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And if both their swords had lasted long without breaking, they would never have retreated, nor would the battle have come to an end before one of them perforce had died. Enide, who was watching them, was almost beside herself with grief. Whoever could have seen her then, as she showed her great woe by wringing her hands, tearing her hair and shedding tears, could have seen a loyal lady. And any man would have been a vulgar wretch who saw and did not pity her. AND IF BOTH THEIR SWORDS HAD LASTED LONG WITHOUT BREAKING THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE RETREATED NOR WOULD THE BATTLE HAVE COME TO AN END BEFORE ONE OF THEM PERFORCE HAD DIED ANIT WHO WAS WATCHING THEM WAS ALMOST BESIDE HERSELF WITH GRIEF WHOEVER COULD HAVE SEEN HER THEN AS SHE SHOWED HER GREAT WOE BY WRINGING HER HANDS TEARING HER HAIR AND SHEDDING TEARS COULD HAVE SEEN A LOYAL LADY AND ANY MAN WOULD HAVE BEEN A VULGAR WRETCH WHO SAW AND DID NOT PITY HER
ack and defy each other. Both smite each other with their iron-tipped lances with all their strength. The shields that hang about their necks are not worth two coats of bark: the leather tears, and they split the wood, and they shatter the meshes of the hauberks. Both are pierced to the vitals by the lances, and the horses fall to earth. Now, both the warriors were doughty. Grievously, but not mortally, wounded, they quickly got upon their feet and grasped afresh their lances, which were not broken nor the worse for wear. But they cast them away on the ground, and drawing their swords from the scabbard, they attack each other with great fury. Each wounds and injures the other, for there is no mercy on either side. They deal such blows upon the helmets that gleaming sparks fly out when their swords recoil. They split and splinter the shields; they batter and crush the hauberks. In four places the swords are brought down to the bare flesh, so that they are greatly weakened and exhausted. T OF THE HILL WHERE THEY ATTACK AND DEFY EACH OTHER BOTH SMITE EACH OTHER WITH THEIR IRON TIPPED LANCES WITH ALL THEIR STRENGTH THE SHIELDS THAT HANG ABOUT THEIR NECKS ARE NOT WORTH TWO COATS OF BARK THE LEATHER TEARS AND THEY SPLIT THE WOOD AND THEY SHATTER THE MESHES OF THE HARBOUR BOTH ARE PIERCED TO THE VITALS BY THE LANCES AND THE HORSES FALL TO EARTH NOW BOTH THE WARRIORS WERE DOUGHTY GRIEVOUSLY BUT NOT MORTALLY WOUNDED THEY QUICKLY GOT TO THEIR FEET AND GRASPED AFRESH THEIR LANCES WHICH WERE NOT BROKEN NOR THE WORSE FOR WEAR BUT THEY CAST THEM AWAY ON THE GROUND AND DRAWING THEIR SWORDS FROM THE SCABBARD THEY ATTACK EACH OTHER WITH GREAT FURY EACH WOUNDS AND INJURES THE OTHER FOR THERE IS NO MERCY ON EITHER SIDE THEY DEAL SUCH BLOWS UPON THE HELMETS THAT GLEAMING SPARKS FLY OUT WHEN THEIR SWORDS RECOIL THEY SPLIT AND SPLINTER THE SHIELDS THEY BATTER AND CRUSH THE HAUBERKS IN FOUR PLACES THE SWORDS ARE BROUGHT DOWN TO THE BARE FLESH SO THAT THEY ARE GREATLY WEAKENED AND EXHAUSTED
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