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[English Translation] to show his courage, and what he knows how to do well, before such a notable and excellent assembly, which is sometimes more than a hundred thousand people arranged on stepped frames in the manner of an amphitheater, or on high earthen embankments, also made expressly by step: But it must be noted that in this combat, there are only those of the second and third ages, even those of the second are behind the others, without putting themselves in the most advanced position in the blows. And what is most pleasant in all these fights is when the young artisans of the city begin to attack, or defend the fort against these Academics, because then one sees the notable difference that there is between well-fed and trained people, and soft and effeminate people, who have neither address nor courage. Which greatly encourages these little Mars nurses, and gives marvelous satisfaction to the King, the Senate, and all the nobility of the Kingdom, seeing their children well-instructed, valiant and ready; For there is no one who dares to have them fed separately in their houses, on pain of being forever deprived of public charges, no one being able to be called there, unless they have been fed in the Academy, or if it is common, unless they have done great and signal services |
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