LIGHTMONTH 1023
Today the troops have assembled after vigorous preparation. Since last year they are were all ready to march.
The speech has been spoken, the goodbyes have been conveyed and now the men with valiant heart are marching to the onset of the battle.
The assembling of the troops on the outside of the city along the city formed a very grand and imposing if not frightening spectacle.
The fleets of people covering the surface of the territory—the long lines of tents under the cliffs on the land—the horsemen, splendidly mounted with the dragon banner behind their back, blown by the wind, in their right flank, the papnoticon banner of approval held by the most illustrious personage of the Church, and glittering with steel—the groups of soldiers, all busily engaged in transporting provisions and stores to and fro, or making the preliminary arrangements for the marching.