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about the business, albeit the men of the Porte and the King were scarce so stubborn and enduring as they had looked to find them. But Osberne did all he might to keep good order and good heart amongst his men, and they made their strongholds strong to the letter, and looked to it that all their forward places should be ready for battle at a moment's notice.
