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When they were close to each other, the French
knight struck hard at the middle of Tirant's head. Tirant
parried and struck back, and he dealt him a blow on top of his
ear that almost dug into his brain. The other man struck Tirant
in the middle of his thigh, and the wound gaped about a
handsbreadth. He quickly stabbed him again in his left arm, and
the knife sunk in as far as the bone. They both fought so hard
that it was dreadful. And they were so close to each other that
with every swing they took they drew blood. It was a pitiful
sight for anyone who saw the wounds of the two men: their shirts
had become completely red from all the blood they lost.
Jerusalem repeatedly asked the judge if he wanted him to make
them stop fighting, and the cruel judge answered:
"'Let them come to the end of their cruel days, since that's what
they want.'
"'I am convinced that at that very moment both of them would
rather have had peace than war. But since they were very brave
and very courageous knights they fought ceaselessly, without
mercy.


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