ABSTRACT
And I, who heard these things, was much amazed at the great charge he was putting upon me, namely the charge of his son ; and I entreated him to give me a companion. But he said that he would not give me a companion, but that I should get ready and should guard his son, as a man should guard his lord or his lord’s son ; and I rose at once and went to kiss his hand and I crossed m yself and accepted this sacred command. And the Lord Infante at once commanded En Oton de Monelis, knight, who was guarding his son in the castle of Catania, to deliver him to me ; and that, from that day onwards, he should hold him for me and for no other person, and that, whenever I wished, he was to deliver him to me. And of that En Oton de Monelis rendered me oath and homage and did as he was commanded. Wherefore, from that day onwards, the Infante En Jaime, son of the Lord Infante En Ferrando, was in m y power, and on that day it was forty days since he was born and no more. And so likewise the Lord Infante En Ferrando had a procu rator’s charter drawn for me, as has been said already, with pendant seal, and all the other charters.
