It was well done; for though the host sallied from the town to meet the newcomers, they gained nothing but a share in the rout that followed when Odda closed on the rear guard and the king charged the flank.
Now we heard that as soon as we landed.

And then I had my first knowledge of the ways of a Saxon levy.

For no sooner were the ships berthed than their crews began to leave them, making for their homes.
One or two men I caught in the act of leaving in the early morning, and spoke sharply to them, for it seemed that soon there would be ships enough and not a man to tend them.

Whereon they answered: "We have done what we were called up for, and more also.

Now may others take our places.