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           ButwhenKingArthursawhimrideuponSirEctor’shorsehiswrathwasverygreat,andwithhisswordhesmoteKingCradlemontuponthehelm,andshoreoffthefourthpartthereofandoftheshield,anddravetheswordonwardtothehorse’sneckandslewthehorse,andhurledthekingupontheground.

           Andnowthebattlewaxedsogreatandfuriousthatallthenoiseandsoundthereofrangoutbywaterandbywood,sothatKingsBanandBors,withalltheirknightsandmen-at-armsinambush,hearingthetumultandthecries,trembledandshookforeagerness,andscarcecouldstayinsecret,butmadethemreadyforthefrayanddressedtheirshieldsandharness.

           ButwhenKingArthursawthefuryoftheenemy,heragedlikeamadlion,andstirredanddrovehishorsenowhere,nowthere,totherighthandandtotheleft,andstayednotinhiswrathtillhehadslainfulltwentyknights.HewoundedalsoKingLotsosorelyintheshoulderthatheleftthefield,andingreatpainanddolourcriedouttotheotherkings,“DoyeasIdevise,orweshallbedestroyed.I,withtheKingoftheHundredKnights,KingAnguisant,KingYder,andtheDukeofCambinet,willtakefifteenthousandmenandmakeacircuit,meanwhilethatyedoholdthebattlewithtwelvethousand.Thencomingsuddenlywewillfallfiercelyonthemfrombehindandputthemtotherout,butelseshallweneverstandagainstthem.”

           SoLotandfourkingsdepartedwiththeirpartytooneside,andthesixotherkingsdressedtheirranksagainstKingArthurandfoughtlongandstoutly.