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 heavily laden with provisions he, accompanied by Philip, the youngest son of the King of France, sets sail for Rhodes.—Makes landing at Lisbon.—Voyage resumed.—Ship attacked by Moorish vessels but finally reaches Sicily.—Philip becomes a suitor for the hand of the Sicilian princess, Ricomana.—The king of Sicily accompanies Tirant and the ship succeeds in reaching the castle of Rhodes.—The Moors raise the siege.—Tirant, with his royal companions, goes to Jerusalem and then to Alexandria, where he ransoms many Christian captives.—Philip marries Ricomana.