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Chapter 8

           Aloudshoutfromthespectators,wavingofscarfsandhandkerchiefs,andgeneralacclamations,attestedtheinteresttakenbythespectatorsinthisencounter;themostequal,aswellasthebestperformed,whichhadgracedtheday.Butnosoonerhadtheknightsresumedtheirstation,thantheclamourofapplausewashushedintoasilence,sodeepandsodead,thatitseemedthemultitudewereafraideventobreathe.

           Afewminutespausehavingbeenallowed,thatthecombatantsandtheirhorsesmightrecoverbreath,PrinceJohnwithhistruncheonsignedtothetrumpetstosoundtheonset.Thechampionsasecondtimesprungfromtheirstations,andclosedinthecentreofthelists,withthesamespeed,thesamedexterity,thesameviolence,butnotthesameequalfortuneasbefore.

           Inthissecondencounter,theTemplaraimedatthecentreofhisantagonist’sshield,andstruckitsofairandforcibly,thathisspearwenttoshivers,andtheDisinheritedKnightreeledinhissaddle.Ontheotherhand,thatchampionhad,inthebeginningofhiscareer,directedthepointofhislancetowardsBois-Guilbert’sshield,but,changinghisaimalmostinthemomentofencounter,headdressedittothehelmet,amarkmoredifficulttohit,butwhich,ifattained,renderedtheshockmoreirresistible.FairandtruehehittheNormanonthevisor,wherehislance’spointkeptholdofthebars.Yet,evenatthisdisadvantage,theTemplarsustainedhishighreputation;andhadnotthegirthsofhissaddleburst,hemightnothavebeenunhorsed.

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