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Finally Tirant saw that he was near death because of all
the blood he was losing, so he drew as close to the other man as
he could, and stabbed him in the left breast, straight into his
heart. The other man dealt him a mighty slash to his head,
causing him to lose the sight of his eyes, and he fell to the
ground before the other one. And if the Frenchman had been able
to hold himself up when Tirant fell, he could easily have killed
him if he had wanted. But he did not have enough strength, and
he immediately fell dead on the ground.
"When the judge saw that the knights were lying there so still,
he got down from the cenotaph, and going up to them, he said:
"'Upon my word, you two have behaved like good and very honorable
knights: no one could find fault with you.'
"And he made the sign of the cross twice over each of them, and
taking two sticks he made a cross and laid it over the two
bodies. Then he said:
"'I see that Tirant's eyes are still open a little, and if he
isn't dead he's very near to it.


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