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Saint George for England

CHAPTER V: THE CITY GAMES
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They are light, and yet strong enough to withstand a blow from the strongest arm.

I tried them hard, and will warrant them proof, but you had best see to the rivets and fastenings.

They had a rough handling last year, and you have not worn them since.

There are some other pieces that I must put in hand at once, seeing that in such a melee you must be covered from head to foot." For the next week nothing was talked of in London but the approaching sports, and the workmen were already engaged in the erection of the lists and pavilions in the fields between the walls and Westminster.

It was reported that the king would add valuable prizes to those given to the winners by the city; that there would be jousting on horseback by the sons of the court nobles, and that the young Prince of Wales would himself ride.
The king had once before taken part in the city sports, and with ten of the citizens had held his own against an equal number of knights.


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