ABSTRACT

So the Lord King of Aragon had left all this in good order and had left, as chief of all the people, the Lord Infante En Alfonso and, with him, viscount Rocaberti and viscount Castellnou and A. de Cortsavi and En Galceran de Cartella, lord of Hostales and of Pontons, of whom it can be said that he was one of the most accomplished knights there ever was in Spain ; and he proved this full well in Calabria many times, and in Sicily, where he had been. Victory was always obtained with the help of God, by his advice and his dispositions. And of this rich horn, En Guillem Galceran, as great a book could be made relating his prowess, as was made of Lancelot of the Lake. And it could be seen that God loved him, for he became alcaide of Barbary and performed there many feats of arms, and then passed over with the Lord King to Collo and into Sicily, where he fought, as I have told you already, in all the engagements. The Lord King of Aragon made him count of Catanzaro for his prowess. And God showed him so much favour that he bore arms until he was ninety years old, and then came to die amongst his people, in his own house, in his place of Hostales, in the room in which he had been bom.