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           “Sir,”saidSirLancelot,“asIunderstand,thetournamentshalltakeplacebutthreemilesfromthisabbey;sendthentomehere,threeknightsofthine,thebestthouhast,andletthemallhaveplainwhiteshields,suchasIalsowill;thenwillwefourcomesuddenlyintothemidstbetweenbothparties,andfalluponthyenemies,andgrievethemallwecan,andnonewillknowuswhoweare.”

           So,ontheTuesday,SirLancelotandthethreeknightslodgedthemselvesinasmallgrovehardbythelists.ThencameintothefieldtheKingofNorthgales,withonehundredandsixtyhelms,andthethreeknightsofKingArthur’scourt,whostoodapartbythemselves.AndwhenKingBagdemagushadarrived,witheightyhelms,bothcompaniessetalltheirspearsinrestandcametogetherwithamightyclash,whereinwereslaintwelveknightsofKingBagdemagus,andsixoftheKingofNorthgales;andthepartyofKingBagdemaguswasdrivenback.

           Withthat,cameSirLancelot,andthrustintothethickestofthepress,andsmotedownwithonespearfiveknights,andbrakethebacksoffour,andcastdowntheKingofNorthgales,andbrakehisthighbythefall.WhenthethreeknightsofArthur’scourtsawthis,theyrodeatSirLancelot,andeachafterotherattackedhim;butheoverthrewthemall,andsmotethemnightodeath.Thentakinganewspear,heboredowntothegroundsixteenmoreknights,andhurtthemallsosorely,thattheycouldcarryarmsnomorethatday.