{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/mart/mart174.htm","path":"neu/mart/mart174.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/mart/mart174.htm","text":"CHAPTER XXI\nHow Sir Tristram rescued a child from a knight, and\nhow Gouvernail told him of King Anguish.\nTHE knight turned his horse and made him ready to fight. And\nthen Sir Tristram smote him with a sword such a buffet that he\ntumbled to the earth. And then he yielded him unto Sir Tristram.\nThen come thy way, said Sir Tristram, and bring the child to the\nlady again. So he took his horse meekly and rode with Sir\nTristram; and then by the way Sir Tristram asked him his name.\nThen he said, My name is Breuse Saunce Pite. So when he had\ndelivered that child to the lady, he said: Sir, as in this the\nchild is well remedied. Then Sir Tristram let <313>him go again\nthat sore repented him after, for he was a great foe unto many\ngood knights of King Arthur's court.\nThen when Sir Tristram was in his pavilion Gouvernail, his man,\ncame and told him how that King Anguish of Ireland was come\nthither, and he was put in great distress; and there Gouvernail\ntold Sir Tristram how King Anguish was summoned and appealed of\nmurder. So God me help, said Sir Tristram, these be the best\ntidings that ever came to me this seven years, for now shall the\nKing of Ireland have need of my help; for I daresay there is no\nknight in this country that is not of Arthur's court dare do\nbattle with Sir Blamore de Ganis; and for to win the love of the\nKing of Ireland I will take the battle upon me; and therefore\nGouvernail bring me, I charge thee, to the king.\nThen Gouvernail went unto King Anguish of Ireland, and saluted\nhim fair. The king welcomed him and asked him what he would.\nSir, said Gouvernail, here is a knight near hand that desireth to\nspeak with you: he bade me say he would do you service. What\nknight is he? said the king. Sir, said he, it is Sir Tristram de\nLiones, that for your good grace that ye showed him in your lands\nwill reward you in this country. Come on, fellow, said the king,\nwith me anon and show me unto Sir Tristram. So the king took a\nlittle hackney and but few fellowship with him, until he came\nunto Sir Tristram's pavilion. And when Sir Tristram saw the king\nhe ran unto him and would have holden his stirrup. But the king\nleapt from his horse lightly, and either halsed other in their\narms. My gracious lord, said Sir Tristram, gramercy of your\ngreat goodnesses showed unto me in your marches and lands: and at\nthat time I promised you to do you service an ever it lay in my\npower. And, gentle knight, said the king unto Sir Tristram, now\nhave I great need of you, never had I so great need of no\nknight's help. How so, my good lord? said Sir Tristram. I shall\ntell you, said the king: I am summoned and appealed from my\ncountry for the <3I4>death of a knight that was kin unto the good\nknight Sir Launcelot; wherefore Sir Blamore de Ganis, brother to\nSir Bleoberis hath appealed me to fight with him, outher to find\na knight in my stead. And well I wot, said the king, these that\nare come of King Ban's blood, as Sir Launcelot and these other,\nare passing good knights, and hard men for to win in battle as\nany that I know now living. Sir, said Sir Tristram, for the good\nlordship ye showed me in Ireland, and for my lady your daughter's\nsake, La Beale Isoud, I will take the battle for you upon this\ncondition that ye shall grant me two things: that one is that ye\nshall swear to me that ye are in the right, that ye were never\nconsenting to the knight's death; Sir, then said Sir Tristram,\nwhen that I have done this battle, if God give me grace that I\nspeed, that ye shall give me a reward, what thing reasonable that\nI will ask of you. So God me help, said the king, ye shall have\nwhatsomever ye will ask. It is well said, said Sir Tristram.","title":"Le Morte d'Arthur BOOK VIII CHAPTER XXI","type":"page"}