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Chapter VII
”Andwhenmasswasdone,therecameasquireonagreathorse,andaskedSirDamasifhisknightwereready,“forourknightisalreadyinthefield.”ThenKingArthurmountedonhorseback,andtherearoundwerealltheknights,andbarons,andpeopleofthecountry;andtwelveofthemwerechosentowaituponthetwoknightswhowereabouttofight.AndasKingArthursatonhorseback,therecameadamselfromMorganleFay,andbroughttohimasword,madelikeExcalibur,andascabbardalso,andsaidtohim,“MorganleFaysendethyouhereyourswordforhergreatlove’ssake.”Andthekingthankedher,andbelievedittobeasshesaid;butshetraitorouslydeceivedhim,forbothswordandscabbardwerecounterfeit,brittle,andfalse,andthetrueswordExcaliburwasinthehandsofSirAccolon.Then,atthesoundofatrumpet,thechampionssetthemselvesonoppositesidesofthefield,andgivingreinandspurtotheirhorsesurgedthemtosogreataspeedthateachsmitingtheotherinthemiddleoftheshield,rolledhisopponenttotheground,bothhorseandman.Thenstartingupimmediately,bothdrewtheirswordsandrushedswiftlytogether.Andsotheyfelltoeagerly,andgaveeachothermanygreatandmightystrokes.
Andastheywerethusfighting,thedamselVivien,ladyofthelake,wholovedKingArthur,cameupontheground,forsheknewbyherenchantmentshowMorganleFayhadcraftilydevisedtohaveKingArthurslainbyhisownswordthatday,andthereforecametosavehislife.
