This tomb was worked in a very clear alabaster, and molded in
fine gold were these words:
The knight who in arms was phoenix
And the lady most beautiful of all,
Lie dead in this tomb,
While their living fame resounds throughout the world:
Tirant lo Blanc and noble Carmesina.
And above the tomb these three verses were sculpted in gold:
Cruel love that united them in life
And has taken their life in great pain,
After their death, encloses them in the sepulcher.
Words could not express the mourning that took place in Brittany.
There was great mourning over his death by the Duke of Brittany
and the Duchess and all Tirant's relatives when they learned of
the actions of everlasting renown he had performed and the great
prosperity he had achieved. The King of Fez had large amounts of
money given in charity for the souls of Tirant and the princess.
He spent the two thousand ducats the emperor had given him very
well. And he decided to return to his homeland, for he had
stayed in Brittany six months to carry out everything the emperor
had encharged to him.
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