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JTLl 1VAI. OX 115 O -TLiVii. iiil XjL JL-»XX X lVlij• »•In Iflington Ro#d, this prefent Monday, the i yh of July, the Judgment of the Sword will befbewn in the beft Manner that has been per-. .form'd in the Memory of A fan, between Two compkte Maflers of the Science of cDefence, andtheir accomplish'd Wives, who are not to be equaled in Europe, ws.E Thomas and Sarah Bar-ret, after a Tour of levcial Yea'is abroad, on our Arrival in this Metropolitan City, having challenged and engaged the famed A.r. James Stokes and his Victorious Wi.e, at their own Sean of Valour, wheic our Arms gained Applause enough no recommend us to the PuMick, confi ier-. ing the Fatigite we had undergone, and the Advantage our Antagonifts had ove* us, by mounting theStage freiii at home, .pgainft Perfons faint and wearied with Travel, as aroreiaid : Being now' in a State of Health, lufficient to undertake fuch an Enterprke, once move invite them at the Time and Place .above, to fhew v/hat fupeTior Power they command ^ not doubting to prove they are more filiible than ourlelves, u-nd that Fame has too lavifhly beftow’d that Chamber on them, iMliich wt are of Opinion jufily belongs to us, c.Thomas and Sarah Barrett^We James an4 Elizabeth Stokes, rather admiring 'he Vanity of the above presumptuous Challenge, than what Confec.uerice be drawn therefrom, afTale our Opponents, not a (Ingle Ftflt fhall elrape our wafcchSd Eyes, without due Corvecikn frorn our vindilt;5tive Swords * and that they might as well have ‘attempted the Chariot ef the Sun, as to invade thole Arms trttich toothing' blit Time- rtfe££ can fubdue, by payirig that ■ Debt of Nature to which Monar-chs muft fubmit, as well 'as the meanefl: Subject. Being fatisfy a in this, we condefcend lt;txj d'evote ourffch^s wholly to their Service, as above, refolding t give tbetn a final Aniwer, in the mo(c anthentick Manner our Aitcaaftudy, or Mankind d$fire, c. ... .james and Elizabecb Stokes.1 lSIote, Asa numerousConcourfeis expedf ed*, good Biverfion -trill be procured for theDay, by Cudgel-playing, * c.. j4The Boprs will be opened at 3, a£he Combatants fm/unt at‘(S.*
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Daily Journal
London, Middlesex, GB
Thu, Jul 13, 1730
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Peter R.
UK 04 Mar 2020
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