The king had a bow in his hands, and laid an arrow on the string, and
aimed at Ulf.
Ulf said, "Shoot another way, king, where it is more needful: my work is
thy gain."
ENDNOTES: (1) The mode of fighting in sea battles appears, from this and
many other descriptions, to have been for each party to bind
together the stems and sterns of their own ships, forming
them thus into a compact body as soon as the fleets came
within fighting distance, or within spears' throw. They
appear to have fought principally from the forecastles; and
to have used grappling irons for dragging a vessel out of
the line, or within boarding distance.--L.