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The emperor, waxing wroth against
the King of Aragon, and seeing how
the fight was going, sent forward his
own army ; and when these two
hosts met they seemed to be devils
of hell, so great was the raging and
the uproar on either side, and so
exceeding fierce were the blows
they gave and took. The King of
Aragon slung his shield behind his
back, and, having grasped his two-
handed sword, he cut down all
before him, so that all fled, being
unable to withstand his sword-play.
Many barons and counts met death
at his hands ; the fight became more
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