A fierce fight was going on between those of Germany and Provence and the enemy, who strove desperately to board from the ship alongside.

The other vessel was now almost touching the stern, and her crew were swarming to her side in readiness to leap on board as soon as the vessels touched.
"We will keep them at bay there," Sir John Boswell shouted.

"Do you, Don Pedro, and your comrades, aid Ricord.

When his foes are finished with, you can come back to help us." Then, with the four English knights, he ran along the deck, and reached the stern just in time to hurl backwards the Moslems, who had already obtained a footing.

For a time the five knights kept back the surging mass of their foes.