The opponent was a veteran military surgeon Humphrey Howarth. He arrived to the duel compleatily naked explaining that infection from the gunshot wound was often more fatal than the wound it's self, and thus he wanted to protect himself more. This compleatly preplexed Henry and he either forfited the duel out of what he saw as absurdity or he simply fired into the air. That duel settled their grievences, and there was no further conflict.
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“Charles… do you think… is that… is that tiny thing his pizzle???”
“Come now, Henry, you can’t be known as the man who shot the man with a tiny pizzle.”
“True… surely there’s nothing to gain from a man that has so little… duels off!”
This is why when someone wants to fight you, you strip down completely. 9/10 times they just walk away.
when you opponent goes balls to the wall
I remember reading about a sword duel between two women from the same era where they both went topless for the same reason.
That’s not so absurd. Cloth carried into the wound with the ball would introduce bacteria, promoting infection. It would be more common to simply strip to.the waist, however.
Both men were allegedly drunk btw.
ah yes, another ordinary things fan