The Memoirs of Bābur 908.5.2
The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 908.5.2
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908.5.2
If we had known their number at first, we should have made a good stand against them but we thought they would not be pursuing us, unless they had good support behind. A [Sidenote: Fol. 114b.] fleeing foe, even if he be many, cannot face a few pursuers, for as the saying is, '_Hāī_ is enough for the beaten ranks.'[661]