ABSTRACT

A n d when the said Infante En Sancho had departed from Aragon and the Lord King, and had returned to Castile, the said Lord King went along the coasts, inspect­ ing all the work, and he ordered biscuits to be made in Saragossa and at Tortosa and* at Barcelona and at Valencia. And he had a great quantity of oats and of wheat brought to Tortosa. Indeed, he had so much brought that there was no room for it in the city of Tortosa and huts and wooden houses were made, in which to put it. And he also sent his letters to all those richs homens of his country whom he wished to go with him, telling them to get ready for the journey, with so many knights and so many cross-bowmen and so many foot soldiers. And to each he ordered to be given, on their lands, or where they wished, as much money as they needed. And he commanded that nobody should pro­ vide himself with victuals, nor wine, nor oats, for he would provide fully everything that would be necessary for the journey. And this the Lord King did in order that they need not provide anything, except only their personal equipment, and so all should come well arrayed. And so it was done and, until that day, there had never been a voyage made in which the men and horses and