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Chapter V
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Therewithshetooktheswordfromherdeadlover’sside—forshewasSirLancear’slady-love—andsettingthepommelofitontheground,ranherselfthroughthebodywiththeblade.
WhenSirBalinsawherdeadhewassorelyhurtandgrievedinspirit,andrepentedthedeathofLancear,whichhadalsocausedsofairalady’sdeath.Andbeingunabletolookontheirbodiesforsorrow,heturnedasideintoaforest,wherepresentlyasherode,hesawthearmsofhisbrother,SirBalan.Andwhentheyweremettheyputofftheirhelms,andembracedeachother,kissing,andweepingforjoyandpity.ThenSirBalintoldSirBalanallhislateadventures,andthathewasonhiswaytoKingRyence,whoatthattimewasbesiegingCastleTerrabil.“Iwillbewiththee,”answeredSirBalan,“andwewillhelpeachother,asbrethrenoughttodo.”
Anonbychance,astheyweretalking,cameKingMark,ofCornwall,bythatway,andwhenhesawthetwodeadbodiesofSirLancearandhisladylyingthere,andheardthestoryoftheirdeath,hevowedtobuildatombtothembeforeheleftthatplace.Sopitchinghispavilionthere,hesoughtthroughallthecountryroundtofindamonument,andfoundatlastarichandfaironeinachurch,whichhetookandraisedabovethedeadknightandhisdamsel,writingonit—“HereliethLancear,sonoftheKingofIreland,who,athisownrequest,wasslainbyBalin;andherebesidehimalsoliethhisladyColombe,whoslewherselfwithherlover’sswordforgriefandsorrow.
