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 ships laden with provisions for the enemy.—Fleet of the Grand Caramany and the King of Sobirana India dispersed and the royal leaders captured.—Tirant obliged to remain in bed in Constantinople in order that a serious wound received in naval battle may heal.—Arrival of five thousand "franc archers."—Tirant's passionate love.—Viuda Reposada's jealousy.—Diaphebus marries Stephania.—Tirant in Carmesina's chamber.—Hippolyte and the Empress.—Tirant and Carmesina exchange vows.—Tirant embarks to return to camp.—Tirant's ship is driven by a storm to the shores of Barbary, where it is wrecked.

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Tirant reaches the shore and takes refuge in a cave.—He is discovered and sent to a castle in the kingdom of Tremicen as a prisoner.—He takes up arms in defense of this kingdom, which is attacked by Scariano, the King of Tunis.—Maragdina, the daughter of the King of Tremicen, is captured by Scariano, who, in his turn, is captured by Tirant.—Maragdina, Scariano, and a multitude of Moors become Christians.—Several Moorish kings of Barbary determine to exterminate the Christians, but are forced to give up their designs.—Tirant now makes up his mind to conquer all Barbary.—The siege of Montagata.—Senyor Dagramunt and Plaer de mi Vida become the king and queen of Fez and Bugia.—Caramen, the last city to oppose the Christians, is captured.—Tirant gathers an army of 250,000 men at Constantine to reconquer all the lost territory for the Emperor of Constantinople.—Christianity is firmly established in Barbary.

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Tirant's immense expedition surprises the Moorish vessels which blockade the port of Constantinople.—The Sultan and the Grand Turk sue for peace.—Tirant's visit to the Imperial Palace.—The Emperor's conditions of peace accepted by the Moors.—The betrothal of Tirant and Carmesina.—He is proclaimed Caesar of the Empire and successor to the imperial crown.—He sets out with a large army to accomplish the restoration of the empire.—This task completed, he starts back for Constantinople.—His death.—The despair and passing away of the Emperor and Carmesina.—Hippolyte becomes Emperor.