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Gonsalvo’s usual cheerfulness was maintained, infusing spirit into his men in all the inconveniences of their situation. He had a well-planned object in view. The hardy Spaniards, long used to rough campaigning, bore their trying position with unyielding resolution.
This insult, when told to the proud knights of Gonsalvo’s army, brought from them a challenge to the knights of France, and a warlike meeting between eleven Spanish and as many French warriors was arranged.
The French, on the contrary, largely new recruits, grew weary and mutinous, while sickness broke out in their ranks and increased with alarming rapidity. At length Gonsalvo’s day came. His opponent, not dreaming of an attack, had extended his men over a wide space.
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