Let us compare with these lines the words of Carmesina, while lamenting over the lifeless body of Tirant: Puix la fortuna ha ordenat, e vol que axi sia, los meus ulls no deuen james alegrarse, sino que vull anar a cercar lanima de aquell qui solia esser meu Tirant en los lochs benaventurats hon reposa la sua anima si trobar la pore: e certament ab tu vull fer companyia en la mort.[59] [59] Since fortune has ordained and wills it so, my eyes will never more be gladdened, but I will go to seek the soul of him who used to be my Tirant in the blissful places where his soul reposes if I can find it: and indeed I wish to be thy companion in death. _Tirant lo Blanch_, chap. cccclxxiii, col. 2. And in another lamentation she utters these words: “Si la sperança de morir nom detingues, yom mataria.”[60] [60] ... if the hope of dying did not deter me, I should kill myself. _Ibid._, chap. cccclxxv, col. 1. In the analysis we have observed how Carmesina pleaded with Tirant not to permit his amorous nature to interfere with his martial spirit. In the English romance, Felice justifies her attitude towards Guy in the following manner: And if y the had mi loue yiue And wille it the whiles y liue Sleuthe wolde the so oercome, That thou woldest nomore armes doon, Ne come in turnement nor in fighte. So amorous thou wolde bee anone righte.[61] [61] Caius MS., p. 65. We have described in the analysis the scene in which Carmesina throws herself on the corpse of Tirant. Let us compare with it the following lines which picture to us the grief of Felice at Guy’s death. She sowned on her lordys bere, And kyst hys mouth with wepying chere. Hys fete, hys hondys she kyssed then, So dyd many an other man. All that with her commyn were Mad mornying and sorry chere.[62] [62] _Ibid._, p. 621. The love story in _Tirant lo Blanch_ forms an important part of the book. Surely the origin of this feature cannot be attributed to the career of Roger de Flor. On the contrary, the above comparative study presents strong evidence that the love affair between Tirant and Carmesina was developed by Martorell from elements drawn from _Guy of Warwick_. But unfortunately the author ascribed to the Capita Major so passionate a nature that in some of the love scenes we are disgusted at the actions of the protagonist. The character of Tirant is admirable in almost all respects, but in the pursuit of his immoral desires it is detestable. In our amazement and disappointment we ask ourselves why the author endowed his hero with such low and immoral cravings. Tirant’s conduct towards the princess reminds us of a passage in the English romance wherein the treacherous steward, Morgadour, falsely accuses Guy of having dishonored the daughter of the Emperor of Constantinople. The passage reads as follows: