and four to one
Last year I fared to Flanders , where I had done well before , in the summer . In September I was homeward bound , and met this Heidrek outside the Scheldt mouth . He took my goods , and burned my ship , and kept me , because I was likely to be able to pilot him , knowing all that coast . Oh , aye , we fought him ; but he had two ships to my one , and four to one in men . Asbiorn saved me , I think , at that time ; but I have never had a chance of escape until tonight . I saw it coming , and was ready . You were but a few minutes before me .