Possible Clues:

• Spear Balaam's reproacher, say, found beside road
• Weapon I take a long time returning to the fool
• Silly, for instance, but first rate as a weapon
• Weapon one time raised, supporting fool
• What a fool I age to get to the point of this
• Weapon, a chap said, holds up animal
• Spear, say, used in short attack
• Spear, say, used in unending attack
• Beast of burden — one carrying, say, a spear
• Very Italian covering say, for spear made from wood