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Both of the vassals are hard fighters: they fight with honours even, for one cannot gain from the other a single foot of ground. Their hauberks are so torn and their shields so hacked, that there is actually not enough of them left to serve as a protection. BOTH OF THE VASSALS ARE HARD FIGHTERS THEY FIGHT WITH HONOURS EVEN FOR ONE CANNOT GAIN FROM THE OTHER A SINGLE FOOT OF GROUND THEIR HAUBERKS ARE SO TORN AND THEIR SHIELDS SO HACKED THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY NOT ENOUGH OF THEM LEFT TO SERVE AS A PROTECTION
t us now renew our strife." And he replies: "That is no hardship to me." Whereupon, they again fall upon each other. They were both expert fencers. At his first lunge the knight would have wounded Erec had he not skilfully parried. Even so, he smote him so hard over the shield beside his temple that he struck a piece from his helmet. Closely shaving his white coif, the sword descends, cleaving the shield through to the buckle, and cutting more than a span from the side of his hauberk. Then he must have been well stunned, as the cold steel penetrated to the flesh on his thigh. May God protect him now! If the blow had not glanced off, it would have cut right through his body. But Erec is in no wise dismayed: he pays him back what is owing him, and. attacking him boldly, smites him upon the shoulder so violently a blow that the shield cannot withstand it, nor is the hauberk of any use to prevent the sword from penetrating to the bone. He made the crimson blood flow down to his waist-band. TLE ANEW TOO LONG WE HAVE RESTED LET US NOW RENEW OUR STRIFE AND HE REPLIES THAT IS NO HARDSHIP TO ME WHEREUPON THEY AGAIN FALL UPON EACH OTHER THEY WERE BOTH EXPERT FENCERS AT HIS FIRST LUNGE THE KNIGHT WOULD HAVE WOUNDED EREC HAD HE NOT SKILFULLY PARRIED EVEN SO HE SMOTE HIM SO HARD OVER THE SHIELD BESIDE HIS TEMPLE THAT HE STRUCK A PIECE FROM HIS HELMET CLOSELY SHAVING HIS WHITE HOIFE THE SWORD DESCENDS CLEAVING THE SHIELD THROUGH TO THE BUCKLE CUTTING MORE THAN A SPAN FROM THE SIDE OF HIS HAUBER THEN HE MUST HAVE BEEN WELL STUNNED AS THE COLD STEEL PENETRATED TO THE FLESH ON HIS THIGH MAY GOD PROTECT HIM NOW IF THE BLOW HAD NOT GLANCED OFF IT WOULD HAVE CUT RIGHT THROUGH HIS BODY BUT ERIC IS IN NO WISE DISMAYED PAYS HIM BACK WHAT IS OWING HIM AND ATTACKING HIM BOLDLY SMITES HIM UPON THE SHOULDERS SO VIOLENTLY A BLOW THAT THE SHIELD CANNOT WITHSTAND IT NOR IS THE HAUBERK OF ANY USE TO PREVENT THE SWORD FROM PENETRATING TO THE BONE HE MADE THE CRIMSON BLOOD FLOW DOWN TO HIS WAISTBAND
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