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Chapter 12

           Whenthefightbecamevisible,halftheknightsoneachsideweredismounted,somebythedexterityoftheiradversary’slance,—somebythesuperiorweightandstrengthofopponents,whichhadbornedownbothhorseandman,—somelaystretchedonearthasifnevermoretorise,—somehadalreadygainedtheirfeet,andwereclosinghandtohandwiththoseoftheirantagonistswhowereinthesamepredicament,—andseveralonbothsides,whohadreceivedwoundsbywhichtheyweredisabled,werestoppingtheirbloodbytheirscarfs,andendeavouringtoextricatethemselvesfromthetumult.Themountedknights,whoselanceshadbeenalmostallbrokenbythefuryoftheencounter,werenowcloselyengagedwiththeirswords,shoutingtheirwar-cries,andexchangingbuffets,asifhonourandlifedependedontheissueofthecombat.

           Thetumultwaspresentlyincreasedbytheadvanceofthesecondrankoneitherside,which,actingasareserve,nowrushedontoaidtheircompanions.ThefollowersofBriandeBois-Guilbertshouted—"Ha!Beau-seant!Beau-seant!

           "—FortheTemple—FortheTemple!"Theoppositepartyshoutedinanswer—"Desdichado!Desdichado!"—whichwatch-wordtheytookfromthemottoupontheirleader’sshield.

           Thechampionsthusencounteringeachotherwiththeutmostfury,andwithalternatesuccess,thetideofbattleseemedtoflownowtowardthesouthern,nowtowardthenorthernextremityofthelists,astheoneortheotherpartyprevailed.

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