with him, and afked ffom whence 1 came, and what-1 was doing there : 1 then related to him i$y ' adventure, and how the Spaniards had taken me- * And where is the king ? Do you know nothing ^bout him V € On my troth, fir, to-morrow he will give battle, to the king of Caftille} and I was fiçnt to tell this to fuçh knights as were ignorant of it/ € To-mprrov V faid. don Fernando. € Yes, #1 my .faith* and* if you doubt mq, aik thefe Caf* tflUaps whom yot* have taken/ * He went to km prisoners, and inquired from -them |f there werç certainly to be a battle on the morrow. They faid, that in truth thefe would be t general engagement on t^e sorrow between C&ftitie apd Portugal, and ths^t each fide was mak* ilg e*#y. egcrâafe .Tht knight whs well pieafcd a* this intelligence, infomuch that he faid to thetp, * For the good news, you have told pe, I give you all yotjr liberties, but furrender to mq my country* ©in/ Thf s did I çegftifc my freedom ; and, don Fernando having taken leaye of thofe wfco bad Ciptirçd. nu» they went their way. We returned to-Quern* where the knight qitf* Ipfpfelf ifi»4f» «nd fet off together at^uj:riftid»%hk The diftance from Ourem t% Aljubwta ntty be- about, ftp league*; but* to tyqid the Qtititfcna and theti . patties* we lengthened cm road. We heard, Jong before we few the mwm dwwn up that th*re wa^ to be a battle ; wd* whpi wt apprqaqtod, we few the king of Portugal^ tn»y aid, the W»g of Cat "tile oppofite to him. At firft* the k&ght could »ot dÛÙfiguUh the Poflagjuqfe from. the. Caftiilians, but