This body of soldiery -- which still sustains a corporate existence, and marches down from past ages with an ancient and honorable fame -- was composed of no mercenary materials.

• 这个士兵组成的方阵，里面没有一个是雇佣兵，因此仍然保持着一个整体而存在，他们从拥有古老而荣誉的声名的过去的岁月中齐步走来。