Note 491 — THE TRAVELS OF BERTRANDON DE LA BROCQUIÈRE. (continued 2)
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La Brocquière must have thought these joustings ridiculous, from being accustomed to our tournaments, where the knights, cased in iron, fought with swords, lances, and battle-axes, and where, very frequently, men were killed, wounded, or trodden under foot by the horses. This has made him twice say, that in this jousting with sticks no one was wounded. [491]