| The two had met on the road a few months before, and shared some adventures involving various bands of brigands and highwaymen. |
| This was a reference to the place's reputation in the past as a dangerous spot for highwaymen and brigands. |
| More cider, m'lud, was consumed on the way, and the merry band of brigands even picked up a passenger who was fishing at Fiddown. |
| Private forces and community covenants were also used to meet the challenges of brigands. |
| I was heading south so I decided to take a short cut through the woods and that is when you found me here, fighting off those two brigands. |
| Indeed, is there any other way to depict a gang of drug barons armed with automatic weaponry other than as brigands at war with society? |
