In the words of the `` Chronica '' : `` Count Pedro asked Request the Count of Toulouse for single combat Hostile_encounter '' ( `` comes Petrus petiit comiti Tolosano singulare certamen '' ) , `` both went out Self_motion to fight much like two strong lions '' ( `` sicut duo leones fortes '' ) , and `` Count Pedro was wounded Bodily_harm by Alfonso 's lance and , falling from his horse , broke Bodily_harm his arm and died Death a few days later '' ( `` et vulneratus est comes Petrus ab hasta comitis Adefonsi et , cadens de equo , fractum est brachium eius et post paucos dies mortuus est '' ) .