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Chapter XI
ButSirTristramrodeagainstSirGaherisandsmotehimfromhishorse,andwhenSirBleoberisnextencounteredhim,heoverthrewhimalso.Anontheyhorsedthemselvesagain,andwiththemcameSirDinadan,whomSirTristramforthwithsmotesosorely,thathereeledoffhissaddle.Thencriedhe,“Ah!Sirknight,Iknowyebetterthanyedeem,andpromisenevermoretocomeagainstye.”ThenrodeSirBleoberisathimthesecondtime,andhadabuffetthatfelledhimtotheearth.Andsoonthereafterthekingcommandedtoceaseforthatday,andallmenmarvelledwhoSirTristramwas,fortheprizeofthefirstdaywasgivenhiminthenameoftheKnightoftheBlackShield.
NowSirPalomedeswasonthesideoftheKingofNorthWales,butknewnotSirTristramagain.And,whenhesawhismarvellousdeeds,hesenttoaskhisname.“Astothat,”saidSirTristram,“heshallnotknowatthistime,buttellhimheshallknowwhenIhavebrokentwospearsuponhim,forIamtheknighthesmotedownyesterday,andwhateversidehetaketh,Iwilltaketheother.”
SowhentheytoldhimthatSirPalomedeswouldbeonKingCarados’side—forhewaskindredtoKingArthur—“ThenwillIbeontheKingofNorthWales’side,”saidhe,“butelsewouldIbeonmylordKingArthur’s.”
Thenonthemorrow,whenKingArthurwascome,theheraldsblewuntothetourney.AndKingCaradosjoustedwiththeKingofaHundredKnightsandfellbeforehim,andthencameinKingArthur’sknightsandbarebackthoseofNorthWales.
