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Chapter 7

           Itonlyremainstonoticerespectingthegeneralarrangement,thatonegalleryintheverycentreoftheeasternsideofthelists,andconsequentlyexactlyoppositetothespotwheretheshockofthecombatwastotakeplace,wasraisedhigherthantheothers,morerichlydecorated,andgracedbyasortofthroneandcanopy,onwhichtheroyalarmswereemblazoned.Squires,pages,andyeomeninrichliveries,waitedaroundthisplaceofhonour,whichwasdesignedforPrinceJohnandhisattendants.Oppositetothisroyalgallerywasanother,elevatedtothesameheight,onthewesternsideofthelists;andmoregaily,iflesssumptuouslydecorated,thanthatdestinedforthePrincehimself.Atrainofpagesandofyoungmaidens,themostbeautifulwhocouldbeselected,gailydressedinfancyhabitsofgreenandpink,surroundedathronedecoratedinthesamecolours.Amongpennonsandflagsbearingwoundedhearts,burninghearts,bleedinghearts,bowsandquivers,andallthecommonplaceemblemsofthetriumphsofCupid,ablazonedinscriptioninformedthespectators,thatthisseatofhonourwasdesignedfor"LaRoynedelasBeaulteetdesAmours".ButwhowastorepresenttheQueenofBeautyandofLoveonthepresentoccasionnoonewaspreparedtoguess.

           Meanwhile,spectatorsofeverydescriptionthrongedforwardtooccupytheirrespectivestations,andnotwithoutmanyquarrelsconcerningthosewhichtheywereentitledtohold.

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