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bands met, the noise and crash and
ringing made by their arms and
armour was so great that it seemed as
if the air and the earth as well
trembled by reason of the same. As
they rode over the battlefield the King
of Scotland encountered the Duke of
Austria, wherefore they charged one
another boldly ; and, when their lances
were shivered, they drew their swords,
and the duke wounded the King of
Scotland in the arm so severely that he
could no longer use his sword,
wherefore the duke made him a
prisoner. As soon as the king's soldiers
saw that he was taken they rallied, ___

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