Book 9. (1 results) Marauders of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 10 | 77 | Most of the men at the Thing were free farmers, blond-haired, blue-eyed and proud, men with strong limbs and work-roughened hands; many wore braided hair; many wore talmits of their district; for the Thing their holiday best had been donned; many wore heavy woolen jackets, scrubbed with water and bosk urine, which contains ammonia as its cleaning agent; all were armed, usually with ax or sword; some wore their helmets; others had them, with their shields, slung at their back. |
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Book 9. (7 results) Marauders of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 10 | 74 | The man of Torvaldsland never leaves his house unless he is armed; and, within his house, his weapons are always near at hand, usually hung on the wall behind his couch, at least a foot beyond the reach of a bondmaid whose ankle is chained. |
| 10 | 75 | Should she, lying on her back, look back and up, she sees, on the wall, the shield, the helmet, the spear and ax, the sword, in its sheath, of her master. |
| 10 | 76 | They are visible symbols of the force by which she is kept in bondage, by which she is kept only a girl, whose belly is beneath his sword. |
| 10 | 77 | Most of the men at the Thing were free farmers, blond-haired, blue-eyed and proud, men with strong limbs and work-roughened hands; many wore braided hair; many wore talmits of their district; for the Thing their holiday best had been donned; many wore heavy woolen jackets, scrubbed with water and bosk urine, which contains ammonia as its cleaning agent; all were armed, usually with ax or sword; some wore their helmets; others had them, with their shields, slung at their back. |
| 10 | 78 | At the Thing, to which each free man must come, unless he works his farm alone and cannot leave it, each man must present, for the inspection of his Jarl's officer, a helmet, shield and either sword or ax or spear, in good condition. |
| 10 | 79 | Each man, generally, save he in the direct hire of the Jarl, is responsible for the existence and condition of his own equipment and weapons. |
| 10 | 80 | A man in direct fee with the Jarl is, in effect, a mercenary; the Jarl himself, from his gold, and stores, where necessary or desirable, arms the man; this expense, of course, is seldom necessary in Torvaldsland; sometimes, however, a man may break a sword or lose an ax in battle, perhaps in the body of a foe, falling from a ship; in such a case the Jarl would make good the loss; he is not responsible for similar losses, however, among the free farmers. |
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The man of Torvaldsland never leaves his house unless he is armed; and, within his house, his weapons are always near at hand, usually hung on the wall behind his couch, at least a foot beyond the reach of a bondmaid whose ankle is chained.
Should she, lying on her back, look back and up, she sees, on the wall, the shield, the helmet, the spear and ax, the sword, in its sheath, of her master.
They are visible symbols of the force by which she is kept in bondage, by which she is kept only a girl, whose belly is beneath his sword.
Most of the men at the Thing were free farmers, blond-haired, blue-eyed and proud, men with strong limbs and work-roughened hands; many wore braided hair; many wore talmits of their district; for the Thing their holiday best had been donned; many wore heavy woolen jackets, scrubbed with water and bosk urine, which contains ammonia as its cleaning agent; all were armed, usually with ax or sword; some wore their helmets; others had them, with their shields, slung at their back.
At the Thing, to which each free man must come, unless he works his farm alone and cannot leave it, each man must present, for the inspection of his Jarl's officer, a helmet, shield and either sword or ax or spear, in good condition.
Each man, generally, save he in the direct hire of the Jarl, is responsible for the existence and condition of his own equipment and weapons.
A man in direct fee with the Jarl is, in effect, a mercenary; the Jarl himself, from his gold, and stores, where necessary or desirable, arms the man; this expense, of course, is seldom necessary in Torvaldsland; sometimes, however, a man may break a sword or lose an ax in battle, perhaps in the body of a foe, falling from a ship; in such a case the Jarl would make good the loss; he is not responsible for similar losses, however, among the free farmers.
- (Marauders of Gor, Chapter 10)