Roger's companion, En Fernan de Ahones, married a relative of the emperor and was appointed Admiral; Tirant's intimate companion, Diaphebus, became Constable and married the niece of the emperor, Stephania.
The above are the principal features that seem to owe their origin to that part of the Chronica that treats of Roger de Flor in connection with the Catalan-Arragonese expedition to the Orient. Another feature which is apparently due to the same source is the description of the manner in which Tirant ran the blockade at Rhodes. The description is as follows:
[1] E en la primera guayta la nau feu vela: e
ixqueren del port ab molt bon temps: e agueren
lo vent molt prosper: que en .iiii. dies passaren
lo golf de Venecia e foren en vista de Rodes, e
anaren al castell de sanct Pere, e aqui surgiren per
sperar vent que fos un poch fortunal. E Tirant
a consell de dos mariners que de sa terra hauia
portats, qui amauen molt la honor sua, com veren
lo vent larguer e bo, en la nit donaren vela e de
mati apuntant la alba, ells foren en vista de
Rodes molt prop. Com les naus de Genouesos
veren aquella nau venir pensaren que era una de
dues que hauien trameses per portar vitualles
per al camp, e vehien que venien de levant, no
podien pensar que neguna altra nau tingues*
- ↑ And in the first watch the ship set sail: they left the port in very good weather and they had very favorable winds so that in four days they crossed the Gulf of Venice and were in sight of Rhodes. They went to the castle of Saint Peter, where they cast anchor in order to await a rather stormy wind. Tirant followed the advice of two mariners whom he had brought along with him from his native land. Both of these held his honor in high esteem. When they saw that the wind was strong and propitious they set sail during the night and in the morning at break of day they were very near Rhodes. When the ships of the Genoese saw that vessel coming they thought that it was one of two that they had sent to get provisions for the camp, and seeing that they were coming from the west, they could not imagine that any other ship would have
