"Hippolytus, do you think we should go to our chambers and get all our armed men and some holy water, and then come back here to see what this is?"
"No," said Hippolytus, "we don't need to go back to our chambers for anything. We both have the sign of the cross on our swords: let me go there."
When Tirant heard the viscount call Hippolytus' name, he said:
"If you are Hippolytus, a native of France, come to me and have no fear."
Then Hippolytus took out his sword, and holding the handle in front of him, he made the sign of the cross and said:
"As a true Christian, I fully believe in the articles of the Catholic faith, and everything that the holy Roman church teaches: in this holy faith I want to live and die."
He went closer in great fear, but the viscount was even more afraid, and did not dare to approach. And in a soft voice Tirant called to him and said:
"Come closer. I am Tirant."
At that he became even more frightened, and was ready to go back.
Tirant saw this, and raising his voice he said:
"Oh, what a cowardly knight you are!"