The double duel, the death and burial of
Abayados near the spring, the carving of his epitaph in the bark of the pine-tree and the hanging of his weapons from a branch of the same tree, are lengthily described by Perez de Hita in "Wars of Granada," Part I, Ch. XI.
49. 11. Imite.,. mort. Allusion to the conversion in extremis of Abayados to Christianity and his baptism by his adversary, the Grand . Master of Calatrava.
49. 15. Ils prirent ...du champ, they withdrew...some distance from each other (preparatory to an onset). The description of this fight is plainly inspired by that of the duel of
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Muça with the Grand Master of Calatrava.
(" Wars of Granada," Perez de Hita, Part
I, Ch. IV.)