Chapter XXXIX
The captive begins to tell his story to the group of how he
obeyed his father’s orders to take his fortune and choose for himself a
profession, which he chose to become a soldier in the King’s army. Then he relates how in battle with the Turks
he became a prisoner, and while a prisoner he met another Christian who was
captured, Don Pedro de Aguilar, who wrote sonnets; and at the mention of his
name, Don Fernando explains that Don Pedro is his own brother who is a alive
and well.
Chapter XL
The captive continues his story of how in prison he and
fellow prisoners received money and correspondences in Arabic from a woman who
lived nearby trying to help them in order that they may aid her. She specifically targeted the captive because
she thought him to be a Christian gentleman and promised him liberty and her
hand in marriage if he would take her to the land of the Christians.
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