Watch what you're doing, you could have somebody's eye out with that

[Erpingham]

An interesting piece on the occupational perils of the man-at-arms, courtesy of medievalist.net :

'Heads, shoulders, knees and toes: Injury and death in Anglo-Scottish combat, c.1296-c.1403'

Oddly, it doesn't mention the one obvious archaeological example, from Stirling castle .

[Imperial Dave]

pretty gruesome reading especially on the 'ability' of warriors to fight on even when severely/mortally wounded

[Erpingham]

Yes, the article balances that "Come here, you coward,  and I'll bite your leg off "aspect with the fact that, quite clearly, you could get seriously cut up, quite well.