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are very frequent: in this way they attack, bringing their hands under the Skirt of the Cloak: if they should miss their Blow, & the Person attacked attempt to defend himself with his sword, they immediately with the Right Hand bring the Cloak under the Right Arm, & throw it over the left hand, where it lies in a fold, impenetrably from its thickness: upon this they receive their adversaries Point, & Passing it on one side, immediately close in, & strike him with the Knife.
Murthers [murders] of this kind formerly happened every night, but of late are much less frequent, on account of an Edict lately passed; which
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