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Chapter XI
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“Alas!”saidKingArthur,“whereisthatknight?itisshametolethimthusescapeus.”Thenhecomfortedhisknights,andsaid,“Benotdismayed,myfriends,howbeityehavelosttheday;beofgoodcheer;to-morrowImyselfwillbeinthefield,andfarewithyou.”Sotheyallrestedthatnight.
Andonthemorrowtheheraldsblewuntothefield.SotheKingofNorthWalesandtheKingofaHundredKnightsencounteredwithKingCaradosandtheKingofIreland,andoverthrewthem.WiththatcameKingArthur,anddidmightydeedsofarms,andoverthrewtheKingofNorthWalesandhisfellows,andputtwentyvaliantknightstotheworse.AnoncameinSirPalomedes,andmadegreatfightuponKingArthur’sside.ButSirTristramrodefuriouslyagainsthim,andSirPalomedeswasthrownfromhishorse.ThencriedKingArthur,“KnightoftheBlackShield,keepthyself.”Andashespakehecameuponhim,andsmotehimfromhissaddletotheground,andsopassedontootherknights.ThenSirPalomedeshavingnowanotherhorserushedatSirTristram,ashewasonfoot,thinkingtorunoverhim.Buthewasawareofhim,andsteppedaside,andgraspedSirPalomedesbythearms,andpulledhimoffhishorse.Thentheyrushedtogetherwiththeirswords,andmanystoodstilltogazeonthem.AndSirTristramsmoteSirPalomedeswiththreemightystrokesuponthehelm,cryingateachstroke,“TakethisforSirTristram’ssake,”andwiththatSirPalomedesfelltotheearth.
AnontheKingofNorthWalesbroughtSirTristramanotherhorse,andSirPalomedesfoundonealso.
