CHAPTER II
TIRANT LO BLANCH RESEMBLES YOUNG GUY OF WARWICK
Perhaps William of Warwick stands for the mature
Guy of Warwick, and Tirant lo Blanch for the youthful
Guy of Warwick. If such is the case, we have met
with a very interesting phenomenon: in the meeting
of the hermit and Tirant we have the venerable and
experienced Guy of Warwick giving instructions in regard
to knighthood to his younger self. Our attention is
first called to this resemblance when we read of the honors
that Tirant gained at London.
Tirant lo Blanch crossed the English Channel, took part in the exercises of arms that were conducted under the auspices of the King of England, and won for himself the honor of being the best knight; for in reading the document given by the King to Tirant we meet these words: ". . . volem que [Tirant lo Blanch] sia per tots los quatre cantons de les liçes publicat per lo millor dels cauallers."[1]
Guy of Warwick crossed the English Channel, engaged in a tournament that had been proclaimed by the daughter of the emperor of Germany, and as a result a sergeant came to him after the tournament and addressed him in these words:
Sir Guy, he seide, god the kepe:
Thou art holde the best in this borough
And in all this londe thurgh and thorough.[2]
be proclaimed from all
four corners of the lists the best of the knights. Tirant lo Blanch, chap. lviii, col. 2.]
