As he approached the town-house-one of those magnificent, many-towered, highly-decorated, municipal palaces of the Netherlands-he found troops all around it; troops guarding the main entrance, troops on the great external staircase leading to the front balcony, and officers, in yellow jerkin and black bandoleer, grouped in the balcony itself.
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As for the captain, he had carried his over his shoulder by a bandoleer, and, like a wise man, lock uppermost.
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In armor, he was advised to possess a complete light suit, a musket, a sword, a belt and a bandoleer, twenty pounds of powder and sixty pounds of shot or lead, together with a pistol and goose-shot.
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