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Old 16th February 2018, 06:08 PM   #3
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... Although his arms were superior, he was unfortunate in being the least outstanding of Belén's disciples...
The other two were Alonso Martinez and Nicolás Bis (German) the superior one, who invented the making of barrels with horse shoes steel.
(Compendio Historico de los Arcabuceros de Madrid, by Isidro Solér)
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