As you had arranged it should be, I sent one of my fedais with soldiers to kill the men of Salah-ed-din on the ship and capture this lady who is his niece, all of which it seems has been done.

The bargain that your messenger made was that the lady should be given over to you--" Here Godwin and Wulf ground their teeth and glared at him.
"But these knights say that you stole her, their kinswoman, from them, and one of them has struck you and challenged you to single combat, which challenge you have accepted.

I sanction the combat gladly, who have long desired to see two knights of the Franks fight in tourney according to their custom.

I will set the course, and you shall be given the best horse in my kingdom; this knight shall ride his own.

These are the conditions--the course shall be on the bridge between the inner and outer gates of the castle city, and the fight, which must be to the death, shall take place on the night of the full moon--that is, three days from now.