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Burgundians and Frenchmen well
          horsed and armed, and bearing that
          day the device of a golden lily upon an
          azure field. The Duke of Lancaster led
          the third squadron, three thousand
          Englishmen bold and expert in the
          use of arms, wearing breast-plates and
          shining helmets, and gathered under a
          standard wrought with three golden
          leopards upon a scarlet field. The
          fourth squadron was under the
          command of the Kings of Castile and
          Scotland ; four thousand men-at-arms
          well horsed and equipped, bearing
          two gonfalons, on one of which was
          represented a white _____


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