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Chapter VII
”ThendidSirAccoloncryloudly,“O,lords,andallgoodpeople!thisnobleknightthatIhavefoughtwithisthenoblestandmostworshipfulinalltheworld;foritisKingArthur,ourliegelordandsovereignking;andfullsorelyIrepentthatIhaveeverliftedlanceagainsthim,thoughinignoranceIdidit.”
Thenallthepeoplefelldownontheirkneesandprayedthepardonofthekingforsufferinghimtocometosuchastrait.Buthereplied,“Pardonyecannothave,for,truly,yehavenothingsinned;buthereyeseewhatilladventuremayofttimesbefallknights-errant,fortomyownhurt,andhisdangeralso,Ihavefoughtwithoneofmyownknights.”
ThenthekingcommandedSirDamastosurrendertohisbrotherthewholemanor,SirOutzlakeonlyyieldinghimapalfreyeveryyear;“for,”saidhescornfully,“itwouldbecometheebettertorideonthanacourser;”andorderedDamas,uponpainofdeath,neveragaintotouchortodistressknights-errantridingontheiradventures;andalsotomakefullcompensationandsatisfactiontothetwentyknightswhomhehadheldinprison.“Andifanyofthem,”saidtheking,“cometomycourtcomplainingthathehathnothadfullsatisfactionoftheeforhisinjuries,bymyhead,thoushaltdietherefor.”
Afterwards,KingArthuraskedSirOutzlaketocomewithhimtohiscourt,whereheshouldbecomeaknightofhis,and,ifhisdeedswerenoble,beadvancedtoallhemightdesire.
Sothenhetookhisleaveofallthepeopleandmounteduponhorseback,andSirAccolonwentwithhimtoanabbeyhardby,whereboththeirwoundsweredressed
