But he held himself back and did not reprimand the
king because he was afraid of causing more trouble. Some people
were glad the commander was dead, and others were not. But his
death served to restrain many.
Tirant mustered all the men to see how many there were, and they
counted 18,230 horsemen and forty-five thousand foot soldiers.
Tirant paid them all. Then they enlisted twenty-five thousand
more. At the same time, four hundred forty horses and many arms
arrived from Tunis where they had disembarked after arriving from
Sicily. And now Tirant was unafraid of attacking three thousand
enemy horsemen.
The king and Tirant left the city with all their men to meet the
enemy and see if they could resist them. When they were three
leagues away from them, at the top of a mountain, the Christians
could see all the Moorish forces that were coming. They set up
their tents in view of each other, and many embassies were sent
back and forth. The Moors sent word to King Escariano, telling
him and Tirant and all the other Christians to convert to
Mohammedanism, because if they did not, they would all die a
cruel death.
Pages:
626
627
628
629
630
631
632
633
634
635
636
637
638
639
640
641
642
643
644
645
646
647
648
649
650