. The romance of King Arthur and his knights of the Round table. that honour doing to Sir Tristram he wasat that time more praised and renowned than an he had over-thrown five hundred knights; and all the people wholly forthis gentleness, first the estates both high and low, and afterthe commonalty cried at once: Sir Launcelot hath won thefield, whosoever say nay. Then was Sir Launcelot wroth andashamed, and so therewithal he rode to King Arthur. Alas,said the king, we are all dismayed that Sir Tristram is thusdeparted from us. He is one of the noblest knights thatever I saw hold spear or swor
. The romance of King Arthur and his knights of the Round table. that honour doing to Sir Tristram he wasat that time more praised and renowned than an he had over-thrown five hundred knights; and all the people wholly forthis gentleness, first the estates both high and low, and afterthe commonalty cried at once: Sir Launcelot hath won thefield, whosoever say nay. Then was Sir Launcelot wroth andashamed, and so therewithal he rode to King Arthur. Alas,said the king, we are all dismayed that Sir Tristram is thusdeparted from us. He is one of the noblest knights thatever I saw hold spear or sword in hand, and the most cour-teoust knight in his fighting. Then King Arthur, Sir Launce-lot, and Sir Dodinas le Savage took their horses to seek SirTristram, and Sir Persides had told King Arthur where SirTristram was in his pavilion. But when they came Tristram and Sir Dinadan were gone. Then King Arthur and Sir Launcelot were heavy, andreturned again to the Castle of Maidens making great dolefor the hurt of Sir Tristram, and his sudden OF THE RAGE OF SIR PALOMIDES 187 OF THE RAGE OF SIR PALO-MIDES FOR DESPITE OF SIRTRISTRAM, AND HOW SIR TRIS-TRAM, SIR DINADAN, AND SIRPALOMIDES LODGED WITH SIRDARRAS, AND HOW SIR DAR-RAS PUT THEM IN HIS PRISONFOR THE DEATH OF HIS SONS,BUT AT THE LAST HE LETTHEM GO. And thus we let pass King Arthur, and a Httlewe will turn unto Sir Palomides, that after he had a fall ofSir Tristram, he was nigh-hand araged out of his wit fordespite of Sir Tristram. And so he followed him by adven-ture. And as he came by a river, in his woodness he wouldhave made his horse to have leapt over; and the horse failedfooting and fell in the river, wherefore Sir Palomides wasadread lest he should have been drowned; and then heavoided his horse, and swam to the land, and let his horsego down by adventure. And when he came to the land he took off his harness,and sat roaring and crying as a man out of his mind. Rightso came a damosel even by Sir Pal
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