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They saw the Games as revitalising traditional English social life, and they countered opposition from the critics of such events, who complained of " drunken behaviour and sexual licence ", by stressing the " peaceful and well-behaved " nature of the occasion, and even praising the Games as " a gesture of loyalty to the king ".
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