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Updated: May 16, 2025
At the age of fifteen Walter had won the prize at the sports, both for the best cudgel play and the best sword-and-buckler play among the apprentices, to the great disgust of many who had almost reached the age of manhood and were just out of their time.
Even the common sword-and-buckler brawler despises the use of such a treacherous and malignant instrument, which is therefore fit to be used, not by men or soldiers, but by those who, trained under female discipline, become themselves effeminate hermaphrodites, having female spite and female cowardice added to the infirmities and evil passions of their masculine nature."
It was not, of course, my wish to protract the fray my adversary seemed equally disposed to sheathe his sword the Bailie, gasping for breath, might be considered as hors de combat, and our two sword-and-buckler men gave up their contest with as much indifference as they had entered into it.
Look at the amphitheatre yonder. You do not suppose those gladiators who fought and perished, as hundreds of spectators in that grim Circus held thumbs down, and cried, "Kill, kill!" you do not suppose the combatants of necessity hated each other? No more than the celebrated trained bands of literary sword-and-buckler men hate the adversaries whom they meet in the arena.
It was not, of course, my wish to protract the fray my adversary seemed equally disposed to sheathe his sword the Bailie, gasping for breath, might be considered as hors de combat, and our two sword-and-buckler men gave up their contest with as much indifference as they had entered into it.
"Better so than be a cut-throat sword-and-buckler fellow, ever slaying some one else or getting thyself slain a terror to all peaceful folk. But thine uncle will see to that a steady-minded lad always was he was Master Dick."
The combat became now very sharp, and although the sword-and-buckler men made more clatter and noise than they did real damage, yet several good cuts were dealt among them; and those who wore rapiers, a more formidable weapon than the ordinary Scottish swords, gave and received dangerous wounds.
"Better so than be a cut-throat sword-and-buckler fellow, ever slaying some one else or getting thyself slain a terror to all peaceful folk. But thine uncle will see to that a steady-minded lad always was he was Master Dick."
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