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Chapter 8

           ItwasofEasternorigin,havingbeenbroughtfromtheHolyLand;andthemixtureofthecymbalsandbellsseemedtobidwelcomeatonce,anddefiance,totheknightsastheyadvanced.Withtheeyesofanimmenseconcourseofspectatorsfixeduponthem,thefiveknightsadvanceduptheplatformuponwhichthetentsofthechallengersstood,andthereseparatingthemselves,eachtouchedslightly,andwiththereverseofhislance,theshieldoftheantagonisttowhomhewishedtoopposehimself.Thelowerordersofspectatorsingeneralnay,manyofthehigherclass,anditisevensaidseveraloftheladies,wereratherdisappointedatthechampionschoosingthearmsofcourtesy.Forthesamesortofpersons,who,inthepresentday,applaudmosthighlythedeepesttragedies,weretheninterestedinatournamentexactlyinproportiontothedangerincurredbythechampionsengaged.

           Havingintimatedtheirmorepacificpurpose,thechampionsretreatedtotheextremityofthelists,wheretheyremaineddrawnupinaline;whilethechallengers,sallyingeachfromhispavilion,mountedtheirhorses,and,headedbyBriandeBois-Guilbert,descendedfromtheplatform,andopposedthemselvesindividuallytotheknightswhohadtouchedtheirrespectiveshields.

           Attheflourishofclarionsandtrumpets,theystartedoutagainsteachotheratfullgallop;andsuchwasthesuperiordexterityorgoodfortuneofthechallengers,thatthoseopposedtoBois-Guilbert,Malvoisin,andFront-de-Boeuf,rolledontheground.

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