The final arrangements were not concluded until the 10th of July, the first day of the jousts.  Twenty-two tents had been erected for the accommodation of those engaged in the enterprise as well as for mere spectators, and Quinones had provided all necessary servants and artisans, among whom are mentioned kings-at-arms, heralds, trumpeters and other musicians, notaries, armorers, blacksmiths, surgeons, physicians, carpenters, lance-makers, tailors, embroiderers, etc.  In the midst of the tents was erected a wooden dining—­hall, hung with rich French cloth and provided with two tables—­one for Quinones and the knights who came to the Pass, and the other for those who honored the jousts with their presence.  A curious fact not to be omitted is that the king sent one of his private secretaries to prepare daily accounts of what happened at the Pass, which were transmitted by relays to Segovia (where he was engaged in hunting), so that he should receive them within twenty-four hours.

On Saturday, the 10th of July, 1434, all the arrangements having been completed, the heralds proceeded to the entrance of the lists and announced to Quinones that three knights were at the bridge of Orbigo who had come to make trial of their arms—­one a German, Messer Arnoldo de la Floresta Bermeja of the marquisate of Brandenburg, “about twenty-seven years old, blond and well-dressed;” the others two brothers from Valencia, by name Juan and Per Fabla.  Quinones was greatly delighted at their coming, and sent the heralds to invite them to take up their quarters with him, which they did, and were received with honor at the entrance of the lists in the presence of the judges.  It being Saturday, the jousting was deferred until the following Monday, and the spurs of the three knights were hung up in the judges’ stand as a sort of pledge, to be restored to their owners when they were ready to enter the lists.

The next morning the trumpets sounded, and Quinones and his nine companions heard mass in the church of St. John at Orbigo, and took possession of the lists in the following fashion:  First came the musicians with drums and Moorish fifes, preceded by the judge, Pero Barba.  Then followed two large and beautiful horses drawing a cart filled with lances of various sizes pointed with Milan steel.  The cart was covered with blue and green trappings embroidered with bay trees and flowers, and on every tree was the figure of a parrot.  The driver of this singular conveyance was a dwarf.  Next came Quinones on a powerful horse with blue trappings, on which were worked his device and a chain, with the motto Il faut deliberer[5] He was dressed in a quilted jacket of olive velvet brocade embroidered in green, with a cloak of blue velvet, breeches of scarlet cloth and a tall cap of the same color.  He wore wheel-spurs of the Italian fashion richly gilt, and carried a drawn sword, also gilt.  On his right arm, near the shoulder, was richly embroidered his device in gold two fingers broad, and around it in blue letters,