ABSTRACT

And as soon as he came to Cullera he went to the grau where he stayed two days, and then went to the city of Valencia. And do not ask me about the feast made there, for, of all the feasts I have recounted to you, which had been made in Valencia for any cause, none had been like this one. What shall I tell you ? Who­ ever was making a feast, the Lord King was thinking about his affairs and especially about the combat; he lost not one hour nor one moment of the day. And he, at once, commanded letters to be written to those he had settled should be with him in the combat, whose names he had written down ; for, whilst at sea, he had considered them all and written them down. And this list he gave to his clerks in order that they should let everyone know, in his name, that on a fixed day they should be at Jaca apparelled in the manner in which they would have to enter the lists. And as he commanded, so it was done. And the runners went everywhere. And the King had chosen a hundred and fifty knights for the hundred he needed, in order that if, when they were at Jaca, any were ill, he could always select a hundred and, together with them, go to Bordeaux.