"sparth" meaning in English

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          "text": "Sparthe an inſtrument.",
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          "text": "[…]how that the Englſshmen not being able to ſtand in fight, turned backe to backe, with ſparthes and two handed swords, untill the laſt man was ſlaine.",
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        "(obsolete) A battle-axe or halberd."
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