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Alvaro

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Alvaro
attempt to disarm accidentally causes opponent’s death. [Ital. Opera: Verdi, La Forza del Destino, Westerman, 316]
See : Irony


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It was taken by the chief Neapolitan galley called the She-wolf, commanded by that thunderbolt of war, that father of his men, that successful and unconquered captain Don Alvaro de Bazan, Marquis of Santa Cruz; and I cannot help telling you what took place at the capture of the Prize.
Another head--for Bashti was a confirmed head-collector--went back two centuries before La Perouse to Alvaro de Mendana, the Spaniard.
 
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