spoil

Thoſe thouſand horſe shall ſweat with martiall ſpoyle

Of conquered kingdomes, and of Cities ſackt, […]

This countrey ſwarmes with vile outragious men,

That liue by rapine and by lawleſſe ſpoile,

Fit ſouldiers for the wicked Tamburlaine.

In view of the decline in freight traffic, it was strange to hear from Mr. Lambert that there is "a continuing problem of supplying, particularly for the civil engineer, the number of wagons required for carrying construction materials and spoil for various works."