The king
fought valiantly, and when it had lasted a long while, Tirant
thrust hard at the king, but he could not reach him because the
king's horse suddenly turned. However, he caught the horse's
head and cut it off, so that the horse and the king tumbled to
the ground. The king's men came to his aid, and mounted him on
another horse, even though Tirant tried to stop them.
When Tirant realized that he could not hold out any longer, he
seized a Moor and took away his lance. Then he wounded the
first, the second and the third men he encountered, and knocked
them to the ground; then he wounded the fourth, fifth and sixth
and also knocked them down.
The Moors were astonished at the way one lone man bore arms.
Lord Agramunt was at a window in the castle, and he recognized
Tirant by his coat of arms and saw that he was fighting alone.
And he cried out:
"Men, go quickly and help our captain. He's about to lose his
life."
Then the king went out with the few men he had. Tirant was
wounded in three places, and his horse had been struck many
times.
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