Король Артур и рыцари Круглого стола
Chapter XIII
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Thentheyrodetogetherintothethickestofthepress,andthere,withonespear,SirLancelotsmotedownfiveKnightsoftheRoundTable,oneafterother,andSirLavaineoverthrewtwo.Andtakinganotherspear,forhisownwasbroken,SirLancelotsmotedownfourmoreknights,andSirLavaineafifth.Then,drawinghissword,SirLancelotfoughtfiercelyontherighthandandtheleft,andunhorsedSirSafire,SirEpinogris,andSirGalleron.AtthattheKnightsoftheRoundTablewithdrewthemselvesaswellastheywereable.
“Now,mercy,”saidSirGawain,whosatbyKingArthur;“whatknightisthatwhodothsuchmarvellousdeedsofarms?IshoulddeemhimbyhisforcetobeSirLancelot,butthathewearsalady’stokenonhishelmasneverLancelotdoth.”
“Lethimbe,”saidKingArthur;“hewillbebetterknown,anddomoreerehedepart.”
ThusthepartyagainstKingArthurprosperedatthistime,andhisknightsweresoreashamed.ThenSirBors,SirEctor,andSirLionelcalledtogethertheknightsoftheirblood,nineinnumber,andagreedtojointogetherinonebandagainstthetwostrangeknights.SotheyencounteredSirLancelotallatonce,andbymainforcesmotehishorsetotheground;andbymisfortuneSirBorsstruckSirLancelotthroughtheshieldintotheside,andthespearbrokeoffandlefttheheadinthewound.
WhenSirLavainesawthat,herantotheKingofScotlandandstruckhimoffhishorse,andbroughtittoSirLancelot,andhelpedhimtomount.
