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 he swore by Mabomet he would make her rue it, and therefore got ready his fleet, and sailed towards the castle of Clerimond, where, when he arrived he concealed his malice from his sister; and also the two Knights, telling them, that he came to bring them into Portugal, the better to solemnize their marriage, and he would turn Christian on their arrival at his castle, all which they believed, and soon after embarked with him.

When he had got them on board, he ordered them to be put in irons, which so much grieved his sister Clerimond, that she would have thrown herself into the sea, had she not been stopped.

HEN they were come to Portugal, he put Valentine and Orson into a dungeon, and fed them with bread and water, but allowed his sister Clerimond the liberty of the castle, where she met the Empress Bellisant who had been confined twenty years in the castle of Ferragus.

She seeing her so full of grief comforted her, enquiring the reason, which she told her.

The Empress was mightily grieved but Pacolet comforted them, telling them he would release them all in the evening, which he accordingly did in the following manner: