Horse and man went to the ground; yet the situation of the Knight of the Fetterlock continued very precarious, as he was pressed close by several men completely armed, and began to be fatigued by the violent exertions necessary to defend himself on so many points at nearly the same moment, when a grey-goose shaft suddenly stretched on the earth one of the most formidable of his assailants, and a band of yeomen broke forth from the glade, headed by Locksley and the jovial Friar, who, taking ready and effectual part in the fray, soon disposed of the ruffians, all of whom lay on the spot dead or mortally wounded.
A Fekete lovag karja már lankadni kezdett, belefáradt az óriási erőfeszítésbe, hiszen háromfelé kellett csapkodnia, szinte egy­szerre. Már-már kidőlt, amikor egy szürke tollas nyílvessző hirtelen leterítette legveszedel­mesebb támadói egyikét.