ABSTRACT
C HA PTER C X X II. 305 and axes and cutlasses and to do what the friars would tell them. And so they did and carried it out. And when midnight came the count of Aymenart and the seneschal with all those people followed the friars and began to make roads. And as soon as they came to the mountain the two friars went in front with the foot soldiers, by the first path, and the abbot and the other friar with men from the monastery who knew all that mountain, remained with those who were making the roads. What shall I tell you ? When dawn came the two thousand foot-soldiers were on the top of the pass and had not been perceived by those who were on guard there until they came upon them. But, assuredly owing to the bad watch they kept they were all cut down ; for, of fifty who were there, not more than five escaped who raised the cry of alarm and fled towards the host of Castellon at the Pass of Banolas. And when they of the host of Castellon heard the cry, they all seized their arms; but it happened that, at this juncture, the count of Ampurias had gone to Castellon to settle his villages and castles there ; and the greater part of the chivalry and of the most expert men of Castellon had gone with him. However, those who were on guard on the Pass of Banolas went towards the Pass of Manzana. And when they looked they saw a great congregation of people who had already come up and so they saw that henceforth they could do nothing. They decided to return to the Pass of Banolas; and, beyond Tomavels where there were some men, they struck their tents and all went home. And, at once, they sent a message to the Lord King of Aragon, at the Pass of Panisars and let him know that the French had gone over the Pass of Manzana.
