[420] Bayardo, famous French knight of the fifteenth century who was called “le chevalier sans peur et sans reproche”, “the fearless and faultless knight”.
[421] No se le vió nunca, He was never seen.
[422] y no... manifestaciones, and were felt only through the hidden and persevering force of their cold manifestations.
[423] sin que él reclamase jamás su competencia, without his ever putting forward his fitness.
[424] Huaquí. The Argentine forces under the command of Balcarce suffered here a severe defeat, after which Pueyrredón took command of the retreating forces.
[425] algo de interno y de poderoso, something profound and powerful.
[426] lo manejaba... severidad, he wielded it even in the extremes of firmness and severity.
[427] compañero de Logia. Francisco Miranda, a Venezuelan patriot, had been the prime mover in establishing a vast secret society with branches in Europe and America. The purpose of this society was to bring about a republican form of government in all South America. San Martín established a chapter of it in Buenos Aires under the name of Logia de Lautaro, and with its support carried through his invasion of Chile and Peru, despite party opposition. Lautaro was synonymous with patriotism because it was the name of an Araucanian chief famous for his fierce resistance against Valdivia, the conqueror of Chile.
[428] con quien... personal, with whom he held political views in common and whom he resembled in his personal character.
[429] solemnidades patrias, national holidays.