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Chapter XI
ThenSirTristramprayedthetwoknightstolodgethere;butSirDinadandepartedandrodeawayintoaprioryhardby,andtherehelodgedthatnight.
AndonthemorrowcameSirTristramtothepriorytofindhim,andseeinghimsowearythathecouldnotride,helefthim,anddeparted.AtthatsamepriorywaslodgedSirPellinore,whoaskedSirDinadanSirTristram’sname,butcouldnotlearnit,forSirTristramhadchargedthatheshouldremainunknown.ThensaidSirPellinore,“Sinceyewillnottellitme,Iwillrideafterhimandfinditmyself.”
“Beware,Sirknight,”saidSirDinadan,“yewillrepentitifyefollowhim.”
ButSirPellinorestraightwaymountedandovertookhim,andcriedtohimtojoust;whereatSirTristramforthwithturnedandsmotehimdown,andwoundedhimfullsorelyintheshoulder.
Onthedayafter,SirTristrammetaherald,whotoldhimofatournamentproclaimedbetweenKingCaradosofScotland,andtheKingofNorthWales,tobeheldattheMaiden’sCastle.NowKingCaradossoughtSirLancelottofightthereonhisside,andtheKingofNorthWalessoughtSirTristram.AndSirTristrampurposedtobethere.Soasherode,hemetSirKey,theseneschal,andSirSagramour,andSirKeyprofferedtojoustwithhim.Butherefused,desiringtokeephimselfunweariedforthetourney.ThenSirKeycried,“SirknightofCornwall,joustwithme,oryieldasrecreant.”WhenSirTristramheardthat,hefiercelyturnedandsethisspearinrest,andspurredhishorsetowardshim.
