Lord Talbot introduced him to them and, as they dined, Oswald related, at their request, more particularly how he had got through the Welsh--a task that seemed to them well-nigh impossible, since the soldiers dared not venture even to the edge of the forest, so thickly were the Welsh posted there.
"That man-at-arms must be a stalwart fellow, indeed," said one, "to kill three Welshmen with nought but a quarterstaff." "If you had seen the man, and the staff, Sir Victor, you would not be surprised," Lord Talbot said.

"He stands some six feet four, and has shoulders that might rival Samson's.

As to his quarterstaff, I marked it.

It was of oak, and full two inches across; and a blow with it, from such arms, would crack an iron casque, to say nothing of a Welsh skull.".