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| 57 | 55 | View more quotes about lord">Lord Yamada had sent Tyrtaios north to apprise him of the situation, but he had returned only days later, with dire reports and small comfort. |
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| 57 | 52 | Many had now passed even beyond the grounds of the Yamada heartland, continuing to move further south. |
| 57 | 53 | Who would dare to attempt to hold, or stop, such desperate, frightened men? In the confusion, the chaos, and disorder, in the sudden disarrangements of power, in the lapse of authority, peasants rose, many following a charismatic leader named Arashi, himself of the peasants. |
| 57 | 54 | The beast in the hearts of men had broken its tether, and was now afoot, free, prowling, and ravening. |
| 57 | 55 | Lord Yamada had sent Tyrtaios north to apprise him of the situation, but he had returned only days later, with dire reports and small comfort. |
| 57 | 56 | Later he, and his colleague, took flight, it was rumored to pledge their swords to the house of Temmu, to which house they had seemingly been long devoted, and in whose interest they had labored secretly. |
| 57 | 57 | Five days ago Yamada's household troops, most of his staff, his wives, his chattels, verr, tarsks, and slaves, had been moved south. |
| 57 | 58 | Three days ago the deserted palace had been overrun by looting, riotous peasants. |