Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 130
. I have heard that he is afine swordsman. The finest in your army, sire, Chandos answered. How England Held the Lists at Bordeaux 99 u Yet I doubt not that he will need all his skill thisday. As he spoke, the two combatants advanced fromeither end in full armor with their two-handed swordssloping… … Up and Down went the Shining Blades. paces distance they stopped, eyed each other for a mo-ment, and then in an instant fell to work with a clat-ter and clang as if two sturdy smiths were busy upontheir anvils. Up and down went the long shiningblades, round and round they circled in curves of…
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