & propurly he wedis; For-i him bose to be bett as a barne fallis. 1488 HARY Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace V. 962 The burly blaide..Throwch bayne and brawne it prochyt euirilkdeill. 1515 Scottish Field 325 in Percy Folio I. 228 They proched vs with speares & put many over that they blood out brast at there broken harnish. 1523 LD. BERNERS tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccclxiii. 591 The englysshe~men and gascoyns proched their horses with their spurres.