. The book of romance; . shall have the battle. Then the King and Queenrejoiced greatly, and thanked Sir Bors with all theirhearts. So Sir Bors departed and rode unto Sir Lancelot, whowas with the hermit Sir Brasias, and told him of this ad-venture. Ah, said Sir Lancelot, this has befallen as Iwould have it, and therefore I pray you make ready todo battle, but delay the fight as long as you can that Imay appear. For I am sure that Sir Mador is a hotKnight, and the longer he waits the more impatient hewill be for the combat. Sir, answered Sir Bors, let me deal with him. Doubtnot you shall have
. The book of romance; . shall have the battle. Then the King and Queenrejoiced greatly, and thanked Sir Bors with all theirhearts. So Sir Bors departed and rode unto Sir Lancelot, whowas with the hermit Sir Brasias, and told him of this ad-venture. Ah, said Sir Lancelot, this has befallen as Iwould have it, and therefore I pray you make ready todo battle, but delay the fight as long as you can that Imay appear. For I am sure that Sir Mador is a hotKnight, and the longer he waits the more impatient hewill be for the combat. Sir, answered Sir Bors, let me deal with him. Doubtnot you shall have all your will. And he rode away,and came again to the Court. It was soon noised about that Sir Bors would be theQueens champion, and many Knights were displeasedwith him ; but there were a few who held the Queen tobe innocent. Sir Bors spoke unto them all, and said, Itwere shameful, my fair lords, if we suffered the mostnoble Queen in the world to be disgraced openly, notonly for her sake, but for the Kings. But they an-. GVENEVERE &.51KB0RS THE FIGHT FOR THE QUEEN 107 swered him: As for our lord King Arthur, we love himand honour him as much as you; but as for Queen Guen-evere, we love her not, for she is the destroyer of goodKnights/ ^Fair lords/ said Sir Bors, you shall not speak suchwords, for never yet have I heard that she was the de-stroyer of good Knights. But at all times, as far as Iever knew, she maintained them and gave them manygifts. And therefore it were a shame to us all if we suf-fered our noble Kings wife to be put to death, and Iwill not suffer it. So much I will say, that the Queen isnot guilty of Sir Patrises death; for she owed him noill will, and bade him and us to the dinner for no evilpurpose, which will be proved hereafter. And in anycase there was foul dealing among us. We may believe your words, said some of the Knights,but others held that he spoke falsely. The days passed quickly by until the evening beforethe battle, when the Queen sent for Sir Bo
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