ABSTRACT
And when the Lord King had passed from this life you might have seen mourning and weeping and cries, such as never had been made or heard. And whilst all were weeping the executors, those who were in that village, had already had a galley equipped at Barcelona, when they saw that the Lord King was ill. And as soon as he had expired, they chose a wise and good knight and gave him two authentic copies of the will of the Lord
King and commanded him to embark at once, at Barce lona, in the galley he would find apparelled, and to set his course for Mallorca and to go where he would find the Lord King En Alfonso, King of Aragon. And when he came to where he was, that no man should go on shore but only he, and that he let no man approach the galley. And when he was there, that he speak in private with the said Lord King and with the admiral and tell them the death of the Lord King and give them one of the copies of the testament. And as soon as he had done this, that he embark and go to Sicily, and that he set his course for Sicily before any other man. And, when he was in Sicily, that he tell my Lady the Queen and the Lord King En Jaime, King of Sicily, and the Lord Infante En Fadrique the death of the Lord King and that he give the Lord King En Jaime the other copy of the will. And the knight said that he was ready to do what they commanded. And he went to Barcelona and found the galley ready for embarkation, and at once they rowed hard and departed.
