Chapter I: The William of Warwick Episode 7

William of Warwick a noble and valiant English knight.—He
makes a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, returns, and lives as
a hermit near Warwick.—Moorish invasion of England.—William
of Warwick becomes the hermit-king and the
commander of the English forces.—Defeat and annihilation
of the Moors.—He gives back to the former king the
royal insignia, and retires to a new hermitage.—The King
of England announces an assembly of the General Court in
London.—Meeting of Tirant lo Blanch and the hermit,
William of Warwick, at the hermitage.—The marriage of
the king and the festivities of the General Court.—On his
way back to Brittany Tirant visits the hermit.—The
principal events that took place near and in London.—Tirant
proclaimed the best knight.—His exploits: he vanquishes
two champions of the field, also the Lord of Viles
Hermes; without arms he kills a fierce mastiff; he vanquishes
the kings of Friesland and of Poland, and the dukes
of Burgundy and of Bavaria; his prospective combat with
Kirielayson de Muntalba; he defeats Thomas de Muntalba;
combat with the Knight Villa Formosa.—Narration concerning
the Order of the Garter.—Tirant takes leave of the
hermit and returns to Brittany.

CHAPTER II. TIRANT SUCCORS THE KNIGHTS OF RHODES 26

Tirant is received with great honors in the city of Nantes.
He learns that the knights of Rhodes are besieged by the
Moors and are in a desperate plight.—On a large ship
heavily laden with provisions he, accompanied by Philip,
the youngest son of the King of France, sets sail for Rhodes.—Makes
landing at Lisbon.—Voyage resumed.—Ship
attacked by Moorish vessels but finally reaches Sicily.—Philip
becomes a suitor for the hand of the Sicilian princess,
Ricomana.—The king of Sicily accompanies Tirant and
the ship succeeds in reaching the castle of Rhodes.—The
Moors raise the siege.—Tirant, with his royal companions,
goes to Jerusalem and then to Alexandria, where he ransoms
many Christian captives.—Philip marries Ricomana.

CHAPTER III. TIRANT JOINS THE EXPEDITION OF THE KING
OF FRANCE AGAINST THE INFIDELS 31

Tirant, in a galley of his own, joins the combined fleet
of the Christians.—Attack on the city of Tripoli in Syria
fails.—Quarrel between Tirant and Ricart lo Venturos for
the honor of being the last to board the ship.—The Turkish
coast is plundered and devastated and fleet sails for Tunis.—In
the attack on that city Tirant falls in a ditch and is
rescued by Ricart.—Tunis is captured.—Fleet sailed along
coast of Barbary and finally disbanded at Marseilles.—Tirant
visits his parents and then, at the request of Philip,
returns to Sicily.