Note 033
From Chapter 67 of the Decline & Fall

See Bonfinius (decad. iii. l. viii. p. 492) and Spondanus (A.D. 456, No. 1 - 7). Huniades shared the glory of the defence of Belgrade with Capistran, a Franciscan friar; and in their respective narratives, neither the saint nor the hero condescend to take notice of his rival's merit.

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