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           ”Thentheknightbeggedthedamseltorestthatnightathiscastle.Sotheyallrodethither,andeverthedamselscoffedatSirBeaumainsasakitchenboy,andlaughedathimbeforetheknighttheirhost,sothathesethismeatbeforehimatalowertable,asthoughhewerenotoftheircompany.

           Andonthemorrow,thedamselandSirBeaumainstooktheirleaveoftheknight,andthankinghimdeparted.Thentheyrodeontheirwaytilltheycametoagreatforest,throughwhichflowedariver,andtherewasbutonepassageoverit,whereatstoodtwoknightsarmedtohindertheway.“Wiltthoumatchthosetwoknights,”saidthedamseltoSirBeaumains,“orreturnagain?”“Iwouldnotreturn,”saidhe,“thoughtheyweresix.”Therewithhegallopedintothewater,andswamhishorseintothemiddleofthestream.Andthere,intheriver,oneoftheknightsmethim,andtheybraketheirspearstogether,andthendrewtheirswords,andsmotefiercelyateachother.Andatthelast,SirBeaumainsstrucktheothermightilyuponthehelm,sothathefelldownstunnedintothewater,andwasdrowned.ThenSirBeaumainsspurredhishorseontotheland,whereinstantlytheotherknightfellonhim.Andtheyalsobraketheirspearsuponeachother,andthendrewtheirswords,andfoughtsavagelyandlongtogether.Andaftermanyblows,SirBeaumainsclovethroughtheknight’sskulldowntotheshoulders.