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banners, and hear the neighing of the
horses and the sound of the fifes and
drums all around, which made it
seem as if the world were full of
thunder and lightning. Never before
had there been seen on one field so
many noble gentlemen in the flower
of their age, nor so many valiant and
skilful and trusty men-at-arms. And
if ever an army was wisely
commanded and directed it was that
army of the valiant King of Aragon,
who, as soon as there was daylight
enough for men to see one another,
went about heartening his soldiers
and teaching them the use of arms,
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