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159. Durham Field

P. 283 a. Knights wearing the king's armor in battle. This was naturally frequently done. So John at Poitiers had twenty in his "parements," Froissart (Buchon), III, 186, and Charles VIII a good number at Fornovo, Daniel, Histoire de France, VIII, 222.

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