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Introduction 1

Quotation from Don Quijote, with comments.—Valencia edition of Tirant lo Blanch.—Barcelona edition of 1497, of which the only complete copy known is in the library of the Hispanic Society.—Other editions and translations published.—Scope of this study. PART I. ANALYSIS OF TIRANT LO BLANCH

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