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Juan Cortada & José de Manjarrés with Josefina Roma (1848). El libro verde de Barcelona. Añalejo de costumbres populares, fiestas religiosas y profanas, usos familiares, efemérides de los sucesos mas notables acaecidos en Barcelona. Barcelona: Sauri. [Private collection: GBS OCR too poor to use.] [more]
Arrival of first banners of the army sent by France to the aid of Peter III [of Barcelona, IV of Aragon] del Punyalet ["of the little dagger"] and Enrique de Trastamara, under command of Juan de Bourbon. There were 30,000 soldiers and one of their principal leaders was the celebrated Beltran Duguesclin/Bertrand du Guesclin.
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Bertrand was celebrated for his bravery and his ugliness.