In the year 1702 fencing was far from having attained that perfection which it reached later. Masks had not yet been invented and in consequence play was necessarily stiff and slow as the danger of the loss of sight or even of death from a chance thrust was very great.' (Excerpt from Chapter 1) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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