ABSTRACT
I t was not long after this that the Lord King of Mallorca fell ill. And he had gone, for the hot weather, to Cerdagne, to a place in which he delighted much, called Formigueres,
1325 and there he passed from this life, which was a great loss, for never was a lord born in whom there was more truth and justice than in him. And it can be said of him what it would be difficult to say of any other, that, at no time, was there in him any rancour or anger against his neighbour, and this is the truth. And he made his will and left the kingdom and all his territory and all his treasure to his nephew, the Lord Infante En Jaime, son of the Lord Infante En Ferrando. And if the said Infante should die without male children of lawful wedlock, all should go to the other son the Lord Infante had, by the second wife whom he married after he had taken Clarenza, the niece of the King of Cyprus, whom he sent for and married, who was and is still of the most beautiful ladies of the world, and of the best and wisest ; and he took her, like the other, a child and a maiden ; she was not more than fifteen years old. He did not live with her more than a year, but, in that year, he had a son by her, whom the lady keeps in Cyprus. And when the Lord Infante had passed from this life, she returned to Cyprus with two armed galleys. And so the Lord King of Mallorca entailed the kingdom on that Infante, if the other Infante should die, which God forbid ; rather, m ay God give him life and honour as long as he lives, as to one who is the wisest child for his years born within the last five hundred years. And
