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Chapter XI

           

           SoonhesawbeforehiminavalleySirBleoberiswithSirSegwarides’wiferidingbehindhissquireuponapalfrey.Atthathecriedoutaloud,“Abide,SirknightofKingArthur’scourt,bringbackagainthatladyordeliverhertome.”

           “Iwillnot,”saidBleoberis,“forIdreadnoCornishknight.”

           “Why,”saidSirTristram,“maynotaCornishknightdowellasanyother?Thisday,butthreemilesback,twoknightsofthyowncourtmetme,andfoundoneCornishknightenoughforbothbeforeweparted.”

           “Whatweretheirnames?”saidSirBleoberis.

           “SirSagramourleDesirousandSirDodinasleSavage,”saidSirTristram.

           “Ah,”saidSirBleoberis,amazed;“hastthouthenmetwiththem?Bymyfaith,theyweretwogoodknightsandmenofworship,andifthouhastbeatboththoumustneedsbeagoodknight;butforallthatthoushaltbeatmealsoerethouhastthislady.”

           “Defendthee,then,”criedoutSirTristram,andcameuponhimswiftlywithhisspearinrest.ButSirBleoberiswasasswiftashe,andeachboredowntheother,horseandall,ontotheearth.

           Thentheysprangclearoftheirhorses,andlashedtogetherfulleagerlyandmightilywiththeirswords,tracingandtraversingontherighthandandontheleftmorethantwohours,andsometimesrushingtogetherwithsuchfurythattheybothlaygrovellingontheground.AtlastSirBleoberisstartedbackandsaid,“Now,gentleknight,holdhardawhile,andletusspeaktogether.”

           “Sayon,”saidSirTristram,“andIwillanswerthee.

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