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Even the birds and beasts noticed this, and saw what fools the Normans were, to behave so brutally. EVEN THE BIRDS AND BEASTS NOTICED THIS AND SAW WHAT FOOLS THE NORMANS WERE TO BEHAVE SO BRUTALLY
on in his hand. Often they burned whole villages. They killed so many Welsh people that it seemed at times as if they expected to empty the land of its inhabitants. Thus, they hoped to possess all the acres for themselves. They talked as if there were no people so refined and so cultured as they were, while the natives, good and bad, were lumped together as "the Welshery." Yet all this time, with these hundreds of strong castles, bristling with turrets and towers, no Englishman's life was safe. If he dared to go out alone, even twenty rods from the castle, he was instantly killed by some angry Welshman lying in ambush. So the Normans had to lock themselves up in armor, until they looked like lobsters in their shells. When on their iron-clad horses they resembled turtles, so that if a knight fell off, he had to be chopped open to be rid of his metal clothes. Yet all this was in vain, for when the Norman marched out in bodies, or rode in squadrons, the Welshery kept away and were hidden. ND EVERYBODY WHO HAD A WEAPON IN HIS HAND OFTEN THEY BURNED WHOLE VILLAGES THEY KILLED SO MANY WELSH PEOPLE THAT IT SEEMED AT TIMES AS IF THEY EXPECTED TO EMPTY THE LAND OF ITS INHABITANTS THUS THEY HOPED TO POSSESS ALL THE ACRES FOR THEMSELVES THEY TALKED AS IF THERE WERE NO PEOPLE SO REFINED AND SO CULTURED AS THEY WERE WHILE THE NATIVES GOOD AND BAD WERE LUMPED TOGETHER AS THE WELSHRY YET ALL THIS TIME WITH THESE HUNDREDS OF STRONG CASTLES BRISTLING WITH TURRETS AND TOWERS NO ENGLISHMAN'S LIFE WAS SAFE IF HE DARED TO GO OUT ALONE EVEN TWENTY RODS FROM THE CASTLE HE WAS INSTANTLY KILLED BY SOME ANGRY WELSHMAN LYING IN AMBUSH SO THE NORMANS HAD TO LOCK THEMSELVES UP IN ARMOUR UNTIL THEY LOOKED LIKE LOBSTERS IN THEIR SHELLS WHEN ON THEIR IRON CLAD HORSES THEY RESEMBLED TURTLES SO THAT IF A KNIGHT FELL OFF HE HAD TO BE CHOPPED OPEN TO BE RID OF HIS METAL CLOTHES YET ALL THIS WAS IN VAIN FOR WHEN THE NORMAN MARCHED OUT IN BODIES OR RODE IN SQUADRONS THE WELCHARY KEPT AWAY AND WERE HIDDEN
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