Possible Clues:

• Large number, say, eaten by beast
• Roman military body of men
• Not an arm to start with in the army
• Is the limb a little bit charged with being, for instance, in a beastly setting?
• Body of Roman or French soldiers
• Large military force
• Many show no resistance in an ankle-fetter
• Unit or old Roman army
• Being over one foot gets one on in the army
• Many left, for example, no one's coming back