They assailed men with their spears whom they could have melted with their looks, they thought of death and not of dalliance.

Now I will cease to wander, and will go back to my theme.
In the early spring, Alf and Alger, who had gone back to sea-roving, were exploring the sea in various directions, when they lighted with a hundred ships upon Helwin, Hagbard, and Hamund, sons of the kinglet Hamund.

These they attacked and only the twilight stayed their blood-wearied hands; and in the night the soldiers were ordered to keep truce.

On the morrow this was ratified for good by a mutual oath; for such loss had been suffered on both sides in the battle of the day before that they had no force left to fight again.

Thus, exhausted bye quality of valour, they were driven perforce to make peace.