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"Jerusalem left and went looking everywhere for Claros of
Clarence, king- of-arms. When he found him he told him
everything, and the man said he was very willing to do it. But
the sun had already gone down, and it was growing late now, and
he did not want to endanger two knights in the dark night.
Instead he would be willing to be judge the morning of the next
day, when the king was at mass and everyone was resting.
"Jerusalem went back to Tirant and told him how the battle was to
take place and about the weapons he had chosen, and he said that
he was to take whichever of the two he liked better. And in the
morning while the king was at mass, the battle would take place.
"'Since the battle will not take place this evening,' said
Tirant, 'I don't want to have the weapons in my possession. If I
should defeat or kill him I would not want people to say that I
had performed some trickery on the weapons while I had them
during the night, and that that was the reason I defeated him.


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