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Chapter XI
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“Butknowye,”saidtheking,“thisIrishknightwillfightwithnonewhobenotcomeofroyalbloodandnearofkintokingsorqueens,ashehimselfis,forhissisteristheQueenofIreland.”
ThensaidTristram,“LethimknowthatIamcomebothonmyfather’sandmymother’ssideofbloodasgoodashis,formyfatherisKingMeliodasandmymotherwasthatQueenElizabeth,thysister,whodiedintheforestatmybirth.”
WhenKingMarkheardthathewelcomedhimwithallhisheart,andknightedhimforthwith,andmadehimreadytogoforthassoonashewouldchoose,andarmedhimroyallyinarmourcoveredwithgoldandsilver.
ThenhesentSirMarhausword,“Thatabettermanthanheshouldfightwithhim,SirTristramofLyonesse,sonofKingMeliodasandofKingMark’sownsister.”SothebattlewasordainedtobefoughtinanislandnearSirMarhaus’ships,andthereSirTristramlandedonthemorrow,withGovernalealoneattendinghimforsquire,andhimhesentbacktothelandwhenhehadmadehimselfready.
WhenSirMarhausandSirTristramwerethusleftalone,SirMarhaussaid,“YoungknightSirTristramwhatdoestthouhere?Iamfullsorryforthyrashness,forofttimeshaveIbeenassailedinvain,andbythebestknightsoftheworld.Bewarnedintime,returntothemthatsentthee.”
“Fairknight,andwell-provedknight,”repliedSirTristram,“besurethatIshallneverquitthisquarreltilloneofusbeovercome.ForthiscausehaveIbeenmadeknight,andthoushaltknowbeforewepartthatthoughasyetunproved,Iamaking’ssonandfirst-bornofaqueen.
