"When the others saw their lord lying dead, they quickly ran
toward our knight, wanting to take his life, and we defended him
very well. We split our group into two parts, and, with our
backs to each other, we kept his body between our lines. There
were many more of them than of us, but every place they advanced
they found their way blocked. At the same time they shot arrows
and one of them struck poor Tirant, who was lying on the ground.
"The high constable arrived immediately, with many men, and he
separated us. Soon afterward the king came with the tournament
judges. When they saw the knights, one dead and the other
seemingly in the throes of death, they ordered no one to move
them until they had held counsel.
"While the king was in council, listening to the tale of Claros
of Clarence and Jerusalem, the kings-of-arms, the queen arrived
with all the ladies and maidens. When they saw them they wept
for the deaths of two such singular knights. Fair Agnes turned
to Tirant's relatives, and said:
"'Knights who love Tirant, are you doing so little for your good
friend and relative that you let him leave life like this?
That's the way he'll die, lying on the cold ground, his blood
pouring out.
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