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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Four Arthurian Romances by Chretien DeTroyes: refuse, I would very gladly excuse myself; but in truth I would
rather fight than be compelled to do what is wrong." Before he
arose from the table where they were sitting, he told the youths
who were serving him, to saddle his horse at once, and fetch his
arms and give them to him. This order they promptly execute:
some devote themselves to arming him, while others go to fetch
his horse. As he slowly rode along completely armed, holding his
shield tight by the straps, you must know that he was evidently
to be included in the list of the brave and fair. His horse
became him so well that it is evident he must be his own, and as
for the shield he held by the straps and the helmet laced upon
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