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Chapter II
ButnowKingsBanandBors,withalltheirarmyfreshandeager,brokefromtheirambushandmetfacetofacethefivekingsandtheirhostastheycameroundbehind,andthenbeganafranticstrugglewithbreakingofspearsandclashingofswordsandslayingofmenandhorses.AnonKingLot,espyinginthemidstKingBors,criedoutingreatdismay,“OurLadynowdefendusfromourdeathandfearfulwounds;ourperilgrowethgreat,foryondercomethoneoftheworshipfullestkingsandbestknightsinalltheworld.”
“Whoishe?”saidtheKingoftheHundredKnights.
“ItisKingBorsofGaul,”repliedKingLot,“andmuchImarvelhowhemayhavecomewithallhishostintothislandwithoutourknowledge.”
“Aha!”criedKingCarados,“Iwillencounterwiththiskingifyewillrescuemewhenthereisneed.”
“Rideon,”saidthey.
SoKingCaradosandallhishostrodesoftlytilltheycamewithinabow-shotofKingBors,andthenbothhosts,spurringtheirhorsestotheirgreatestswiftness,rushedateachother.AndKingBorsencounteredintheonsetwithaknight,andstruckhimthroughwithaspear,sothathefelldeadupontheearth;thendrawinghissword,hedidsuchmightyfeatsofarmsthatallwhosawhimgazedwithwonder.AnonKingBancamealsoforthuponthefieldwithallhisknights,andaddedyetmorefury,sound,andslaughter,tillatlengthbothhostsoftheelevenkingsbegantoquake,anddrawingalltogetherintoonebody,theypreparedtomeettheworst,whileagreatmultitudealreadyfled.
