Sir Bertrand was very worried by the arguments which Men Rodríguez had put before him, and the next day he called together those kinsmen and friends who were there with him, especially a cousin of his named Sir Olivier de Mauny. He explained to them all the reasons which Men Rodríguez had set out and asked for their advice as to what they thought he should do. Nevertheless, he told them at once that there was no way in the whole world that he would do such a thing, as King Pedro was the enemy of the King of France, his liege lord, as well as of King Enrique, in whose service he was and from whom he received his pay. However, he was asking them whether he should reveal to the king the arguments advanced by Men Rodríguez or whether he should take the matter any further at all, as the latter had proposed to him something which, were he to carry it out, would be an act of treason.

Having heard the discussions which had taken place between him and Men Rodríguez, the knights who were his kinsmen, as well as a number of others with whom he raised the matter, declared that their advice was that he should avoid doing anything that ran counter to the service of his liege lord, the King of France, or, indeed, to the service of King Enrique, from whom he received his pay, especially as he was well aware that King Pedro was the foe of those two great lords. Rather, they told him that they thought it right that he should inform King Enrique of the matter.

Sir Bertrand accepted their advice and informed the king of everything that had passed between him and Men Rodríguez de Sanabria. King Enrique thanked him warmly for doing so, adding that God be praised that he was in a better position than King Pedro to grant him those towns and doblas which the latter had promised him. He undertook to grant them to him at once and requested him to tell Men Rodríguez that King Pedro would have safe conduct to his, Sir Bertrand’s, pavilion and that he would set him free; when the king arrived, Sir Bertrand was to inform King Enrique.