Tirant told the messenger:
"You tell your lord that I don't intend to answer his madness.
But if he's a crowned king, and brave enough to come down the
mountain with his men, I'll let him feel the strength of the one
he wants to hang."
The messenger went back to his lord with the reply, and the king
was so enraged that he dug his spurs into his horse, and all his
men followed. The battle was harsh and cruel. After they had
fought for a time, and there were many deaths on both sides, King
Meneador retreated toward the mountain, and he sent for his
brother, the King of Lower India, to come to his aid. When he
was there, King Meneador told him:
"Brother, these baptized Christians are fighting so hard that
I've lost most of my men, and I'm slightly wounded too. I won't
hold myself as a knight unless I kill with my own hands a great
traitor who is their captain. His armor and the vest he wears
are damask green with three stars on each side. On one side
they're gold and on the other side silver.
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