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"Rule 25.--When seconds disagree, and resolve to exchange shots themselves, it must be at the same time and at right angles with their principals.
"If with swords, side by side, at five paces interval.
"N.B. All matters and doubts not herein mentioned, will be explained and cleared up by application to the committee, who meet alternately at Clonmell and Galway, at their quarter sessions, for the purpose.
"CROW RYAN, President."
"JAMES KEOG, "AMBY BODKIN, Secretaries."
ADDITIONAL GALWAY ARTICLES
"Rule 1.--No party can be allowed to bend his knee or cover his side with his left hand; but may present at any level from the hip to the eye.
"Rule 2.--One can neither advance nor retreat, if the ground be measured. If the ground be unmeasured, either party may advance at pleasure, even to touch muzzle; but neither can advance on his adversary after the fire, unless his adversary step forward on him.
"The seconds stand responsible for this last rule being strictly observed; bad cases have accrued from neglecting it."
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