Saxon growled a hearty oath under his breath as he observed them.
'They have some knowledge of warfare after all,' said he.

'They mean to charge us flank and front.

Master Joshua, see that your scythesmen line the quickset hedge upon the right.

Stand well up, my brothers, and flinch not from the horses.

You men with the sickles, lie in the ditch there, and cut at the legs of the brutes.