ChallengeResponse

Very noble and powerful prince and redoubted lord, the very noble and powerful prince and my redoubted lord the Duke of Brittany, your cousin, has sent me to you on account of the great chivalry and prowess that he knows is in your very noble person. In all love and friendship, and not out of any ill will, he wishes to hold a tourney and bouhort of arms before ladies and damsels; and to signify this he sends you this sword, which is appropriate for this.

I accept not out of ill will, but to please my cousin, and to amuse the ladies.

I thank my cousin for the offer that he has made to me, and on account of the great good that he believes is in me, I wish well that it pleased God that it could be so; but there is much I must think of. And on the other hand there are in this kingdom many other lords who merit this honor more than I, and know well how to arrange a tourney; which is why I pray you to excuse me to my cousin. For I have affairs to bring to an end that closely touch my honor, which necessarily I must finish before any other tasks. So, may it please him to find my excuse agreeable, for I would do anything else that pleased him.