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King Arthur, seeing Daniel's distress, was seized by anger and, with
swinging sword, gave spur to his steed and galloped off toward him. Al
who witnessed King Arthur's actions proclaimed that there never had beer
a man born into the world whose strength and anger could carry out his will
so effectively. We are told that he fought in such a way as to instill fear in
the hearts of his opponents. He crafted and performed such feats with the
blows of his sword that they al cried out-independent of one another:
"There is no doubt-this is the very devil himself. We are all doomed to
die!" They had been certain before this that no man could defeat them, but
now he convinced them to be fearful of him; they would have sooner dared
to come up against a thousand other men than against him alone. The noble
King Arthur swung with both hands; there issued forth from his sword a
din that penetrated their helmets, so that blood gushed out and his victims
lay dead. With a deluge of powerful blows he was able to hew a path
through a good thousand defenders. He could be seen maintaining a course
through the very midst of the enemy, a course which was a bitter medicine
for many of them.

Daniel of the Blooming Valley