ABSTRACT
And the admiral, seeing this, understood that they spoke well and went on his way, doing the least harm possible ; for, in truth, the people of that country were, at that time, so ignorant in matters of arms, that a hundred almugavars could take a thousand of them (if so be that they met a thousand) for they did not know at all what to do. And the men with the admiral, almugavars and retainers, were such that, in one night, during the hours of darkness, they would go eighty or a hundred miles inland and carry off to the sea whatever they wished, so that their gain was infinite, and he who would recount it would have to write so much that everyone would be tired of hearing it. Wherefore I pass on with a summary, for indeed I could recount to you over thirty raids they made in this expedition alone, which the admiral made with these twenty-one galleys and two lenys, and in each
they met chivalry and foot-soldiers and defeated them all. A big book might be made of it. Therefore, it suffices that I tell you a summary of the journeys. What shall I tell you ? When the admiral had scoured the whole of Calabria and had performed many great feats with great gain, he returned to Messina. And when he came to Cape Larmita, which is at the Eastern entrance to Boca del Faro, he met, at break of day, the three Provencal galleys which En G. Cornut, the admiral of Marseilles, had sent to get news. And the two armed lenys, which went ahead of the admiral En Roger de Luria saw the three galleys which were posted on the look-out, but were resting for the night, awaiting news. And as soon as the two armed lenys had discovered them, they returned with muffled oars to the admiral and told him. And, at once, the admiral separated his galleys in echelon and surrounded the three galleys, so that they were quite unable to get away. And he immediately approached them in person with three galleys. And they, who heard them, seized their oars, for they trusted more in their oars than in God, or in their arms ; but the admiral went to attack them. What shall I tell you ? As they turned, they saw other galleys already in front of them and, immediately, they were vanquished and taken, and thus they got those news they were seeking; they could say they had sure news of En Roger de Luria.
