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The Carians were adepts in war (i. 171 n.). For their courage cf. ch. 118 f.


For the ghastly wounds inflicted by a fighting horse cf. Marbot's story of the battle of Eylau (Memoirs E. T., p. 215).


H., who is imbued with the spirit of Romance, here voices the prevailing sentiment of mediaeval chivalry. Cf. Virg. Aen. xi. 688, and especially Aen. x. 829Hoc tamen infelix miseram solabere mortem: | Aeneae magni dextra cadis”.

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