He became so angry and distressed when the heralds returned and reported their deaths for a certainty that he could be neither soothed nor comforted, and swore that he would never know joy again for the death of so many noble knights by his own fault. After the
king had been at
Santarém for three days, his knight
Sir Martin Harens came before him and restored to the
king his bassinet which was valued at twenty thousand francs because of the rich stones on it. There had already been talk in the king's household, some (enviously) suggesting that he had cunningly and deceitfully taken leave of the
king and would never return. When the
knight did return, he went before the
king, threw himself on his knees and made such fine apologies that the
king and his council exonerated him completely. Things remained as they were; then a fortnight after he had arrived at
Santarém the
king of Castile returned to
Burgos in
Spain, giving leave to depart to all the men-at-arms. Afterwards there were negotiations between the
kings of Spain and Portugal, and truces drawn up to last from Michaelmas to the first day of May, by sea as well as by land, between the kings and the allies of their realms. The bodies of the barons and knights who had been killed at
Aljubarrota were buried in the church at
Aljubarrota and in the surrounding churches, and the bones of many of them were returned to their own country by their men.
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Third Book, Chapter 22 [1388]
How a wily spirit named Orton served the lord of Coarraze for a time, bringing him news from all over the world the very day it happened or on the morrow.
I will now relate to you a very strange and miraculous thing, which was told to me at the court of the
count of Foix at
Orthez by the same man who informed me about the
battle of Aljubarrota and everything that happened during that campaign. I will tell you what happened, because ever since the squire recounted the tale to me I have been unable to stop thinking about it and will no doubt remember it for as long as I live. It is true, just as the squire told me, that the day after the aforementioned
battle of Aljubarrota, the
count of Foix knew all about it, though how this could possibly be caused great amazement. All day on the Sunday and on the Monday and Tuesday after it he stayed at his castle at
Orthez and lived so plainly and in such despair that nobody could get a word out of him. Not once during those three days did he want to leave his room, nor speak to any of the knights or squires closest to him unless he called for them specifically. Even then he did not speak a word to some of those he did send for, for the whole of those three days. When Tuesday evening came around he called for his brother
Sir Arnaud-Guillaume and said to him softly,
"Our men have had a hard time of it and this has caused me much distress, for what has happened to them is more or less what I said would happen when they left."
Sir Arnaud-Guillaume is a very wise and astute knight, and he was well aware of his brother the
count's ways and temperament, so said nothing.
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