ABSTRACT
And when the Lord King had taken the city of Murcia, and peopled it and the other places, he delivered up all his share to the King of Castile, his son-in-law, in order that he should protect himself in all and that they should assist each other. To his son-in-law, the Infante Don Manuel, he delivered up specially Elche and the Vale of Elda and of Novelda and Aspe and Petrel. And the Lord King Don Alfonso of Castile, in the same way, made the said Lord Infante Don Manuel chief of all his part, and so these territories helped and defended each other against the Moors. However, the Lord King En Jaime of Aragon gave his share of the Kingdom of Murcia to his son-in-law, King Don Alfonso of Castile, and to his son-in-law the Infante Don Manuel, with the condition that, if at any time he wished to take it back, they should return it, and this they promised and made out a proper document. B y this condition the House of Aragon has recovered the said places, and how they were recovered I shall tell you in due time and place.
