{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/mart/mart304.htm","path":"neu/mart/mart304.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/mart/mart304.htm","text":"CHAPTER LXVII\nHow Sir Tristram and his fellowship came into the tournament\nof Lonazep; and of divers jousts and matters.\nBUT Sir Tristram was not so soon come into the place,\nbut Sir Gawaine and Sir Galihodin went to King Arthur,\nand told him: That same green knight in the green\nharness with the white horse smote us two down, and six\nof our fellows this same day. Well, said Arthur. And\nthen he called Sir Tristram and asked him what was his\nname. Sir, said Sir Tristram, ye shall hold me excused as\nat this time, for ye shall not wit my name. And there\nSir Tristram returned and rode his way. I have marvel,\nsaid Arthur, that yonder knight will not tell me his name,\nbut go thou, Griflet le Fise de Dieu, and pray him to\nspeak with me betwixt us. Then Sir Griflet rode after\nhim and overtook him, and said him that King Arthur\nprayed him for to speak with him secretly apart. Upon\nthis covenant, said Sir Tristram, I will speak with him;\nthat I will turn again so that ye will ensure me not to\ndesire to hear my name. I shall undertake, said Sir\nGriflet, that he will not greatly desire it of you. So they\nrode together until they came to King Arthur. Fair sir,\nsaid King Arthur, what is the cause ye will not tell me\nyour name? Sir, said Sir Tristram, without a cause I will\nnot hide my name. Upon what party will ye hold? said\nKing Arthur. Truly, my lord, said Sir Tristram, I wot\nnot yet on what party I will be on, until I come to the\nfield, and there as my heart giveth me, there will I hold;\nbut to-morrow ye shall see and prove on what party I\nshall come. And therewithal he returned and went to\nhis pavilions.\nAnd upon the morn they armed them all in green, and\ncame into the field; and there young knights began to\njoust, and did many worshipful deeds. Then spake\nGareth unto Sir Tristram, and prayed him to give him\nleave to break his spear, for him thought shame to bear\nhis spear whole again. When Sir Tristram heard him say\nso he laughed, and said: I pray you do your best. Then\nSir Gareth gat a spear and proffered to joust. That saw\na knight that was nephew unto the King of the Hundred\nKnights; his name was Selises, and a good man of arms.\nSo this knight Selises then dressed him unto Sir Gareth,\nand they two met together so hard that either smote other\ndown, his horse and all, to the earth, so they were both\nbruised and hurt; and there they lay till the King with the\nHundred Knights halp Selises up, and Sir Tristram and\nSir Palomides halp up Gareth again. And so they rode\nwith Sir Gareth unto their pavilions, and then they pulled\noff his helm.\nAnd when La Beale Isoud saw Sir Gareth bruised in\nthe face she asked him what ailed him. Madam, said Sir\nGareth, I had a great buffet, and as I suppose I gave\nanother, but none of my fellows, God thank them, would\nnot rescue me. Forsooth, said Palomides, it longed not\nto none of us as this day to joust, for there have not this\nday jousted no proved knights, and needly ye would joust.\nAnd when the other party saw ye proffered yourself to\njoust they sent one to you, a passing good knight of his\nage, for I know him well, his name is Selises; and\nworshipfully ye met with him, and neither of you are\ndishonoured, and therefore refresh yourself that ye may be\nready and whole to joust to-morrow. As for that, said\nGareth, I shall not fail you an I may bestride mine horse.","title":"Le Morte d'Arthur BOOK X CHAPTER LXVII","type":"page"}