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Chapter 8

           TheantagonistofGrantmesnil,insteadofbearinghislance-pointfairagainstthecrestortheshieldofhisenemy,swervedsomuchfromthedirectlineastobreaktheweaponathwartthepersonofhisopponentacircumstancewhichwasaccountedmoredisgracefulthanthatofbeingactuallyunhorsed;becausethelattermighthappenfromaccident,whereastheformerevincedawkwardnessandwantofmanagementoftheweaponandofthehorse.Thefifthknightalonemaintainedthehonourofhisparty,andpartedfairlywiththeKnightofStJohn,bothsplinteringtheirlanceswithoutadvantageoneitherside.

           Theshoutsofthemultitude,togetherwiththeacclamationsoftheheralds,andtheclangourofthetrumpets,announcedthetriumphofthevictorsandthedefeatofthevanquished.Theformerretreatedtotheirpavilions,andthelatter,gatheringthemselvesupastheycould,withdrewfromthelistsindisgraceanddejection,toagreewiththeirvictorsconcerningtheredemptionoftheirarmsandtheirhorses,which,accordingtothelawsofthetournament,theyhadforfeited.Thefifthoftheirnumberalonetarriedinthelistslongenoughtobegreetedbytheapplausesofthespectators,amongstwhomheretreated,totheaggravation,doubtless,ofhiscompanions’mortification.

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