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Chapter XI
Thendidtheyjoustagainwithpassingrage,forbothbynowwerelikemadlions.ButSirTristramavoidedhisspear,andseizedSirPalomedesbytheneck,andpulledhimfromhissaddle,andborehimonwardtenspears’length,andsolethimfall.ThenKingArthurdrewforthhisswordandsmotethespearasunder,andgaveSirTristramtwoorthreesorestrokeserehecouldgetathisownsword.Butwhenhehaditinhishandhemightilyassailedtheking.WiththatelevenknightsofLancelot’skinwentforthagainsthim,buthesmotethemalldowntotheearth,sothatmenmarvelledathisdeeds.
AndthecrywasnowsogreatthatSirLancelotgotaspearinhishand,andcamedowntoassaySirTristram,saying,“Knightwiththeblackshield,makeready.”WhenSirTristramheardhimhelevelledhisspear,andbothstoopingtheirheads,theyrantogethermightily,asithadbeenthunder.AndSirTristram’sspearbrakeshort,butSirLancelotstruckhimwithadeepwoundinthesideandbrokehisspear,yetoverthrewhimnot.TherewithSirTristram,smartingathiswound,drewforthhissword,andrushingatSirLancelot,gavehimmightystrokesuponthehelm,sothatthesparksflewfromit,andSirLancelotstoopedhisheaddowntothesaddle-bow.ButthenSirTristramturnedandleftthefield,forhefelthiswoundsogrievousthathedeemedheshouldsoondie.ThendidSirLancelotholdthefieldagainstallcomers,andputtheKingofNorthWalesandhispartytotheworse.Andbecausehewasthelastknightinthefieldtheprizewasgivenhim
