Chapter 43

           BeMowbray’ssinssoheavyinhisbosom,

           Thattheymaybreakhisfoamingcourser’sback,

           Andthrowtheriderheadlonginthelists,

           Acaitiffrecreant!

           RichardII

           OurscenenowreturnstotheexterioroftheCastle,orPreceptory,ofTemplestowe,aboutthehourwhenthebloodydiewastobecastforthelifeordeathofRebecca.Itwasasceneofbustleandlife,asifthewholevicinityhadpouredforthitsinhabitantstoavillagewake,orruralfeast.Buttheearnestdesiretolookonbloodanddeath,isnotpeculiartothosedarkages;thoughinthegladiatorialexerciseofsinglecombatandgeneraltourney,theywerehabituatedtothebloodyspectacleofbravemenfallingbyeachother’shands.Eveninourowndays,whenmoralsarebetterunderstood,anexecution,abruisingmatch,ariot,orameetingofradicalreformers,collects,atconsiderablehazardtothemselves,immensecrowdsofspectators,otherwiselittleinterested,excepttoseehowmattersaretobeconducted,orwhethertheheroesofthedayare,intheheroiclanguageofinsurgenttailors,flintsordunghills.

           Theeyes,therefore,ofaveryconsiderablemultitude,werebentonthegateofthePreceptoryofTemplestowe,withthepurposeofwitnessingtheprocession;whilestillgreaternumbershadalreadysurroundedthetiltyardbelongingtothatestablishment.ThisenclosurewasformedonapieceoflevelgroundadjoiningtothePreceptory,whichhadbeenlevelledwithcare,fortheexerciseofmilitaryandchivalroussports.

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