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Chapter 7

           Underthevariousburdensimposedbythisunhappystateofaffairs,thepeopleofEnglandsuffereddeeplyforthepresent,andhadyetmoredreadfulcausetofearforthefuture.Toaugmenttheirmisery,acontagiousdisorderofadangerousnaturespreadthroughtheland;and,renderedmorevirulentbytheuncleanness,theindifferentfood,andthewretchedlodgingofthelowerclasses,sweptoffmanywhosefatethesurvivorsweretemptedtoenvy,asexemptingthemfromtheevilswhichweretocome.

           Yetamidtheseaccumulateddistresses,thepooraswellastherich,thevulgaraswellasthenoble,intheeventofatournament,whichwasthegrandspectacleofthatage,feltasmuchinterestedasthehalf-starvedcitizenofMadrid,whohasnotareallefttobuyprovisionsforhisfamily,feelsintheissueofabull-feast.Neitherdutynorinfirmitycouldkeepyouthoragefromsuchexhibitions.ThePassageofArms,asitwascalled,whichwastotakeplaceatAshby,inthecountyofLeicester,aschampionsofthefirstrenownweretotakethefieldinthepresenceofPrinceJohnhimself,whowasexpectedtogracethelists,hadattracteduniversalattention,andanimmenseconfluenceofpersonsofallrankshastenedupontheappointedmorningtotheplaceofcombat.

           Thescenewassingularlyromantic.

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