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The ships' masters and the sailors were very happy at
the captain's visit, and they told him that the seven Genoese
ships had sailed into the port of Bellpuig.
"We have all been very cautious because we were afraid they would
come here and attack us."
Tirant said:
"That shows they are afraid of you, since they haven't dared to
attack. Shall we make them more afraid than they already are?"
They took a fishing boat and armed it. And they sent it out to
see how many men there could be, more or less, on the ships, and
how many vessels were in port. That night he had all the wheat
unloaded. By morning the spy-boat returned with the news that
there were seven large ships, and that they had unloaded all the
horses; that all the men were on land, and that now they had
begun to unload the wheat and other food.
"By the Lord who sustains the whole world," said Tirant, "I will
do everything I can, since they've taken off the horses, to eat
of their wheat."
He quickly had the ships prepared, and many soldiers and bowmen
boarded them.


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