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That night the king had the camp well guarded , and he allowed no one to take off their armor . In the morning , when the sun came out , he had the trumpets sound , and they moved the camp to within half a league of where the Moors were . When the tents were set up he let the men rest . This happened after the noon hour . When the Moors learned that the Christians had come out of the city , they were astonished , because a short time before they had not dared take a step outside the city , and now they came looking for them . Some captains said this was because of the great cruelty of their king , Cale-ben-Cale , who had killed the Christian ambassadors so cruelly , and they said that they might be recruiting men from Spain or France : `` That is why they are coming so near , and you can be sure that any of us they capture will be cut to shreds . '' One of the ambassadors who had taken the letter to convene the joust , said : `` They paid us many honors , and as soon as we were in the city we saw great numbers of men in the towers , the squares , in the windows and on the rooftops .