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Eldol and Hengist
While the early sources indicate that Horsa died fighting the Britons, no details are provided about Hengist's death until Geoffrey's Historia, which states that Hengist was beheaded by Eldol, the British duke of Gloucester, and buried in an unlocated mound.
In chapter 5, Eldol, the duke of Gloucester, goes to Aurelius as they march to meet Hengist.
Eldol tells Aurelius that he greatly wishes to meet engage in single combat with Hengist, noting that " one of the two of us should die before we parted.
" Eldol focuses on attempting to find Hengist, but has no chance.
Eldol continues to focus on pursuing Hengist, slaying men all along the way.
Gorlois, the duke of Cornwall arrives, which inspires Eldol to grab Hengist's helmet, and Eldol pulls Hengist into the Britons.
Eldol cries out that Hengist is defeated, and the sides continue to battle.
Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote about the town, claiming that it had been fortified by Ambrosius Aurelianus, king of the Britons after his victory over the Saxon forces of Hengist ( Historia Regum Britanniae viii, 7 ), that the captive Saxon leader Hengist was hacked to pieces by Eldol outside the town walls, and was buried at " Hengist's Mound " in the town.

Eldol and .
" Eldol explains that he recalls vividly the day that the Saxons and Britons met for a peace treaty, only for the Saxons to turn on the convened Britons.
Eldol states that he is the sole survivor of the Britons who met there, having escaped by defending himself a stake that he claims was thrown to him by God.
Present at the assembly is Eldad, brother of Eldol and bishop of Gloucester.
He was preceded by Beldgabred, his brother, and succeeded by Eldol.
A 6th century hero called Eidol is mentioned in The Gododdin but is unlikely to be the source for Geoffrey's Eldol.
He should also not be confused with Eldol, Consul of Gloucester who lives generations later in Geoffrey's work.
He was preceded by Eldol and succeeded by Redechius.
Vortigern himself was spared, but all his men were butchered, except Eldol, Earl of Gloucester, who escaped.

takes and sword
Then, when Macbeth approaches, Banquo, having had dreams about Macbeth's deeds, takes back his sword as a precaution in this case.
* The 2007 film The Last Legion, and the novel on which it is based, includes a heavily fictionalized account of the reign and subsequent life of Romulus Augustus ; escaping captivity with the aid of a small band of loyal Romans, he escapes to Britain, where he takes a place in what will become Arthurian legend as Uther Pendragon, the father of King Arthur, and a previous wielder of Excalibur ( Here the sword of Julius Caesar ).
Nestor, fighting on foot, then takes the chariot of his enemy, while David, on foot, takes the sword of Goliath.
This powerful enchanted black blade is a member of a demon race that takes on the form of a sword, and as such is a force of Chaos.
Sigurd uses his sword Gram to cut the corslet, starting from the neck of the corslet downwards, he continues cutting down her sleeves, and takes the corslet off of her.
* Buffalo Sabres, takes their name from the sword
As he gloats over the killing, he takes as the spoil of war Pallas ' sword belt and puts it on.
During the arrest in Gethsemane, someone ( Peter according to John ) takes a sword and cuts off the ear of the high priest's servant, Malchus.
Originally less common as a military weapon than the jian-the straight, double-edged blade of China-the dao became popular with cavalry during the Han dynasty due to its sturdiness, superiority as a chopping weapon, and relative ease of use-it was generally said that it takes a week to attain competence with a dao / saber, a month to attain competence with a qiang / spear, and a year to attain competence with a jian / straight sword.
" A man's home is his castle " is translated in Gor as, " Every man is an Ubar within the circle of his sword " ( The Ubar is a war-leader, a General who takes power at a time of crisis, and whose rule is tantamount to tyrant until the crisis is resolved.
The two engage in a playful stick fight with thin tree branches in which Musashi " wins ", however, the fight takes a serious tone when Kojirō then eagerly draws his sword in the hopes of a real fight.
As he goes to thank the person, however, Cress sees that the individual has been impaled by a sword ; he takes the blade and uses it to open the prison doors.
Having saluted the colour with his sword, the Sergeant-Major takes it from the Colour Sergeant, freeing him to change and later slope arms.
The Ensign salutes the colour with his sword, sheathes the sword without taking his eyes off the colour, and takes possession of it.
In the Flynn film, Robin engages Guy in a duel to the death, one of the most famous sword fights in cinema history, whilst in Douglas Fairbanks ' movie, Robin takes him on without a sword and kills him with his bare hands.
After returning to himself, Túrin takes Beleg's sword Anglachel, renaming it Gurthang (" Iron of Death "), and wields it in further battles against Morgoth's forces for the rest of his life.
Hans then takes part in a book-burning crusade, burning any books that oppose Hitler, replacing the Bible with Mein Kampf and the crucifix with a Nazi sword, and burning a Catholic Church.
* 3441-Elendil and Gil-galad face Sauron in hand to hand combat, but they themselves perish ; Isildur takes the shards of his father's sword Narsil and cuts the One Ring from Sauron's finger.
Although Giselle takes Albrecht's sword, her death is actually a result of her weak heart.
Jaffar gives life to the Ghost King using his evil powers, and it weakens Sinbad, but he resists and destroys the Ghost King with his own sword and takes the third sacred gem.
The sword takes its name from the story of Oda Nobunaga drawing it to cut through a table to kill Kannai, a tea master who betrayed him.

takes and draws
*( He ) takes him to the third floor and leaves him at the mezzanine: A move where an offensive player pump-fakes a defender and draws a foul from the leaping player.
Blissfest is a summer folk music festival that draws participants from across the nation, it takes place on the Festival Farm on Division Rd.
The Langfan First-Year Moot Court Competition, which takes place every spring, traditionally draws a large majority of the first-year class.
The conference draws approximately 1, 200 participants from all across the political spectrum and from all over the country, and takes place just down the street from Capitol Hill.
Barrie Appleby draws the strip for the next few weeks, before Steve Horrocks takes over.
Because unlike FIFA, UEFA takes the result of the game between the two tied teams ( or in a three-way tie, the overall records of the games played with the teams in question only ) into consideration before overall goal difference when ranking teams level on points, a situation arose in Group C where Sweden and Denmark played to a 2-2 draw, which was a sufficiently high scoreline to eliminate Italy ( which had lower-scoring draws with the Swedes and Danes ) regardless of Italy's result with already-eliminated Bulgaria.
The New York Times has described Wall Drug as " a sprawling tourist attraction of international renown takes in more than $ 10 million a year and draws some two million annual visitors to a remote town ".
As Davey's ship draws level with the Buccaneer, Wrack takes Turlough down in the hold and shows him the entrance to a locked chamber with a vacuum shield, but leaves him outside when she enters.
As the time of the conjunction draws near, he takes up his weapons from their shrine within the Oak of Ages.
The event takes usually takes place just before or after Halloween weekend and draws inspiration from four traditions: Burning Man, Samhain, Día de los Muertos and All Hallows ' Eve.
The largest moulid in Egypt takes place in Tanta, the largest city in the Nile Delta, and draws an even larger number of pilgrims than hajj in Mecca.
It takes place over the Labour Day weekend and draws over 70 pilgrims each year.
When its wielder draws it for this purpose, the blade emits a screaming sound and takes over control from the user, moving his arms with superhuman speed and power to defeat any attackers.
For every wound the ogre takes, he draws one less card.
For the earth, you see, draws moist thoughts down by force into itself — the same process takes place with water cress.

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