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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">bastard swords</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>swords by form</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>bastard sword</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>hand-and-a-half swords</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>swords, bastard</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>swords, hand-and-a-half</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Long, straight-bladed swords with a grip long enough to allow them to be grasped by one hand plus two or three fingers of the other, used in the 15th and 16th centuries. ]]></note></mads>