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Chapter IX
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Then,takingshieldandspear,hemountedandrodeafterSirLancelot,andcried,“Abide,proudknight,andturn,forthoushaltnotpassfree!”
SoSirLancelotturned,andeachoneputhisspearinrestandcamewithallhismightagainsttheother.AndSirGaunter’sspearbrakeshort,butSirLancelotsmotehimdown,bothhorseandman.
Whentheotherknightssawthis,theysaid,“YonderisnotSirKey,butabiggerman.”
“Idarewagermyhead,”saidSirGilmere,“yonderknighthathslainSirKey,andtakenhishorseandharness.”
“Beitso,ornot,”saidSirReynold,thethirdbrother;“letusnowgotoourbrotherGaunter’srescue;weshallhaveenoughtodotomatchthatknight,for,byhisstature,IbelieveitisSirLancelotorSirTristram.”
Anon,theytooktheirhorsesandgallopedafterSirLancelot;andSirGilmerefirstassailedhim,butwassmittendownforthwith,andlaystunnedontheearth.ThensaidSirReynold,“Sirknight,thouartastrongman,and,Ibelieve,hastslainmytwobrothers,whereforemyheartissoreagainstthee;yet,ifImightwithhonour,Iwouldavoidthee.Nevertheless,thatcannotbe,sokeepthyself.”Andsotheyhurtledtogetherwithalltheirmight,andeachmanshiveredhisspeartopieces;andthentheydrewtheirswordsandlashedouteagerly.
Andastheyfought,SirGaunterandSirGilmerepresentlyaroseandmountedonceagain,andcamedownatfulltiltuponSirLancelot.But,whenhesawthemcoming,heputforthallhisstrength,andstruckSirReynoldoffhishorse.Then,withtwootherstrokes,heservedtheotherslikewise.
