ABSTRACT
And so, at dawn, Don Blasco and count Galceran, with all their company in battle array, were on the moun tain ready to attack Matagrifon, and they of the city were ready to sally out ; but when they looked, they found no one, for all had passed to Catona and there they established themselves. And so Don Blasco and count Galceran, with that company, entered Messina and all were displeased when they found no battle. En Xivert de Iosa, who carried the banner of count Galceran, sent those at Catona a juglar with coplas in which he let them know that they were ready, if they wished to return to Messina, to let them land in safety, and then they would fight them. But they would do nothing of the kind, for they feared these two richs homens more than any one in the world. And so they should, for they were very accomplished knights and very valiant and they had won m any battles.
