After a careful comparison of the above passages, we are satisfied that the book under consideration is not a translation from an English original, nor was it first written in Portuguese. However, if the reader is still doubtful in regard to these questions, let us examine other parallel passages, of which the originals are found in another Catalan production, which bears the title Lo _Somni d’En Bernat Metge_.
_Lo Somni d’En Bernat Metge_[27] _Tirant lo Blanch_[28]
1^{ a} Tamaris reyna de Scithia, 1^{ b} ... Tamarits Reyna de Sicilia no fo de menor coratge; la qual la qual no fo de menor en venjança de la mort de son fill animo. Car en veniança de la y consolacio sua mata batallant mort de son fill per consolacio aquell famos y molt temut Cirus, sua mata en batalla aquell famos rey d’Assia, ab dos cents milia e molt temut Cirius Rey d’dasia Persians. ab. CC. milia persians.
2^{ a} ... y apres que la hague 2^{ b} ... Lo dit Cornelio obtengue dompdada, se’n glorieja tant della victoria. E sen com si hagues vençut lo major glorieja tant com si hagues y pus victorios princep del vençut lo major princep del mon. mon.
3^{ a} ... E aquella [amor] que 3^{ b} ... E aquella Porcia filla Porcia filla de Catho, hague a d’l Rey Tracio sabent que lo Brut, marit seu, la qual encontinent marit seu mort era. que sabe la mort d’aquell, per tal com no habia E com no pogues prest ferre ab que’s matas, desitjant hauer ferro prest ab ques matas seguir l’espirit del dit cobejant seguir lesperit de Brut begue carbons foguejants aquell begue carbons foguejants y mort. e mort.
4^{ a} Be fo cordial e memorable 4^{ b} Mes fon cordial e memorable amor que Artemisia, reyna, lamor que Artemisa reyna hague a Mauseolo, marit seu; hague a Menaculo, marit seu, la la qual apres que ell fo mort y qual apres que ell fon mort e li li hague celebrades solempnes hague celebrades solemnes exequies exequies, lo feu polvoritzar, y’l lo feu poluorizar e begues begue, mostrant que ella volia la polvora mostrant que ella esser sepulcre d’ell. volia esser sepultura dell.
1^{ a} Tomyris, Queen of Scythia, 1^{ b} ... Tomyris, Queen of was not of less courage: who Sicily, who was not of less in avenging the death of her courage. For in avenging the son and her consolation killed death of her son, for her consolation battling that famous and much she killed in battle that feared Cyrus, King of Asia, with famous and much feared Cyrus, two hundred thousand Persians. King of Asia, with two hundred thousand Persians.