{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/mart/mart297.htm","path":"neu/mart/mart297.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/mart/mart297.htm","text":"CHAPTER LX\nHow Sir Tristram with his fellowship came and were with\nan host which after fought with Sir Tristram; and\nother matters.\nTHEN departed Sir Tristram, Gareth, and Sir Dinadan,\nand left Sir Palomides in the vessel; and so Sir Tristram\nbeheld the mariners how they sailed overlong Humber.\nAnd when Sir Palomides was out of their sight they took\ntheir horses and beheld about them. And then were they\nware of a knight that came riding against them unarmed,\nand nothing about him but a sword. And when this\nknight came nigh them he saluted them, and they him\nagain. Fair knights, said that knight, I pray you insomuch\nas ye be knights errant, that ye will come and see\nmy castle, and take such as ye find there; I pray you\nheartily. And so they rode with him until his castle, and\nthere they were brought into the hall, that was well\napparelled; and so they were there unarmed, and set at a\nboard; and when this knight saw Sir Tristram, anon he\nknew him. And then this knight waxed pale and wroth\nat Sir Tristram. When Sir Tristram saw his host make\nsuch cheer he marvelled and said: Sir, mine host, what\ncheer make you? Wit thou well, said he, I fare the\nworse for thee, for I know thee, Sir Tristram de Liones,\nthou slewest my brother; and therefore I give thee\nsummons I will slay thee an ever I may get thee at\nlarge. Sir knight, said Sir Tristram, I am never advised\nthat ever I slew any brother of yours; and if ye say that\nI did I will make amends unto my power. I will none\namends, said the knight, but keep thee from me.\nSo when he had dined Sir Tristram asked his arms,\nand departed. And so they rode on their ways, and\nwithin a while Sir Dinadan saw where came a knight well\narmed and well horsed, without shield. Sir Tristram,\nsaid Sir Dinadan, take keep to yourself, for I dare undertake\nyonder cometh your host that will have ado with\nyou. Let him come, said Sir Tristram, I shall abide\nhim as well as I may. Anon the knight, when he came\nnigh Sir Tristram, he cried and bade him abide and keep\nhim. So they hurtled together, but Sir Tristram smote\nthe other knight so sore that he bare him over his horse's\ncroup. That knight arose lightly and took his horse\nagain, and so rode fiercely to Sir Tristram, and smote him\ntwice hard upon the helm. Sir knight, said Sir Tristram,\nI pray you leave off and smite me no more, for I would\nbe loath to deal with you an I might choose, for I have\nyour meat and your drink within my body. For all that\nhe would not leave; and then Sir Tristram gave him\nsuch a buffet upon the helm that he fell up-so-down from\nhis horse, that the blood brast out at the ventails of his\nhelm, and so he lay still likely to be dead. Then Sir\nTristram said: Me repenteth of this buffet that I smote\nso sore, for as I suppose he is dead. And so they left\nhim and rode on their ways.\nSo they had not ridden but a while, but they saw\nriding against them two full likely knights, well armed\nand well horsed, and goodly servants about them. The\none was Berrant le Apres, and he was called the King\nwith the Hundred Knights; and the other was Sir\nSegwarides, which were renowned two noble knights. So\nas they came either by other the king looked upon Sir\nDinadan, that at that time he had Sir Tristram's helm\nupon his shoulder, the which helm the king had seen\nto-fore with the Queen of Northgalis, and that queen the\nking loved as paramour; and that helm the Queen of\nNorthgalis had given to La Beale Isoud, and the queen\nLa Beale Isoud gave it to Sir Tristram. Sir knight, said\nBerrant, where had ye that helm? What would ye? said\nSir Dinadan. For I will have ado with thee, said the\nking, for the love of her that owed that helm, and\ntherefore keep you. So they departed and came together with\nall their mights of their horses, and there the King with\nthe Hundred Knights smote Sir Dinadan, horse and all,\nto the earth; and then he commanded his servant: Go\nand take thou his helm off, and keep it. So the varlet\nwent to unbuckle his helm. What helm, what wilt thou\ndo? said Sir Tristram, leave that helm. To what intent,\nsaid the king, will ye, sir knight, meddle with that helm?\nWit you well, said Sir Tristram, that helm shall not depart\nfrom me or it be dearer bought. Then make you ready,\nsaid Sir Berrant unto Sir Tristram. So they hurtled\ntogether, and there Sir Tristram smote him down over his\nhorse's tail; and then the king arose lightly, and gat his\nhorse lightly again. And then he struck fiercely at Sir\nTristram many great strokes. And then Sir Tristram\ngave Sir Berrant such a buffet upon the helm that he fell\ndown over his horse sore stonied. Lo, said Dinadan, that\nhelm is unhappy to us twain, for I had a fall for it, and\nnow, sir king, have ye another fall.\nThen Segwarides asked: Who shall joust with me?\nI pray thee, said Sir Gareth unto Dinadan, let me have\nthis jousts. Sir, said Dinadan, I pray you take it as for me.\nThat is no reason, said Tristram, for this jousts should\nbe yours. At a word, said Dinadan, I will not thereof.\nThen Gareth dressed him to Sir Segwarides, and there Sir\nSegwarides smote Gareth and his horse to the earth.\nNow, said Sir Tristram to Dinadan, joust with yonder\nknight. I will not thereof, said Dinadan. Then will I,\nsaid Sir Tristram. And then Sir Tristram ran to him,\nand gave him a fall; and so they left them on foot, and\nSir Tristram rode unto Joyous Gard, and there Sir Gareth\nwould not of his courtesy have gone into this castle, but\nSir Tristram would not suffer him to depart. And so\nthey alighted and unarmed them, and had great cheer.\nBut when Dinadan came afore La Beale Isoud he cursed\nthe time that ever he bare Sir Tristram's helm, and there\nhe told her how Sir Tristram had mocked him. Then\nwas there laughing and japing at Sir Dinadan, that they\nwist not what to do with him.","title":"Le Morte d'Arthur BOOK X CHAPTER LX","type":"page"}