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Chapter XI
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“Hold,”saidSirLamoracke,“letusnowsweartogethernevermoretofightagainsteachother.”
Thendidtheyswearashesaid.
ThenSirTristramreturnedtoSirKayHedius,andwhenhewaswholeofhiswounds,theydepartedtogetherinaship,andlandedonthecoastofCornwall.Andwhentheycameashore,SirTristrameagerlysoughtnewsofLaBelleIsault.Andonetoldhiminmistakethatshewasdead.Whereat,forsoreandgrievoussorrow,hefelldowninaswoon,andsolayforthreedaysandnights.
Whenheawoketherefromhewascrazed,andranintotheforestandabodetherelikeawildmanmanydays;wherebyhewaxedleanandweakofbody,andwouldhavedied,butthatahermitlaidsomemeatbesidehimasheslept.NowinthatforestwasagiantnamedTauleas,who,forfearofTristram,hadhidhimselfwithinacastle,butwhentheytoldhimhewasmad,cameforthandwentatlargeagain.AndonacertaindayhesawaknightofCornwall,namedSirDinaunt,passbywithalady,andwhenhehadalightedbyawelltorest,thegiantleapedoutfromhisambush,andtookhimbythethroattoslayhim.ButSirTristram,ashewanderedthroughtheforest,cameuponthemastheystruggled;andwhentheknightcriedoutforhelp,herusheduponthegiant,andtakingupSirDinaunt’ssword,struckofftherewiththegiant’shead,andstraightwaydisappearedamongthetrees.
Anon,SirDinaunttooktheheadofTauleas,andbareitwithhimtothecourtofKingMark,whitherhewasbound,andtoldofhisadventures.“Wherehadyethisadventure?”saidKingMark.
