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Bayardo
The famous steed of Rinaldo, which once belonged to Amadis of
Gaul. (See Horse. )
Bayardo's Leap.
Three stones, about thirty yards apart, near Sleaford. It is said
that Rinaldo was riding on his favourite steed Bayardo, when the demon
of the place sprang behind him; but the animal in terror took three
tremendous leaps and unhorsed the fiend.
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