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The
ruffians
came
tramping
along
the
East
Road
,
and
without
halting
turned
up
the
Bywater
Road
,
which
ran
for
some
way
sloping
up
between
high
banks
with
low
hedges
on
top
.
Round
a
bend
,
about
a
furlong
from
the
main
road
,
they
met
a
stout
barrier
of
old
farm-carts
upturned
.
That
halted
them
.
At
the
same
moment
they
became
aware
that
the
hedges
on
both
sides
,
just
above
their
heads
,
were
all
lined
with
hobbits
.
Behind
them
other
hobbits
now
pushed
out
some
more
waggons
that
had
been
hidden
in
a
field
,
and
so
blocked
the
way
back
.
A
voice
spoke
to
them
from
above
.
"
Well
,
you
have
walked
into
a
trap
,
"
said
Merry
.
"
Your
fellows
from
Hobbiton
did
the
same
,
and
one
is
dead
and
the
rest
are
prisoners
.
Lay
down
your
weapons
!
Then
go
back
twenty
paces
and
sit
down
.
Any
who
try
to
break
out
will
be
shot
.
"
But
the
ruffians
could
not
now
be
cowed
so
easily
.
A
few
of
them
obeyed
,
but
were
immediately
set
on
by
their
fellows
.
A
score
or
more
broke
back
and
charged
the
waggons
.
Six
were
shot
,
but
the
remainder
burst
out
,
killing
two
hobbits
,
and
then
scattering
across
country
in
the
direction
of
the
Woody
End
.
Two
more
fell
as
they
ran
.
Merry
blew
a
loud
horn-call
,
and
there
were
answering
calls
from
a
distance
.
"
They
wo
n't
get
far
,
"
said
Pippin
.
"
All
that
country
is
alive
with
our
hunters
now
.
"
Behind
,
the
trapped
Men
in
the
lane
,
still
about
four
score
,
tried
to
climb
the
barrier
and
the
banks
,
and
the
hobbits
were
obliged
to
shoot
many
of
them
or
hew
them
with
axes
.
But
many
of
the
strongest
and
most
desperate
got
out
on
the
west
side
,
and
attacked
their
enemies
fiercely
,
being
now
more
bent
on
killing
than
escaping
.
Several
hobbits
fell
,
and
the
rest
were
wavering
,
when
Merry
and
Pippin
,
who
were
on
the
east
side
,
came
across
and
charged
the
ruffians
.
Merry
himself
slew
the
leader
,
a
great
squint-eyed
brute
like
a
huge
orc
.
Then
he
drew
his
forces
off
,
encircling
the
last
remnant
of
the
Men
in
a
wide
ring
of
archers
.
At
last
all
was
over
.
Nearly
seventy
of
the
ruffians
lay
dead
on
the
field
,
and
a
dozen
were
prisoners
.
Nineteen
hobbits
were
killed
,
and
some
thirty
were
wounded
.
The
dead
ruffians
were
laden
on
waggons
and
hauled
off
to
an
old
sand-pit
nearby
and
there
buried
:
in
the
Battle
Pit
,
as
it
was
afterwards
called
.
The
fallen
hobbits
were
laid
together
in
a
grave
on
the
hill-side
,
where
later
a
great
stone
was
set
up
with
a
garden
about
it
.
So
ended
the
Battle
of
Bywater
,
1419
,
the
last
battle
fought
in
the
Shire
,
and
the
only
battle
since
the
Greenfields
,
1147
,
away
up
in
the
Northfarthing
.
In
consequence
,
though
it
happily
cost
very
few
lives
,
it
has
a
chapter
to
itself
in
the
Red
Book
,
and
the
names
of
all
those
who
took
part
were
made
into
a
Roll
,
and
learned
by
heart
by
Shire-historians
.
The
very
considerable
rise
in
the
fame
and
fortune
of
the
Cottons
dates
from
this
time
;
but
at
the
top
of
the
Roll
in
all
accounts
stand
the
names
of
Captains
Meriadoc
and
Peregrin
.
Frodo
had
been
in
the
battle
,
but
he
had
not
drawn
sword
,
and
his
chief
part
had
been
to
prevent
the
hobbits
in
their
wrath
at
their
losses
,
from
slaying
those
of
their
enemies
who
threw
down
their
weapons
.
When
the
fighting
was
over
,
and
the
later
labours
were
ordered
,
Merry
,
Pippin
,
and
Sam
joined
him
,
and
they
rode
back
with
the
Cottons
.
They
ate
a
late
midday
meal
,
and
then
Frodo
said
with
a
sigh
:
"
Well
,
I
suppose
it
is
time
now
that
we
dealt
with
the
"
Chief
"
.
"
"
Yes
indeed
;
the
sooner
the
better
,
"
said
Merry
.
"
And
do
n't
be
too
gentle
!
He
's
responsible
for
bringing
in
these
ruffians
,
and
for
all
the
evil
they
have
done
.
"
Farmer
Cotton
collected
an
escort
of
some
two
dozen
sturdy
hobbits
.
"
For
it
's
only
a
guess
that
there
is
no
ruffians
left
at
Bag
End
,
"
he
said
.
"
We
do
n't
know
.
"
Then
they
set
out
on
foot
.
Frodo
,
Sam
,
Merry
,
and
Pippin
led
the
way
.
