He struck down, almost with the same movement, the man in front.

He rushed on Fabri, who in the middle of the first line was supporting, though far from young, a single combat with one of the Savoyard leaders.

On him Basterga's coward weapon alighted without warning, and laid him low.

To strike down another, and turning, range himself in the van of the foreigners with a mighty "Savoy! Savoy!" was Basterga's next action; and it sufficed.

The panic-stricken burghers, apprised of treason in their ranks, gave back every way.