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No greater efforts can be made than those they make in striving and toiling to injure and wound each other. Both fiercely smite with the gilded pommel and the cutting edge. Such havoc did they inflict upon each other's teeth, cheeks, nose, hands, arms, and the rest, upon temples, neck, and throat that their bones all ache. NO GREATER EFFORTS CAN BE MADE THAN THOSE THEY MAKE IN STRIVING AND TOILING TO INJURE AND WOUND EACH OTHER BOTH FIERCELY SMITE WITH THE GILDED POMMEL AND THE CUTTING EDGE SUCH HAVOC DID THEY INFLICT UPON EACH OTHER'S TEETH CHEEKS NOSE HANDS ARMS AND THE REST UPON TEMPLES NECK AND THROAT THAT THEIR BONES ALL ACHE
 you may know, upon my word, that then the reins were not held in. The lances they had were not light, but were big and square; nor were they planed smooth, but were rough and strong. Upon the shields with mighty strength they smote each other with their sharp weapons, so that a fathom of each lance passes through the gleaming shields. But neither touches the other's flesh, nor was either lance cracked; each one, as quickly as he could, draws back his lance, and both rushing together, return to the fray. One against the other rides, and so fiercely they smite each other that both lances break and the horses fall beneath them. But they, being seated on their steeds, sustain no harm; so they quickly rise, for they were strong and lithe. They stand on foot in the middle of the garden, and straightway attack each other with their green swords of German steel, and deal great wicked blows upon their bright and gleaming helmets, so that they hew them into bits, and their eyes shoot out flame.  I DEFY AND CHALLENGE YOU AND YOU MAY KNOW UPON MY WORD THAT THEN THE REINS WERE NOT HELD IN THE LANCES THEY HAD WERE NOT LIGHT BUT WERE BIG AND SQUARE NOR WERE THEY PLAIN SMOOTH BUT WERE ROUGH AND STRONG UPON THE SHIELDS WITH MIGHTY STRENGTH THEY SMOTE EACH OTHER WITH THEIR SHARP WEAPONS SO THAT A FATHOM OF EACH LANCE PASSES THROUGH THE GLEAMING SHIELDS BUT NEITHER TOUCHES THE OTHER'S FLESH NOR WAS EITHER LANCE CRACKED EACH ONE AS QUICKLY AS HE COULD DRAWS BACK HIS LANCE AND BOTH RUSHING TOGETHER RETURN TO THE FRAY ONE AGAINST THE OTHER RIDES AND SO FIERCELY THEY SMITE EACH OTHER THAT BOTH LANCES BREAK AND THE HORSES FALL BENEATH THEM BUT THEY BEING SEATED ON THEIR STEEDS SUSTAIN NO HARM SO THEY QUICKLY RISE FOR THEY WERE STRONG AND LITHE THEY STAND ON FOOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GARDEN AND STRAIGHTWAY ATTACK EACH OTHER WITH THEIR GREEN SWORDS OF GERMAN STEEL AND DEAL GREAT WICKED BLOWS UPON THEIR BRIGHT AND GLEAMING HELMETS SO THAT THEY HEW THEM INTO BITS AND THEIR EYES SHOOT OUT FLAME
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