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At fifteen, I was fond of swordsmanship and ranged broadly in search of employment with various lords.
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The speaker says that at fifteen, they enjoyed practicing swordsmanship and traveled widely looking for work with different lords. The sentence presents youth as a time of martial interest and active searching for employment.
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