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The above is supposed to be the death of Pallas. (Book X) Dryden translation 
of The Aeneid. 

-=[ Fencing ]=-  4/97 (by jgs) :

In fencing competition there are three weapons...


 1) foil- weighs less than 500g; target area is torso

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& 3) saber- weighs less than 500g; target area is waist-up

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all by jgs

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