The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-27
oped that the knight became a mas. Of

opcd that the knight became a mas. Of
iron, an ironciad A battle was only
question Of soiidity in armor The
longer one could strike the avrnor
without breaking 1t, the more chances
had the one who wore IL 70 win the
battle. Then appeared the bonn
bardes" and cannon. which iron could
not resist Heavy arnor became use
less, and soldiers defended themselves
with their offensive weapons. the
sword and the dagger. This was the
origin of the real art Of fencing The
lansquenets wore no cuiraas. and did
not carry q shield They had enor-
nous two-handed swords, solid enough
to break what remained OF the ancien.
armor. A battle between two men
using this sword must have been terri
Die. Nobody knows when IL frat APP
peared. Tho only certain fact sbou,
1T is that the art of fencing with il was
rs complete as the weapon itself, which
was learnedly devised The handle
was not q simple cross: 1t protected
the hands and could be used effective.
~ at close quarters
The smbuscads in which Busy
d'Amb boise fell, In tho time OF Henry
i'll. influenced the definite abandon
ment Of the shield The Mignons car
ried the attacking sword with the
right hand. and held a dagger with the
left hand The dagger had the ad-
vantage over tho shield Of serving as
an offensive weapon in case OF need
Busy defended himself valian,ly
against his sdversaries. lie defeated
two OF them The third made his
sword fall from his hand. and. as his
dagger was too short against his adj
versary's long sword, Buasy used his
cloak and killed his enemy a. .or,-
ador does bull This was the finest
epoch of dueling. Manuals Of fencing
began TO appear. but duels were then
often compounded felony. Then APP
pcared the tall red figure OF CARDINAL
Richelicu.
In 1927 occurred the famous Duel be-
tween Montmorency-B outteviiie and
Count Beuvron. The former had fought
twenty-five duels. Richelisu issued an
edict prohibiting dueling under pain
OF the scaffold- Montmorency took
refuge I'm brussels. and there asked
permission 20 return 70 France 20 fight
one more duel The permission was
refused. Then he swcre that he would
return to France in spite % everybody.
and fght ia Paris. IN daylight. In q CEN
trial square. lie did IL Bot Eichelieu
had him and one OF his seconds arrest
g..
dc Greve. The meeting had been u
loyal one
Duels Diminished ia number. but 6i6
not vanish, aud the science Of fencine
was improved Eencers began 20 de-
fend themselves with the sword. and
To lunge. The Italian art OF fencing
los, its Importance "a fS2s, when Thu
baust pu blished bis compact folio VOL
ume on "L'Acaiernie De rEpec" Ae-
cord!ng 20 :.s rules. the fsncsr lunzed
with both logs, whereas the fencer of
tho present time lun1es With the right
leg only. Nile. de Magpin fought Ira
accordance with Taibsast's rule Her
greatest pleasure was - dress Ike
man Imprisoned in q convent shs set
fire 70 her cell sad went on .he stage
On. night she met one ~ her comrades
in deserted streets and s,ole his parss-
The next day ne related that ne had
h>ea attacked sv a Numerous band.
You are bo.stinz" abe aid. The
NUMEROUS bso4 was myself alone. Here
Is your purse Her adventures wers
Sac ozarreied IN . pisy
house with three gen;isrs,o.a and fought
with AID killed each one succszxs.ely.
Tse assault; % the Chsvzls~rs 6 s-oa
agaizs. tho Ch>vzsssT de sssat Georges
was not. properly spcz<lE1. "a Assault,
bot series 81 plastic po>eS Tais
q E>oz of classic memory
wa Got = woman. bat G man Who. tas
very reverse % Nile de A.svsn. vors
tsrninise dress lie .ss az en- oaasassor
u England aud IL Esssla
Tne Ezser zss introduced q. the ;lraA
% the Hrst empire. probably from sas
ORIENT Thea cane the h.yorf. ssoa.
which soGse writer's pretend i vs4s -.
sease4 q; E1yoaa- IA sE71 .hzs Ia
certain IL TIA. IN. frs barare. -ssa
dagger. stuck ia Tie barrel % . szn-
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.hss IA tee Artillery sa.szsa- -L.g.us.
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