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A man of desperate courage, a gambler, a professional duellist, a bravo, famous in his time among the "common hacksters and swaggerers" as the first to introduce the custom of foining, or thrusting with the rapier in single combats whereas before his day it had been customary among the English to fight with sword and shield, and held unmanly to strike below the girdle he had perpetually changed sides, in the Netherland wars, with the shameless disregard to principle which characterized all his actions.

A man of desperate courage, a gambler, a professional duellist, a bravo, famous in his time among the "common hacksters and swaggerers" as the first to introduce the custom of foining, or thrusting with the rapier in single combats whereas before his day it had been customary among the English to fight with sword and shield, and held unmanly to strike below the girdle he had perpetually changed sides, in the Netherland wars, with the shameless disregard to principle which characterized all his actions.

A man of desperate courage, a gambler, a professional duellist, a bravo, famous in his time among the "common hacksters and swaggerers" as the first to introduce the custom of foining, or thrusting with the rapier in single combats whereas before his day it had been customary among the English to fight with sword and shield, and held unmanly to strike below the girdle he had perpetually changed sides, in the Netherland wars, with the shameless disregard to principle which characterized all his actions.

At one time he assembled three or four especial good hacksters and roaring boys, made them in the evening drink like Templars, afterwards led them till they came under St.

A man of desperate courage, a gambler, a professional duellist, a bravo, famous in his time among the "common hacksters and swaggerers" as the first to introduce the custom of foining, or thrusting with the rapier in single combats whereas before his day it had been customary among the English to fight with sword and shield, and held unmanly to strike below the girdle he had perpetually changed sides, in the Netherland wars, with the shameless disregard to principle which characterized all his actions.