ABSTRACT
W h e n the galleys and the two lenys which the Lord King had sent to Sicily had departed from Barcelona they went the way which had been indicated to them ; and they went so long that they came to Messina where they found the Queen and the Lord Infantes and the admiral, and they gave them the letters which the Lord King and En Ramon Marquet and En Berenguer Mallol sent them. At once the Lord Infante commanded the admiral to equip, incontinent, all the galleys which had been repaired. And at once the admiral had the trumpet sounded, in order that every man should come and take his pay for four months. And every man very joyously took his pay. What shall I tell you ? In fifteen days he had fitted out sixty-six galleys which had been repaired ; he would not wait any longer. And he made all his men embark very joyously and very cheerfully and took leave of my Lady the Queen and of the Infantes. And he hastened to depart at once, in order to prevent any news of him spreading. Within these fifteen days no sail dared to leave Sicily to go West. And he set his course for Cabrera and had fine weather so that in a short time he came to Cabrera. And when he came to Cabrera he sent one of the lenys the Lord King had sent him to Barcelona. And there it found En Ramon Marquet and En Berenguer Mallol and they answered at once that he should shape his course for Aiguafreda ; that, in those waters, he ought to find eighty-five galleys, at Rosas. And so that he should hasten before they had news of him ; that they knew
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