For evere yit it hath so stonde, That god a tirant overladde; Bot wher Pite the regne ladde, Ther mihte no fortune laste Which was grevous, bot ate laste The god himself it hath redresced.
The page here reproduced, unfortunately only about one-third of its original size, from the famous romance of Tirant lo Blanch, gives us another example of this peculiar style of engraving.
Illustration: From the romance ofTirant lo Blanch, Valentia, 1490.
To whome Conrade made aunswere: "I would to GOD (my friends) that the tirant had ben contented with the litle cruelty wherof you speake, for then I would find the meanes to agree the parties vpon the knowledge of their variance.
The Tirant Custome, most Graue Senators, Hath made the flinty and Steele Coach of Warre My thrice-driuen bed of Downe.
This would make mercy sweare and play the Tirant Pro.
Tirant d'eau en charge Draught of water when loaded.
This made Tirant very angry, and he sailed to the port of Palermo where he saw the ships of the King of Sicily that began to celebrate with trumpets and bombards.
In addition, they armed a brigantine and sent it to Tirant to warn him that the Turk and the sultan had laid siege to the city of Constantinople.
The Christians, seeing how many men they had and that Tirant was wounded and in great pain, decided to leave during the night.
After Tirant had been treated and all the clergy had arrived, the king and the judges ordered the dead knight placed in the box that the dead are carried in, covered with a beautiful gold cloth that was used for knights who die in battle.
Tirant then dressed in a shepherd's cloak, as though he were the Moor's servant.
First the Widow told her what Tirant had said to all the ladies, and how he wanted to arrange honorable marriages for them all.
When they had all bowed to him, Tirant gave him the letter from the King of Sicily.
His wife began to scream, and the Albanian, who was nearest did the same thing to her that Tirant had done to her husband.
Tirant gave the wheat to the Lord of Malvei; all the rest he had transported to the camp at the city of Saint George.
Tirant said: "My lord, speaking by your leave I will tell Your Highness and the empress my idea.
Tirant went to the ocean and boarded the galley that left the port secretly and rowed to the encampment.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tirant" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
