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           ThencalledtheKnightoftheRedlandstoSirBeaumains,“Leavenowthygazing,Sirknight,andturntome,forIwarntheethatladyismine.”“Shelovethnoneofthyfellowship,”heanswered;“butknowthis,thatIloveher,andwillrescueherfromthee,ordie.”“Sayyeso!”saidtheRedKnight.“Takeyenowarningfromthoseknightsthathangonyondertrees?”“Forshamethatthousoboastest!”saidSirBeaumains.“Besurethatsighthathraisedahatredfortheethatwillnotlightlybeputout,andgivenmenotfear,butrage.”“Sirknight,defendthyself,”saidtheKnightoftheRedlands,“forwewilltalknolonger.”

           Thendidtheyputtheirspearsinrest,andcametogetheratthefullestspeedoftheirhorses,andsmoteeachotherinthemidstoftheirshields,sothattheirhorses’harnesssunderedbytheshock,andtheyfelltotheground.Andbothlaytheresolongtime,stunned,thatmanydeemedtheirneckswerebroken.Andallmensaidthestrangeknightwasastrongman,andanoblejouster,fornonehadeveryetsomatchedtheKnightoftheRedlands.Then,inawhile,theyrose,andputtinguptheirshieldsbeforethem,drewtheirswords,andfoughtwithfury,runningateachotherlikewildbeasts—nowstrikingsuchbuffetsthatbothreeledbackwards,nowhewingateachothertilltheyshoretheharnessoffinpieces,andlefttheirbodiesnakedandunarmed.Andthustheyfoughttillnoonwaspast,when,foratimetheyrestedtogetbreath,sosorelystaggeringandbleeding,thatmanywhobeheldthemweptforpity.