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CHAPTER II—THE BATTLE OF SHOREBY
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The whole distance to be crossed was not above a quarter of a mile. But they had no sooner debauched beyond the cover of the trees than they were aware of people fleeing and screaming in the snowy meadows upon either hand. Almost at the same moment a great rumour1 began to arise, and spread and grow continually louder in the town; and they were not yet halfway2 to the nearest house before the bells began to ring backward from the steeple.
The young duke ground his teeth together. By these so early signals of alarm he feared to find his enemies prepared; and if he failed to gain a footing in the town, he knew that his small party would soon be broken and exterminated4 in the open.
In the town, however, the Lancastrians were far from being in so good a posture5. It was as Dick had said. The night-guard had already doffed6 their harness; the rest were still hanging—unlatched, unbraced, all unprepared for battle—about their quarters; and in the whole of Shoreby there were not, perhaps, fifty men full armed, or fifty chargers ready to be mounted.
The beating of the bells, the terrifying summons of men who ran about the streets crying and beating upon the doors, aroused in an incredibly short space at least two score out of that half hundred. These got speedily to horse, and, the alarm still flying wild and contrary, galloped8 in different directions.
Thus it befell that, when Richard of Gloucester reached the first house of Shoreby, he was met in the mouth of the street by a mere9 handful of lances, whom he swept before his onset10 as the storm chases the bark.
A hundred paces into the town, Dick Shelton touched the duke’s arm; the duke, in answer, gathered his
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rumour
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| n.谣言,谣传,传闻 | |
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halfway
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| n.守卫,监护,病房,行政区,由监护人或法院保护的人(尤指儿童);vt.守护,躲开 | |
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exterminated
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| v.消灭,根绝( exterminate的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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posture
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| v.脱去,(尤指)脱帽( doff的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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| v./n.(马或骑马等)飞奔;飞速发展 | |
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galloped
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| (使马)飞奔,奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 ); 快速做[说]某事 | |
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onset
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reins
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| 感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带 | |
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trumpet
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swerving
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| 使(某人)气馁,威吓( daunt的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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momentary
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consultation
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| n.咨询;商量;商议;会议 | |
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eminence
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| n.卓越,显赫;高地,高处;名家 | |
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lodged
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deserted
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adder
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archer
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woe
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disorder
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foe
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forth
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immediate
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barricade
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uproar
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lashing
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| n.鞭打;痛斥;大量;许多v.鞭打( lash的现在分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥 | |
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tumult
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subside
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armour
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| (=armor)n.盔甲;装甲部队 | |
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archers
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knight
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rattled
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| adj.受到围困[围攻]的;包围的v.围攻( beleaguer的过去式和过去分词);困扰;骚扰 | |
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jack
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defensive
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| adj.防御的;防卫的;防守的 | |
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steadily
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obstinate
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wielding
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| 手持着使用(武器、工具等)( wield的现在分词 ); 具有; 运用(权力); 施加(影响) | |
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defenders
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piecemeal
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fabric
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tottered
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standing
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impetus
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scattered
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surmounting
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| 战胜( surmount的现在分词 ); 克服(困难); 居于…之上; 在…顶上 | |
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onward
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jaws
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survivors
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| 幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 ) | |
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cavalry
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degenerated
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scattering
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disarray
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fugitives
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hoarse
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exultation
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shafts
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deliberately
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dubbed
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feigned
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vanquish
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spurted
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| (液体,火焰等)喷出,(使)涌出( spurt的过去式和过去分词 ); (短暂地)加速前进,冲刺 | |
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quailed
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| 害怕,发抖,畏缩( quail的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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gallant
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| adj.英勇的,豪侠的;(向女人)献殷勤的 | |
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dreaded
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| adj.令人畏惧的;害怕的v.害怕,恐惧,担心( dread的过去式和过去分词) | |
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