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Chapter XI
“Myname,”saidhe,“isSirTristramofLyonesse,andnowyemaydowhatyelistwithme.”
Thenthekingsaid,“Itrepentsmethatyearerecovered,”andsoughttomakehisbaronsslayhim.Butmostofthemwouldnotassentthereto,andcounselledhiminsteadtobanishTristramfortenyearsagainfromCornwall,forreturningwithoutordersfromtheking.Sohewassworntodepartforthwith.
AndashewenttowardstheshipaknightofKingArthur,namedSirDinadan,whosoughthim,cameandsaid,“Fairknight,erethatyoupassoutofthiscountry,Iprayyoujoustwithme!”
“Withagoodwill,”saidhe.
Thentheyrantogether,andSirTristramlightlysmotehimfromhishorse.AnonheprayedSirTristram’sleavetobearhimcompany,andwhenhehadconsentedtheyrodetogethertotheship.
ThenwasSirTristramfullofbitternessofheart,andsaidtoalltheknightswhotookhimtotheshore,“GreetwellKingMarkandallmineenemiesfromme,andtellthemIwillcomeagainwhenImay.WellamInowrewardedforslayingSirMarhaus,anddeliveringthiskingdomfromitsbondage,andfortheperilswherewithalIbroughtLaBelleIsaultfromIrelandtotheking,andrescuedherattheCastlePluere,andfortheslayingofthegiantTauleas,andalltheotherdeedsthatIhavedoneforCornwallandKingMark.”Thusangrilyandpassingbitterlyhespake,andwenthisway.
Andaftersailingawhiletheshipstayedatalanding-placeuponthecoastofWales;andthereSirTristramandSirDinadanalighted,andontheshoretheymettwoknights,SirEctorandSirBors.
