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           And,thoughthewisestsurgeonsandleeches—bothmenandwomen—camefromeverypart,yetcouldhebebynomeanscured.Atlastcameawiselady,andsaidplainlythatSirTristramnevershouldbehealed,untilhewentandstayedinthatsamecountrywhencethepoisoncame.Whenthiswasunderstood,thekingsentSirTristraminafairandgoodlyshiptoIreland,andbyfortunehearrivedfastbyacastlewherethekingandqueenwere.Andastheshipwasbeinganchored,hesatuponhisbedandharpedamerrylay,andmadesosweetamusicaswasneverequalled.

           Whenthekingheardthatthesweetharperwasawoundedknight,hesentforhim,andaskedhisname.“IamofthecountryofLyonesse,”heanswered,“andmynameisTramtrist;”forhedarednottellhistruenamelestthevengeanceofthequeenshouldfalluponhimforherbrother’sdeath.

           “Well,”saidKingAnguish,“thouartrightwelcomehere,andshalthaveallthehelpthislandcangivethee;butbenotanxiousifIamattimescastdownandsad,forbutlatelyinCornwallthebestknightintheworld,fightingformycause,wasslain;hisnamewasSirMarhaus,aknightofKingArthur’sRoundTable.”AndthenhetoldSirTristramallthestoryofSirMarhaus’battle,andSirTristrammadepretenceofgreatsurpriseandsorrow,thoughheknewallfarbetterthanthekinghimself.

           Thenwasheputinchargeoftheking’sdaughter,LaBelleIsault,tobehealedofhiswound,andshewasasfairandnoblealadyasmen’seyesmightsee.