An Arab account of the battle of Tours: And in the shock of the battle the men of the North seemed like North a sea that cannot be moved. Firmly they stood, one close to another, forming as it were a bulwark of ice; and with great blows of their swords they hewed down the Arabs. Drawn up in a band around their chief, the people of the Austrasians carried all before them.Their tireless hands drove their swords down to the breasts of the foe.    Does this count as a quote?