"'I am convinced that at that very moment both of them would rather have had peace than war. But since they were very brave and very courageous knights they fought ceaselessly, without mercy. Finally Tirant saw that he was near death because of all the blood he was losing, so he drew as close to the other man as he could, and stabbed him in the left breast, straight into his heart. The other man dealt him a mighty slash to his head, causing him to lose the sight of his eyes, and he fell to the ground before the other one. And if the Frenchman had been able to hold himself up when Tirant fell, he could easily have killed him if he had wanted. But he did not have enough strength, and he immediately fell dead on the ground. "When the judge saw that the knights were lying there so still, he got down from the cenotaph, and going up to them, he said: "'Upon my word, you two have behaved like good and very honorable knights: no one could find fault with you.' "And he made the sign of the cross twice over each of them, and taking two sticks he made a cross and laid it over the two bodies. Then he said: "'I see that Tirant's eyes are still open a little, and if he isn't dead he's very near to it. Jerusalem, I charge you to stay here and guard these bodies, and I'll go to the court to give the news to the king.' "He found the king leaving mass, and in everyone's presence, he said: "'My lord, in truth, there were two most valiant knights in Your Majesty's court in the morning, and now they are so near death that there is no hope for them.' "'Who are these knights?' "'My lord,' said Claros of Clarence, 'one is Lord Vilesermes and the other is Tirant lo Blanc.' "'I am very displeased,' said the king, 'by this news. Let us go out there before we eat to see if we can help them.' "'In faith,' said Claros, 'one has already departed from this world, and I believe the other will soon join him--that is how badly they were wounded.' "When the relatives and friends of the knights heard the news they gathered up their arms and rushed as quickly as they could, on foot and on horseback, and our Lord God gave us the grace to get there before the others. We found Tirant so covered with blood that he was unrecognizable, and he had his eyes slightly open. "When the others saw their lord lying dead, they quickly ran toward our knight, wanting to take his life, and we defended him very well. We split our group into two parts, and, with our backs to each other, we kept his body between our lines. There were many more of them than of us, but every place they advanced they found their way blocked. At the same time they shot arrows and one of them struck poor Tirant, who was lying on the ground.