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“But Jamrkan said, “O folk, to - morrow I will go forth into the battle-plain and place where cut and thrust obtain, and slay their champions and make prize of their families after taking them captives and I will ransom Sa’adan therewith’ by the leave of the Requiting King, whom no one thing diverteth from other thing!””

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“And he told them what had befallen him with Gharib, adding, “O folk, know ye not that I am your chief in battle-plain and where men of cut and thrust are fain; and yet a man single-handed me to prisoner hath ta’en and made me the cup of shame and disgrace to drain?””

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“So the two hosts drew apart, whilst every brave staggered like a drunken knave, for that with so much cut and thrust they strave; and the place was choked with the slain; fell were the wounds and the hurt knew not by whom they fell.”

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“Then she wheeled about in the mid-field and plain where cut and thrust are dealed, crying out and saying,”

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“Now Kurajan had said to his men as they drew off from fight (for indeed two thirds of their number had perished by sword and spear), “O folk, to-morrow, I will champion it in the stead of war where cut and thrust jar, and where braves push and wheel I will take the field.””

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“a tower plastered with gypsum, and goaded him with a spike of steel which ran deep into his flesh, whereupon the elephant trumpeted and made for the battle-plain where cut and thrust obtain; and, when he drew near Gharib, he cried out to him, saying, O dog of mankind, what made thee come into our land, to debauch my cousin and his folk and pervert them from one faith to other faith.”

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“They replied, “O King, soon thou shalt see what we will do in battle-plain where men cut and thrust amain.””

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“As soon as it was morning Jaland mounted with two hundred and sixty-thousand fighting-men, clad cap-à-pie in hauberks and cuirasses and strait-knit mail-coats, the kettle-drums beat a point of war and all drew out for cut and thrust and fight and fray.”

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“Then Miriam wheeled about in the battleplain and the stead where cut and thrust are fain; and championed it and offered battle, crying out and saying, Who is for fighting?”

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