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A strange manner of battle, where one side works by constant motion and
ceaseless charges, while the other can but endure
passivelyas it standsfixed tothesod.The Norman arrow and
sword worked on: in the English ranks the only
movement was the dropping of the dead: the living stood
motionless.
c.1071 Of theBattle of Hastings,14 Oct1066. Gesta Guillelmi ducis Normannorum et regis Anglorum (edited by R Foreville,1952). | ||
