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Chapter 12

           Itshoweditselfinloudacclamationsuponeverychangeoffortune,whilealleyesweresorivetedonthelists,thatthespectatorsseemedasiftheythemselveshaddealtandreceivedtheblowswhichweretheresofreelybestowed.Andbetweeneverypausewasheardthevoiceoftheheralds,exclaiming,"Fighton,braveknights!Mandies,butglorylives!Fightondeathisbetterthandefeat!Fighton,braveknights!forbrighteyesbeholdyourdeeds!"

           Amidthevariedfortunesofthecombat,theeyesofallendeavouredtodiscovertheleadersofeachband,who,minglinginthethickofthefight,encouragedtheircompanionsbothbyvoiceandexample.Bothdisplayedgreatfeatsofgallantry,nordideitherBois-GuilbertortheDisinheritedKnightfindintheranksopposedtothemachampionwhocouldbetermedtheirunquestionedmatch.Theyrepeatedlyendeavouredtosingleouteachother,spurredbymutualanimosity,andawarethatthefallofeitherleadermightbeconsideredasdecisiveofvictory.Such,however,wasthecrowdandconfusion,that,duringtheearlierpartoftheconflict,theireffortstomeetwereunavailing,andtheywererepeatedlyseparatedbytheeagernessoftheirfollowers,eachofwhomwasanxioustowinhonour,bymeasuringhisstrengthagainsttheleaderoftheoppositeparty.

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