. St. Nicholas [serial] . nd thereonhung a black banner, and on the other side therehung a black shield, and by it stood a black spear,great and long, and a great black horse coveredwith silk, and a black stone fast by. There sat aknight all armed in black harness, and his namewas The Knight of the Black Lawn. Thedamsel advises Beaumains to flee. Gramercy, says Beaumains, and quietly holds his ground. TheBlack Knight asks if this is the damsels , fair knight, said she, this is but a nought; and whether it like thee or not, this lawnwill I pass maugre (in spite of) thine head;and ho
. St. Nicholas [serial] . nd thereonhung a black banner, and on the other side therehung a black shield, and by it stood a black spear,great and long, and a great black horse coveredwith silk, and a black stone fast by. There sat aknight all armed in black harness, and his namewas The Knight of the Black Lawn. Thedamsel advises Beaumains to flee. Gramercy, says Beaumains, and quietly holds his ground. TheBlack Knight asks if this is the damsels , fair knight, said she, this is but a nought; and whether it like thee or not, this lawnwill I pass maugre (in spite of) thine head;and horse nor harness gettest thou none of me, butif thou win them with thy hands ; and therefore letsee what thou canst do. Then they departedwith their horses, and came together as it had beenthe thunder ; and the Black Knights spear broke,and Beaumains thrust his through both his sides, andtherewith his spear broke, and the truncheon leftstill in the side. But nevertheless, the BlackKnight drew his sword and smote many eager. SIR BEAUMAINS AND THE BLACK KNIGHT. kitchen-knave, that was fed in King Arthurskitchen for alms. Thereupon, after some talkwith the damsel, the Black Knight concludes to bemerciful to the kitchen-knave, and says : Thismuch shall I grant you. I shall put him down uponone foot, and his horse and his harness (his har-ness is his armor) . shall he leave with me, for itwere shame to me to do him any more harm. ButBeaumains, the kitchen-knave, is not so minded. Sir knight, he says, and one can easily enoughfancy that his chin is a little in the air, and his neck-muscle straight, and his voice marvelous low andsteady,— Sir knight, thou art full liberal of myhorse and harness ; I let thee know it cost thee strokes—one of which strokes the Black Knight,with the truncheon sticking in his side, is just de-livering upon Beaumainss shield, in the picture—and hurt Beaumains full sore. The battle, how-ever is won, after great tribulation, by Beaumains;who then goes on
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