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Line 21: "They had axes at their sides and lances in their hands. They advanced like a thick-set hedge and such a phalanx could not easily be broken."<ref>''Vita Edwardi Secundi'', quoted in {{cite book \|title= Bannockburn 1314 \|last= Brown\|first= Chris\|year=2008 \|publisher= History press\|location= Stroud \|isbn= 978-0-7524-4600-4\|page=78}}</ref> "They were all on foot; picked men they were, enthusiastic, armed with keen axes, and other weapons, and with their shields closely locked in front of them, they formed an impenetrable phalanx ..."<ref>''Trokelowe'', quoted in Brown, op.cit, p.90</ref> It needs to be mentioned that Trokelowe was not at Bannockburn and schiltrons were not 'shield walls' so it is highly unlikely that this is an accurate description as Scots used long spears (or lances) that required both hands as noted by the previous quote. ===English examples===

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