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Chapter XI

           

           “Oneofthebestknightsinalltheworld,”saidSirPersides.

           “IsheSirLancelot?”saidSirTristram.

           “Nay,”answeredSirPersides,“itisSirPalomedes,whoisyetunchristened.”

           Withinawhileonecameandtoldthemthataknightwithablackshieldhadsmittendownthirteenknights.“Letusgoandseethisjousting,”saidSirTristram.Sotheyarmedthemselvesandwentdown.AndwhenSirPalomedessawSirPersides,hesentasquiretohimandprofferedhimtojoust.Sotheyjousted,andSirPersideswasoverthrown.ThenSirTristrammadereadytojoust,buterehehadhisspearinrest,SirPalomedestookhimatadvantage,andstruckhimontheshieldsothathefell.AtthatSirTristramwaswrothoutofmeasureandsoreashamed,whereforehesentasquireandprayedSirPalomedestojoustonceagain.Buthewouldnot,saying,“Tellthymastertorevengehimselfto-morrowattheMaiden’sCastle,whereheshallseemeagain.”

           SoonthemorrowSirTristramcommandedhisservanttogivehimablackshieldwithnocognizancethereon,andheandSirPersidesrodeintothetournamentandjoinedKingCarados’side.

           ThentheknightsoftheKingofNorthWalescameforth,andtherewasagreatfightingandbreakingofspears,andoverthrowofmenandhorses.

           NowKingArthursataboveinahighgallerytoseethetourneyandgivethejudgment,andSirLancelotsatbesidehim.ThencameagainstSirTristramandSirPersides,twoknightswiththemofNorthWales,SirBleoberisandSirGaheris;andSirPersideswassmittendownandnighslain,forfourhorsemenrodeoverhim.

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