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Chapter 7

           Someoftheseweresettledbythemen-at-armswithbriefceremony;theshaftsoftheirbattle-axes,andpummelsoftheirswords,beingreadilyemployedasargumentstoconvincethemorerefractory.Others,whichinvolvedtherivalclaimsofmoreelevatedpersons,weredeterminedbytheheralds,orbythetwomarshalsofthefield,WilliamdeWyvil,andStephendeMartival,who,armedatallpoints,rodeupanddowntheliststoenforceandpreservegoodorderamongthespectators.

           Graduallythegalleriesbecamefilledwithknightsandnobles,intheirrobesofpeace,whoselongandrich-tintedmantleswerecontrastedwiththegayerandmoresplendidhabitsoftheladies,who,inagreaterproportionthaneventhementhemselves,throngedtowitnessasport,whichonewouldhavethoughttoobloodyanddangeroustoaffordtheirsexmuchpleasure.Thelowerandinteriorspacewassoonfilledbysubstantialyeomenandburghers,andsuchofthelessergentry,as,frommodesty,poverty,ordubioustitle,durstnotassumeanyhigherplace.Itwasofcourseamongstthesethatthemostfrequentdisputesforprecedenceoccurred.

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