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thanked the abbot for his great love and great good will and then turned to Charlot, saying: “If
Fortune ever favor us so that we may do justice, we will give this man a redoubled reward.”
Later, while they were at super, Charlot said to Morand: “My father, I want to leave her with you.”
The abbot kept calling him by the name of Mainet, and that name much pleased Morand, who said:
“I shall keep calling you Mainet until your true name can be made public.” The abbot greatly
commended him to Morand, and said to Mainet: “My son, see that you be obedient to Morand;
never stray from his commands so long as you wish your enemies to come to grief.”
In the morning the abbot rose before dawn and found all the armor he had readied for Mainet, and
Morand put it on him with his own hands. After they were armed, the abbot, weeping, gave Mainet
his blessing. Morand saddled the steed that the abbot had bought for Mainet and then they laced up
their helmets and set out from the abbey. The abbot commended them to God and Morand said to
him: “Do not speak of this, not to your monks, nor to our enemies, nor to any person whatever, and
implore God to grant us good fortune.”
Mainet in Spain: Galeana
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When Morand and Charlot (now calling himself Mainet) had left the abbey, the traversed France and
(the sooner to leave the country) rode toward Aragon, passing first Toulouse, then and Narbonne,
Elprussa, Perpignan, Barcelona, Aragona, Tolosa and Valencia. After reaching Valencia, they took
the road toward Castile away from the sea and in a few days passed from there to Morlingana and
then Lucerna. From Lucerna they proceeded to Saragossa, where King Galafron, lord of all the
realms of Spain, was holding court. Morand went under the name of Aragonez and Charles once