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Chapter XI

           AndSirEctorencounteredwithSirDinadanandsmotehimtotheground;butSirBorswouldnotencounterwithSirTristram,“For,”saidhe,“noCornishknightsaremenofworship.”ThereatSirTristramwasfullwroth,butpresentlytheremetthemtwomoreknights,SirBleoberisandSirDriant;andSirBleoberisprofferedtojoustwithSirTristram,whoshortlysmotehimdown.

           “Ihadnotthought,”criedoutSirBors,“thatanyCornishknightcoulddosovaliantly.”

           ThenSirTristramandSirDinadandeparted,androdeintoaforest,andastheyrodeadamselmetthem,whoforSirLancelot’ssakewasseekinganynobleknightstorescuehim.ForQueenMorganleFay,whohatedhim,hadorderedthirtymen-at-armstolieinambushforhimashepassed,withtheintenttokillhim.Sothedamselprayedthemtorescuehim.

           ThensaidSirTristram,“Bringmetothatplace,fairdamsel.”

           ButSirDinadancriedout,“Itisnotpossibleforustomeetwiththirtyknights!Iwilltakenopartinsuchahardihood,fortomatchoneortwoorthreeknightsisenough;buttomatchfifteenIwillneverassay.”

           “Forshame,”repliedSirTristram,“dobutyourpart.”

           “ThatwillInot,”saidhe;“wherefore,Iprayye,lendmeyourshield,foritisofCornwall,andbecausemenofthatcountryaredeemedcowards,yearebutlittletroubledasyeridewithknightstojoustwith.

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