Excalibur
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"Guards, Knights, Squires; prepare for battle!" hollers one of the
kings noble knights. The rumbling thunder of horses trotting across the wooden
mote bridge echoes throughout the castle. Brave knights gallop their horses
into the foggy mist where swords and shields smash, the sounds of their a ....
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.... responsibilities of a squire serving a knight is one way in which a
man is eventually knighted. In the early opening scenes of the movie Excalibur,
young Arthur serves as a squire to his brother Kay. Squires were the duties of
young men who served their knights by preparing their armor and weaponry.
During some of the jousting scenes squires retrieve jousts and pass them over to
their knights, but never really assist in combat. Just from the experience and
duties as a squire, it ....
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