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Chapter 12

           Anyknightbreakingtherulesofthetournament,orotherwisetransgressingtherulesofhonourablechivalry,wasliabletobestriptofhisarms,and,havinghisshieldreversedtobeplacedinthatpostureastrideuponthebarsofthepalisade,andexposedtopublicderision,inpunishmentofhisunknightlyconduct.Havingannouncedtheseprecautions,theheraldsconcludedwithanexhortationtoeachgoodknighttodohisduty,andtomeritfavourfromtheQueenofBeautyandofLove.

           Thisproclamationhavingbeenmade,theheraldswithdrewtotheirstations.Theknights,enteringateitherendofthelistsinlongprocession,arrangedthemselvesinadoublefile,preciselyoppositetoeachother,theleaderofeachpartybeinginthecentreoftheforemostrank,apostwhichhedidnotoccupyuntileachhadcarefullymarshalledtheranksofhisparty,andstationedeveryoneinhisplace.

           Itwasagoodly,andatthesametimeananxious,sight,tobeholdsomanygallantchampions,mountedbravely,andarmedrichly,standreadypreparedforanencountersoformidable,seatedontheirwar-saddleslikesomanypillarsofiron,andawaitingthesignalofencounterwiththesameardourastheirgeneroussteeds,which,byneighingandpawingtheground,gavesignaloftheirimpatience.

           Asyettheknightsheldtheirlonglancesupright,theirbrightpointsglancingtothesun,andthestreamerswithwhichtheyweredecoratedflutteringovertheplumageofthehelmets.

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