By an ancient law of Sweden, if a man told another that he was inferior to any other man, or had not the heart of a man, and the other replied, “I am as good a man as yourself,” 338 a meeting was to follow. If the aggressor came to the ground, but did not find the offended, the latter was to be considered dishonoured11, and held unfit to give testimony12 in any cause, and deprived moreover of the power to make a will. But if, on the other hand, the insulted party came forward, and the offending party did not make his appearance, the former was to call him aloud by name three times, and, if he did not appear, make a mark upon the ground, when the offender13 would be held as infamous14 and false. When both parties met, and the offended was killed, his antagonist15 had to pay a half compensation for his death; but, if the aggressor succumbed16, his fate was to be attributed to temerity17 and an unguarded expression, therefore his death called for no compensation. In Norway, any gentleman who refused satisfaction to another was said to have lost his law, and could not be admitted as evidence upon oath. According to the Danish laws, it was held that force is a better arbiter18 in contestations than words; and in the judicial19 combats, which frequently arose on the slightest provocation20, no champion was allowed to fight in the cause of another, however feeble or unskilled in arms he might be: women were not even allowed a proxy21 to defend them, but obliged to defend their honour personally. In such cases, to afford the woman a better chance, the man who 339 had offended her was obliged to get into a pit up to his waist, by which means his Amazonian opponent could wheel round him and strike him on the head with a sling22 or a leather thong23 to which was suspended a heavy stone; the male combatant was armed with a club, and if he missed her three times, or struck the ground instead of her, he was declared to be vanquished24.
The Scandinavian combatants frequently selected small islands for their meetings, to prevent either of the parties from fleeing; these islands were called Holms, and the duels25 Holms-gang. Sometimes a hide seven ells long was spread upon the ground; at others, the lists were enclosed by circular stakes, or marked off with stones, to circumscribe26 their limits: whoever stepped beyond this barrier, or was beaten out of the circle, was considered conquered. The kamping matches of our Norfolk and Suffolk peasantry are traces of these exercises, which were called kempfs.
In Sweden, gentlemen fighting a duel7 were sentenced to death, and the memory of the deceased declared infamous. On other occasions, when the meeting had not proved fatal, the parties were condemned27 to two years’ imprisonment28 on bread and water, and obliged to pay a heavy fine.
Under the reign29 of Gustavus II, a contemporary of Louis XIII. of France, the fashion 340 of duelling was at its height; and this monarch30 had prohibited single combat by the most severe edicts, but to no purpose. It is related of this prince, that, having heard that two officers of his army contemplated31 a meeting, he preceded them on the ground. On the arrival of the parties, they were not a little surprised to find the King: they were about to withdraw, when Gustavus pointed33 to a gallows34, at the foot of which stood the hangman, and added, “Now, gentlemen, you may proceed.”
It is also related of Gustavus Adolphus, that having had a dispute at one of his reviews with Colonel Seaton, an officer in his service, he gave him a blow. As soon as the troops were dismissed, the officer waited upon the King and demanded his discharge, which the sovereign signed; and the colonel withdrew without a word being said on the subject of the quarrel.
Gustavus, however, on coolly considering the matter, reproached himself for his want of temper; and hearing that Seaton intended to set out for Denmark the next day, followed him, attended by an officer and two or three grooms35. When his Majesty36 reached the Danish frontier, he left all his attendants, except one, and overtaking Seaton on a large plain, said to him, “Dismount, sir. That you have been injured, I acknowledge, and I am now come to give you the satisfaction of a gentleman; for, being now 341 out of my own dominions37, Gustavus and you are equal. We have both, I see, swords and pistols; alight immediately, and receive the satisfaction which your wounded honour demands.”
Seaton, recovering from his surprise, dismounted, as the King had already done, and falling on his knees, said “Sire, you have more than given me satisfaction, in condescending38 to make yourself my equal. God forbid, that my sword should do any mischief39 to so brave and gracious a prince. Permit me to return to Stockholm, and allow me the honour to live and die in your service.” The King raised him from the ground, embraced him, and they returned together to his capital.
The early annals of Germany afford many curious instances of trials by ordeal40; but, perhaps, one of the most romantic was in the case of Maria of Aragon, consort41 of Otho III, and the Messalina of her time. It is related of her, that she generally went abroad with a youth disguised in female attire42, who was afterwards buried alive. Having become desperately43 enamoured of a count of Modena, who rejected her addresses, she accused him with having attempted to seduce44 her. The count was allowed to prove his innocence45 by the trial of battle; but, having been vanquished, was sentenced to lose his head. Prior to his execution he acquainted his wife with the particulars of his 342 unfortunate case, and enjoined46 her to avenge47 his death. She, faithful to his last request, took the bloody48 head, and, placing it under the cloak of one of her followers49, proceeded to the court; then, presenting the gory50 head to the sovereign, she demanded justice. Otho, struck with horror at the appalling51 sight, asked her what she wanted, and of whom she had to complain. “Of you, C?sar,” was her reply; “you behold52 the result of a most iniquitous53 deed, and I am ready to submit myself to the ordeal of fire, to prove the innocence of my unfortunate husband.” The Emperor consented, and a brazier with a red-hot iron bar was brought forward. The tradition states that the countess seized the iron without dismay or injury; when, addressing the Emperor, she demanded his head, since he had been found guilty of the death of an innocent man. The prince, however, as might be expected, demurred54 at this proposal, but ordered his guilty wife to be burned alive; a sentence that was carried into execution at Modena, in 998. The Empress of Henry II, the beautiful Cunegonde, was equally fortunate in handling red-hot bars of iron when accused of having been criminally connected with the devil, who was seen coming out of her bed-chamber every morning. Baronius, in his Ecclesiastic56 Annals, asserts that she handled the burning metal like a nosegay. Gunehilde, wife of 343 Henry III, and daughter of our Canute, was also very lucky in the choice of a champion when basely accused of infidelity. Her accuser was a gigantic man of the name of Rodinger; but she selected for her defender57 a little boy, whom she had brought from England, and who miraculously58 cut the hamstrings of his colossal59 antagonist.
Amongst the curious records of these barbarous and fabulous60 times, an edict of Frederick II. forbade his nobles from fighting, plundering61 travellers, and circulating base coin, which had been considered a privilege of feodality; and in his Sicilian and Neapolitan constitution he exempted62 his subjects from the necessity of accepting a challenge.
In more modern times, various enactments63, called duell mandates64, have forbidden duels. In 1779, one was issued in Bavaria, which punished a challenge with the loss of office, if the parties held a public situation; if otherwise, with a confiscation65 of property, and an imprisonment of three years: but, when a duel had actually taken place, the parties were condemned to death.
In the Austrian states, by an edict of 1803, a duel is punished by an imprisonment of from one year to five: if one of the parties is wounded, the confinement66 is from five to ten years; and, when death ensues, from ten to twenty; and the remains67 of the deceased are not allowed 344 sepulture in consecrated68 ground. The seconds are also subject to an incarceration69 of from one to five years. A penal70 code somewhat similar exists in Prussia.
An anecdote71 is related of Joseph II, who, having been informed that one of his officers had slapped the face of another, sent for both parties. The following day, on parade, the Emperor appeared on the balcony of his palace with the offended person, whom he cordially embraced; at the same time, a scaffold was erected73, on which the public executioner slapped the face of the offender, who was afterwards conveyed to a fortress74.
The following letter from this monarch, exhibits the sentiments he entertained on the practice of duelling.
“General,
“I desire you to arrest Count K—— and Captain W—— immediately. The count is of an imperious character, proud of his birth, and full of false ideas of honour. Captain W——, who is an old soldier, thinks of settling everything by the sword or the pistol. He has done wrong in accepting a challenge from the count. I will not suffer the practice of duelling in my army; and I despise the arguments of those who seek to justify75 it. I have a high esteem76 for officers who expose themselves courageously77 to the enemy, and who, on all occasions, show themselves 345 intrepid78, valiant79, and determined80 in attack as well as in defence. The indifference81 with which they face death is honourable82 to themselves and useful to their country; but there are men ready to sacrifice everything to a spirit of revenge and hatred83. I despise them. Such men, in my opinion, are worse than the Roman gladiators. Let a council of war be summoned to try these two officers, with all the impartiality84 which I demand from every judge; and let the most culpable85 of the two be made an example by the rigour of the law. I am resolved that this barbarous custom, which is worthy86 of the age of Tamerlane and Bajazet, and which is so often fatal to the peace of families, shall be punished and suppressed, though it should cost me half my officers. There will be still left men who can unite bravery with the duties of faithful subjects. I wish for none who do not respect the laws of the country.
“Joseph.”
“Vienna, August 1771.”
It is related of Charles XII. of Sweden, that, riding out one day, he left his attendants at some distance; and, coming to a gate, opened it, but neglected to shut it again, according to the laws of the country. The owner of the land, who was an ensign in the army, came up, and, not knowing the King, inquired why he did not shut the gate after him, 346 according to the royal decree; and, as he passed, made use of some uncivil expressions. “Why do you not go and shut the gate yourself?” said the King. This so enraged87 the gentleman, that he seized the bridle88 and stopped the horse. On this, Charles put his hand on his sword, but the other snatched it from him. The King then drew out a pistol, and threatened to make him repent89 his conduct unless he immediately returned the sword. “You would not be so valiant,” said the officer, “if I also was provided with a pistol.” “Then go and fetch one,” said the King. The gentleman immediately went for a pistol, while Charles waited his return; but, as he was coming back, he saw the King’s attendants at a little distance, which giving him some suspicion, he made his retreat.
The ensign acquainted his commanding officer with the circumstance, requesting his interference. A review soon after took place; and, the King observing that this officer was not present, asked the colonel where he was, when he was told that he was upon guard. “Let him be sent for,” said the King. The ensign was brought forward. Charles immediately galloped90 up to him; then, looking him steadfastly91 in the face, named him a first lieutenant92, and ordered that a grant of money should be given to him.
The enactments against duelling in the German 347 armies place officers in as difficult a situation as in our service. If they allow themselves to be insulted without resenting the injury, they are expelled from their regiment93; yet are they punished if they demand satisfaction from the offender: and Dr. Gans of Berlin very justly observes, “Duelling amongst officers is very rare, for their position is most embarrassing. If an officer, whose honour has been impeached94, does not fight, he is expelled; and, if he fights, he is shut up in a fortress.” Montesquieu, in his Lettres Persannes, has the following judicious95 remark: “If you follow the laws of honour,” writes Usbeck, “you die on a scaffold; and, if you follow the dictates96 of justice, you are banished97 from society. Thus you have no alternative but that of forfeiting99 life or being unworthy of living.”
If duels are rare among German officers, they are most common amongst their students or Burschen, whose ridiculous meetings have often been described by travellers. The parties who it is thought necessary should fight usually meet at an inn near their university; they are covered with a thick leather armour100 that protects them, and their face is the principal vulnerable part. The arm they use is the long German sword, and the shell of its hilt is an additional protection to the combatants.
The students at Jena use a sword called Schlagen, 348 the blade of which is three feet and a half long, and triangular101 like a bayonet; the handle is protected by a tin plate, ten inches in diameter, which has been jocosely102 called the soup-plate of honour: this handle, soup-plate, and blade, can all be unscrewed and concealed103, the hilt and guard under a cloak, and the blade sheathed104 in a walking-stick.
By the rules of some universities, called their Comment, the nature of the offence requires a certain number of cuts; twenty-four for the appellation105 of dummer Junge, or stupid youth, and as many for the epithet106 infamous. The pistol is scarcely ever selected as a weapon. When perchance a student has killed another, he is advised to quit the university, receiving from the senate what is called a consilium abeundi. This expulsion is called a relegatio, and is published in Latin. In these cases the offender enters another college. At Gottingen the students were long overawed by a ruffian of the name of Luderf, of great personal strength, and who not unfrequently lopped off arms and hands with his Teutonic glaive.
In 1833, the corpse107 of a Lieutenant-colonel de Keunaw was found in a forest near Dreisen, pierced with a sword-wound and weltering in blood. It appeared, upon inquiry108, that a councillor of the name of Von Zahn had asked in marriage the daughter of a Baron55 Haller, who at the same 349 time was courted by a Baron Linsmar, a friend of Von Zahn, who, to rid himself of his rival, had recourse to the most diabolical109 stratagem110. He was on terms of intimacy111 with De Keunaw, who was considered a most dexterous112 swordsman, whereas Linsmar was totally unacquainted with the use of the weapon. Von Zahn, therefore, exerted himself to foment113 discord114 between them, until at last their constant dissensions led to a duel. Von Zahn insisting upon being the second to his friend, a meeting took place; when, by one of those chances in arms, the inexperienced combatant killed his expert antagonist. Von Zahn was brought to trial and condemned to death, and Baron Linsmar to ten years’ imprisonment. The sentence of the former, however, was commuted115 into twenty years’ confinement.
In 1834 the German papers gave an account of a duel of a most romantic nature:—“A Baron Trautmansdorf was paying courtship to the widow of a Polish general, the young Countess Lodoiska R——; he only awaited an appointment to an embassy to marry her. In the mean time a Baron de Ropp courted the lady, and in a sonnet117 turned his more successful rival into ridicule118. The baron immediately sent him a message, which Ropp accepted; but on the ground proposed a champion, who espoused119 his cause, when Trautmansdorf fell. His second, indignant at this act of treachery, insisted that Ropp 350 should give him satisfaction. The second was also mortally wounded, when it was found out that Lodoiska herself had accompanied her betrothed120 in male attire. Ropp, having recognised her when she fell, felt so deeply the turpitude121 of his conduct, that he threw himself on his own sword, and expired near the bodies of Lodoiska and her lover.”
Duels are so very rare in Germany, that a hostile meeting that took place at Frankfort in 1834 between two officers, and which proved fatal to one of them, was considered a remarkable122 event; and all Vienna was astonished when a noble German sent a challenge to Baron Rothschild for having refused to lend him money.
Madame de Sta?l’s observations on duelling in Germany are worthy of remark:—“Germany, if we except some courts anxious to imitate the manners of the French, was never assailed123 by that infatuation, immorality124, and incredulity, which, since the regency, had changed the natural character of the French. Feudality still maintained in Germany some of its chivalric125 maxims126: duels occasionally took place, but they were not so frequent as in France; for the Germans do not possess the same vivacity127 and petulance128 as the French nation, nor do they partake of the same notions of courage, public opinion being much more severe on the want of probity129 and fair dealing130. If a man had transgressed131 the 351 laws of morality, ten duels a day would not have enabled him to recover the esteem he had forfeited132. In France we constantly see persons of distinguished133 rank, who, when accused of an improper134 action, will say, “It may have been wrong, but no one will dare assert it to my face!” Such an expression is an evident proof of confirmed depravity; for what would be the condition of society, if it was only requisite135 to kill one another, to commit with impunity136 every evil action,—to break one’s word and assert a falsehood, provided no one dared tell you that you had lied?
“The spirit of chivalry137 still reigns138 amongst the Germans,—but passively. They are incapable139 of deceit, and in every transaction act with loyalty140; but that energy which exposed man to so many sacrifices, which exacted from woman so many virtues141,—the chivalric spirit of olden times,—has only left feeble traces in Germany, where noble actions will only be the result of that liberal impulse which in Europe has succeeded chivalry.”
Chateaubriand pays a similar compliment to the German people:—“I love Germany; I admire its domestic virtues and its hospitable142 manners; its poetic and religious sentiments, and its love for science. Amongst the Germans we feel that invincible143 power that conceals144 the positiveness of the world and the prosaism of life.”
In Russia duels very rarely took place, a circumstance which in a great measure may be 352 attributed to the ferocity of their princes, who not only saw the penal laws executed, but not unfrequently acted themselves as executioners: a fact illustrated145 by Peter I, who gave the signal for the judicial massacre146 of the revolted Strelitz, his Pretorian guards, by seizing an axe147 and striking off the heads of a hundred of his victims. The gross and brutal148 conduct of the Russian autocrat149 towards women was imitated by his court and the people; and it can scarcely be expected that a nice sense of honour can prevail in the minds of men who only punished infidelity by a bastinade inflicted150 on both the offending parties, and who usually testified their affection by submitting the object of their love to the knout,—indeed, the fair sex of Muscovy considered this infliction151 as a gallantry on the part of their husbands; nor could their sense of delicacy152 be very acute, when we find their Empress kneeling at the shrine153 of the Virgin154 and St. Nicholas, to ask from what company of her guards she was to select her favourite paramour.
The Russian laws against duelling were most severe. In the military penal code of Peter I. it was ordered, that whoever provoked another to fight a duel should be hanged, whether the duel took place or not; that the seconds should suffer the same punishment, unless they exerted themselves to prevent the meeting. That in the case of any dispute, or blow being given, the aggressor 353 was to ask pardon of the offended party in presence of the military tribunal; and that whoever should slap another’s face was to submit to a public retaliation155. In the code of Catherine we find, in the 234th article, the following view of the subject:—“As to duelling, the best mode of preventing it is to punish the aggressor, and to declare the innocence of the man who, without any fault of his own, has found himself under the necessity of avenging156 his honour.” We also find in an ukase of Catherine the following enactment:—
“Whoever insults or strikes a citizen with an unarmed hand, shall forfeit98 the amount of whatever yearly tax the citizen pays to the state. Whoever insults or injures the wife or the daughter of a citizen, shall pay double the amount for the wife, and four times the amount for the daughter, of the annual tax the father or husband pays to the state.”
It was, however, no uncommon157 practice on the part of the Czars to strike their officers and attendants. Peter the Great would cane158 any person, whatever might have been his rank, who had offended him. Indeed, a blow from an imperial hand was considered an honour: though this was not the case with a French architect, of the name of Le Blond, who, after a caning159, took it so much to heart, that he fell ill of a fever and died. 354
It appears that no prestige of rank could screen Russian ladies from the brutal treatment of their husbands and lovers; and the Empress Catherine herself was frequently horsewhipped by Gregory Orloff, the most favoured of the five brothers of that name who shared her smiles. No duels arose among her numerous lovers. Potemkin, playing one day at billiards160 with Alexis Orloff, a brother-favourite, had some difference, when Orloff struck him on the eye with a cue: the parties were separated; but Alexis complained to his brother Gregory, then the greater favourite, who insisted that Potemkin should be immediately exiled, a request that the Empress did not dare refuse; and Potemkin, who had lost an eye in the affray, was banished to Smolensko. He was recalled, however, a year afterwards, and he soon avenged161 himself by banishing162 his former rival, whom he succeeded; and shortly after, he ceded32 her charms to another lover of the name of Lanskoi. Orloff travelled, married, and visited the court of France, which he publicly insulted by going to a levee in a common undress suit of clothes; an offence which was not resented by Choiseul, the French minister. Orloff’s wife soon after died, when he returned to St. Petersburgh on the very night that the Empress was giving a ball in the palace of Tzarco-zelo. He repaired to the festive163 hall in deep mourning, and made up to 355 Catherine, who was leaning on the arm of her favourite Lanskoi, when he exclaimed with a ferocious164 look, “So, Kalinga, you are still fond of dancing;—will you waltz with me? You hesitate: does my dress alarm you? Do you know,” he added in a dismal165 tone of voice, “do you know that my wife is dead? do you know it? and, if you knew it, how did you dare to give this entertainment?” and, thus saying, he seized a chair and dashed it to pieces. Lanskoi wanted to rush upon the ruffian, but Catherine forcibly held him back, and assured Orloff that she was not aware of his wife’s death; when he continued, “Yes, she is dead, and I am alive! I am miserable166, Kalinga! for I loved my wife dearly!” and, so saying, he burst into tears; when, suddenly casting his eyes upon Lanskoi, he exclaimed, “So, this is the young new-comer! Ha! you are very young, my boy! poor blind buzzard, to be caught in such a snare167!” Again Lanskoi wanted to have recourse to force to expel the bold intruder, who threatened to throw him out of the window if he stirred one step; while Catherine exclaimed in agony, “He is mad! he is mad!” “Yes, I am mad!” replied the ruffian with a bitter laugh; “but who maddened me?—was it not thou, Kalinga? was it not for thee that I became a regicide, an assassin? and now, woman, you tell me I am mad!” So saying, he raised his hand to strike her; but Catherine 356 swooned on a sofa, and Orloff stalked out of the ball-room unmolested. No punishment was inflicted on him for this audacious conduct; on the contrary, he frequently attended the court, until he died of a brain-fever in 1785. Lanskoi soon followed him to the grave; when Potemkin sought to assuage168 the despair of Catherine by privately169 marrying her, receiving as a marriage portion a palace worth 600,000 roubles, a coat embroidered170 with diamonds worth 200,000 roubles, and 200,000 peasants! Such was the wealth lavished171 on this favourite, that he died worth 300,000,000 francs!—Could duels, or any feeling of honour, be known in such a court?
However, at a later period, under Alexander I, who entertained some chivalric notions and a faint idea of honour, duels came into fashion. A singular manner of settling a quarrel was instanced in the case of an old general officer of the name of Zass, who, having received from Prince Dolgoroucki an order which would have defeated his plan of operations, refused to obey him. High words ensued, and a challenge was forwarded. At that moment the Swedish artillery172 was heard, and intelligence was brought that the enemy were attacking a redoubt. “Prince,” said the general, “we cannot fight a duel when our duty calls us to meet the enemy; but let us both stand in an embrasure of that battery, against which the enemy are directing their fire, 357 and let us remain there until one of us is struck.” Dolgoroucki accepted the proposal. They both exposed themselves to the enemy’s fire, standing173 erect72 with one hand on the hip116, and looking fiercely at each other, until the prince was cut in two by a cannon-ball; this desperate resolve being witnessed by the whole army.
A conflict no less singular occurred in the case of one of the most celebrated174 Russian duellists, a Count de Tolstoy, who, having quarrelled with a naval175 officer, sent him a message, which was declined on the plea of the count’s dexterity176 in the use of arms. Tolstoy then proposed that they should fight with pistols muzzle177 to muzzle; but this also the sailor declined, and insisted upon fighting according to what he called a naval manner, which was, to seize each other and jump into the water, the victory being awarded to the party that escaped drowning. The count in his turn objected to the proposal, on the plea that he could not swim, on which his adversary178 accused him of cowardice179; when he rushed upon him, seized him, and threw himself with him into the sea. However, they were both drawn180 out of the water; but the naval officer was so much injured, that he died a few days after.
In the annals of Poland judicial combats were not unfrequent, and were similar to those resorted to in other countries; and we find the wife of a grand duke of Lithuania accused of 358 an adulterous intercourse181, when twelve champions presented themselves to defend her cause. The proposal was objected to, and the law of the land, which was somewhat singular, prevailed. The accuser was condemned to place himself on all fours, like a quadruped, under a bench, and then to unbark his assertion, by publicly declaring that he had lied like a dog.
The jocularity of the Poles appears to have been occasionally of a very rough nature. It is related of an Italian nobleman, that, being invited by Prince Zboruski to his castle, he was made the butt182 of the company, who one day proceeded to strip him; and, after smearing183 him all over with honey, introduced him to some tame bears, who, licking off the honey with their rough tongues, did not produce a very agreeable sensation. The offended Italian wanted to depart, but the prince had ordered the wheels of his carriage to be taken off. He contrived184, however, to effect his escape, and sent a challenge to Zboruski, accompanied with a copy of his genealogy185, to prove that he could not refuse to meet him on the plea of a disparity of rank. But the Pole thought otherwise, and declined the honour.
Since the misfortunes of the Poles, duelling has frequently taken place amongst these exiles; and Lelewel observes on this subject, “that emigrants186 fight from idleness, and that condition 359 of suffering and demoralization which renders every feeling susceptible187 of the slightest offence.” During the generous struggle of this unhappy people with their ferocious oppressors, a conflict of a most desperate nature took place between a Polish and a Russian officer near Warsaw; the following are the particulars:—A young Polish officer, who had served under Napoleon in his Guards, had paid his addresses to a young lady of Warsaw, who was carried off by a Russian officer; he offered his hand in vain to his victim, who scorned his proposal with indignation: the retreat of the Russian was discovered; a challenge was sent and accepted. The ground was fixed188 in a wood four leagues from the city; and, after measuring eight paces, swords marked the distance. The combatants were armed with pistols, and were to advance upon each other, and fire at will; the Russian fired first, and wounded his antagonist in the breast, when the Pole exclaimed, “Come on, wretch189, and receive your death,—I still possess sufficient strength and life to deprive thee of thine;” but the Russian mounted his horse and galloped off. His seconds, indignant at such cowardly behaviour, bade the friends of the wounded Pole pursue him, and give him up to them as a disloyal dastard190. They rode after him, and cutting him down, brought him to an inn where the Pole had been also borne: upon seeing his wounded 360 antagonist, the Pole collected the little strength that remained in him, and, seizing his sword, staggered towards his rival, ran him through the body, and expired. The Russian officer recovered from his wounds, and the young lady was restored to her family.
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