CHAPTER II
CONCERNING THE ORDER OF THE GARTER
With regard to the duration of the festivities connected
with the marriage of the King of England to the daughter
of the King of France, and concerning the time of the departure
of Tirant from London, we read in chapter xxxix:
[1]Lo dia de Sanct Joan principiaren les festes
e aquell dia se veu lo rey ab la infanta sposada:
duraren aquestes festes un any e un dia. Complides
les festes lo rey hague complit son matrimoni
ab la infanta de França. E tots les
strangers prengueren comiat del rey e de la
reyna, e cascu sen torna en ses terres. Tirant
apres que fon partit de la Ciutat de Londres ab
sos companyons fon en recort de la promesa
que hauia feta al pare hermita.
But in chapter lxxxv, Diaphebus, while telling the hermit
about the Order of the Garter, speaks these words:
[2]Ia era passat lany e lo dia: e les festes eran
complides de solemnizar com la magestat del
senyor rey trames apreguar a tots los stats ques
volguessen esperar alguns dies: perço com la*
- ↑ The festivities began on the day of St. John and that day the king was married to the Infanta: those festivities continued for a year and a day. When the celebration was over the king had consummated his marriage with the Infanta of France. And all the foreigners took leave of the king and queen, and each one returned to his own country. Tirant, after having left the city of London with his companions, remembered the promise which he had made to the hermit.
- ↑ And now the year and a day had passed and the celebration of the festivities was over, when His Royal Majesty sent word to the noble visitors praying them to delay their departure for several
