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.