rari gladiis aut maioribus lanceis utuntur: hastas vel ipsorum vocabulo frameas gerunt angusto et brevi ferro, sed ita acri et ad usum habili, ut eodem telo, prout ratio poscit, vel comminus  vel eminus pugnent.
Few use swords or the longer kind of lance: they carry short spears, in their language frameae, with a narrow and small iron head, but so sharp and so handy in use that they fight with the same weapon, as circumstances demand, both at close quarters and at a distance.
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