A Skirmish and an Outrage

One day in camp, Wulf went for a walk with Osgod and his friend Guy at night.  All of a sudden they heard yelling and ran to see what the problem was.  It was Bretons who were trying to surprise them and kill them unawares, so Wulf and his companions tried to keep them at bay.  They were able to work together to keep them off and in about two minutes Osgod killed a dozen, Guy killed two and Wulf killed seven.  Then the other men came to their rescue and beat off the rest of the Bretons.  Wulf and his companions were all hurt sorely, but Guy was the worst.  The doctor said that he would probably be a cripple for life.  Thankfully this was not the case, but Guy would not be able to go out to war as he had hoped. 

   After this short skirmish Harold was summoned by Duke William to  make a vow to be in allegiance to him for the rest of his life.  He told Harold to put his hand on a white cloth while he was making his vow and when he was done William took the cloth off of the table and underneath were the Holy Relics which made it pretty much impossible for Harold to break his vow.  William had forced Harold to do this against his will and so it was not fair.  The vow made it impossible for Harold ever to become king and it also allied the Normans with the Saxons more then they had been before.