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 besties qual es pus beyla bestia,    cercar de totes les besties qual e pus corrent e que pusca sostenir   seria mes bella mes corrent, e mes de trebayl, ni qual es pus        que pogues sostenir maior treball, covinent a servir home. E cor        e qual fos mes covinent per cauayl es la pus nobla bistia e      a la servitut de lome, la pus covinent a servir home, per ayso de totes les besties hom    e de totes eleech cauayl e dona lo al home      elegiren lo cauall e donaren lo a qui fo elet de .M. homens: e          lome qui fonch elet de mil homes per ayso aquel home ha nom           hu: e perço aquell home ague cauayler. Com hom ac aiustada        nom caualler com aguessen aiustada la pus nobla bistia al pus noble     la mes noble bestia ab lo home                               mes noble home.

was made among all the animals       afterwards they caused a search to determine which one of them       to be made among all the animals is the most beautiful and most       to determine which was the most fleet and which is able to endure    beautiful, most fleet, and which most fatigue, and which is most      could endure greatest fatigue, suitable to serve man. And           and which was most suitable for since the horse is the most noble    the service of man, and from animal and the most suitable to      all, they selected the horse and serve man, for this reason, from     gave it to the man, the one who all the animals one selected the     was chosen from one thousand horse and gave it to the man         men: and therefore that man who was chosen from one thousand     was called caualler, since they men: and therefore that              had adapted the most noble man is called cauayler. Since        animal to the most noble man. one has adapted the most noble       Ibid., chap. xxxii. animal to the most noble man Ibid., p. vii.

The five parallel passages given above indicate that Martorell had Lull's work before his eyes at the time that he was writing the part that treats of the meeting of young Tirant and the hermit and their conversation concerning the order of Chivalry. The first passage from the Libre del Orde d'Cauayleria is an excellent example of the author's method in selecting a foundation on which to base the various and numerous activities of his hero. The passage is important, for it has furnished an interesting manner of introducing Tirant lo Blanch