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〈1… pages missing〉 ſeneſchall / and ſyr Fergus. And ſo by the aduyſe of them all ſyr Tryſtram was bannyſſhed out of the coūtree of Cornewayle for ten yere / & therupon he toke his othe vppon a booke before the kyng & his barons / and ſo he was made to departe out of the coūtree of Cornewayle / & the were many barons brought hym vnto his ſhyp / of the whiche ſome were his frendes and ſome his foos. And in the meane whyle there came a knyght of kyng Arthurs his name was Dynadan / & his comynge was to ſeke after ſyr Tryſtram thenne they ſhewed hym where he was armed at all poyntes goynge to the ſhyp. Now fayre knyght ſayd ſyr Dynadan or ye paſſe this courte yt ye wyll Iuſte with me I requyre the / With a good wyl ſayd ſyr Tryſtram & theſe lordes wyll gyue me leue. Soo the barons graunted therto / & ſo they ranne togyder / & there ſyr Tryſtram gaf ſyr Dynadan a falle. And thenne he prayed ſyr Tryſtram to gyue hym leue to go in his felauſhyp. Ye ſhall be ryght welcome ſayd ſyr Tryſtram & ſoo they toke theyr horſes and rode to theyr ſhyppes togyder. And whan ſyr Tryſtram was in the ſee he ſayd. Grete well kyng Marke & all myn enemyes / and ſaye them I wyll come agayne whay I may. And well am I rewarded for the fyghtynge with ſyr Marhaus / & delyuered all this coūtree from ſeruage / & well am I rewarded for the fetchynge and coſtes of quene Iſoude out of Irlonde / & the daūger that I was in fyrſt & laſte / and by the waye comynge home what daūger I had to brynge agayne quene Iſoude from the caſtell Pluere / and well am I rewarded whan I fought with ſyr Bleoberys for ſyr Segwarydes wyf / & well am I rewarded whan I fought with ſyr Blamor de ganys for kyng Anguyſſhe fader vnto la beale Iſoude and well am I rewarded whan I ſmote doun the good knyght ſyr Lamerok de galys at kyng Markes requeſt / & well am I rewarded whan I fought with the kyng wt the hondred knyghtes and the kyng of Northgalys / and bothe theſe wolde haue put his londe in ſeruage / & by me they were put to a rebuke / and well am I rewarded for the ſleynge of Tauleas the myghty gyaūt / and many other dedes haue I done for hym / & now haue I my waryſon. And telle kyng Marke that many noble knyghtes of the table roūde haue ſpared the barons of this coūtre for my ſake. Alſo am I not well rewarded whan I fought with the good knyght ſyr Palomydes and reſcowed quene Iſoude from hym. And at that tyme kyng Marke ſayd afore all his barons I ſholde haue ben better rewarded / & forth withall he toke the ſee.

¶ How a damoyſell ſought helpe to helpe ſyr Laūcelot ayenſt. xxx. knyghtes / & how ſyr Tryſtram fought with them. ca. xxiij.

ANd at the next londynge faſte by the ſee there mette with ſyr Tryſtram & with ſyr Dynadan ſyr Ector de marys and ſyr Bors de ganys / and there ſyr Ector Iuſted with ſyr Dynadan / and he ſmote hym and his hors doun. And thenne ſyr Tryſtram wolde haue Iuſted wt ſyr Bors and ſyr Bors ſayd that he wolde not Iuſte with noo Cornyſſhe knyghtes / for they are not called men of worſhyp and all this was done vpon a brydge. & with this came ſyr Bleoberys & ſyr Dryaunt / and ſyr Bleoberys profred to Iuſte with ſyr Tryſtram / & there ſyr Tryſtram ſmote doun ſyr Bleoberys. Thenne ſayd ſyr Bors de ganys. I wyſt neuer Cornyſſhe knyght of ſo grete valoure nor ſo valyaūt as that knyght that bereth the trappours enbroudred with crownes. And thenne ſyr Tryſtram & ſyr Dynadan departed fro them in to a foreſt / & there met them a damoyſel that came for the loue of ſyr Laūcelot to ſeke after ſome noble knyghtes of kyng Arthurs courte for to reſcowe ſyr Laūcelot / and ſo there was ordeyned for ſyr Launcelot by the treaſon of quene Morgan le fay to haue ſlayne ſyr Laūcelot / & for that cauſe ſhe ordeyned. xxx. knyghtes to lye in a wayte for ſyr Laūcelot / & this damoyſell knewe this treaſon. And for this cauſe the damoyſell came to ſeke noble knyghtes to helpe ſyr Laū celot / for that nyght or the daye after ſyr Laūcelot ſholde come where theſe .xxx. knyghtes were. And ſo this damoyſel mette with ſyr Bors ſyr Bleoberys ſyr Ector & ſyr Dryaunt / and there ſhe tolde them all foure of the treaſon of Morgan le fay / and thenne the promyſed her that they wolde be nyghe where ſyr Laūcelot ſholde mete with the .xxx. knyghtes / and yf ſo be that they ſette vpon hym we wyll doo reſcowes as we can. So the damoyſell departed / and by aduenture the damoyſell mette with ſyr Tryſtram & with ſyr Dynadan / & there the damoyſell tolde them all the treaſon that was ordeyned for ſyr Laūcelot. Fayre damoyſell ſayd Tryſtram brynge me to yt ſame place where they ſholde mete with ſyr Launcelot. Thenne ſayd ſyr Dynadan what wyll ye do / hit is not for vs to fyght with .xxx. knyghtes / & wete you well I wyll not therof / as to matche one knyght or two or thre is ynough and they be men. But for to matche .xv. knyghtes that wyll I neuer vndertake. Fye for ſhame ſayd ſyr Tryſtram do but your parte Nay ſayd ſyr Dynadan I wyl not therof / but yf ye wyl lene me your ſhelde / for ye bere a ſhelde of Cornewayle / & for the cowardyſe that is named to the knyghtes of Cornewayle ye be euer forborne Nay ſayd ſyr Tryſtram I wyl not departe from my ſhelde for her ſake that gaf it me. But one thynge ſayd ſyr Tryſtram I promyſe the ſyr Dynadan but yf thou wylt promyſe me to abyde with me / here I ſhall ſlee the. For I deſyre noo more of the but anſwere one knyght / & yf thy herte wyll not ſerue the ſtande by and loke vpon me & them. Syr ſayd ſyr Dynadan I promyſe you to loke vpon & doo what I may to ſaue my ſelfe / but I wolde that I hadde not mette with you. So thenne anone theſe .xxx. knyghtes came faſte by theſe foure knyghtes / and they were ware of them / & eyther of other. And ſo theſe .xxx. knyghtes lete for this cauſe yt they wolde not wrathe them yf cauſe be yt they had ado with ſyr Laūcelot / & the foure knyghtes lete them paſſe to this entent that they wolde ſee & beholde what they wolde do with ſyr Laūcelot / and ſo the .xxx. knyghtes paſt on / & came by ſyr Tryſtram & by ſyr Dynadan / and thenne ſyr Tryſtram cryed on hyghe / loo here is a knyght agaynſt you for the loue of ſyr Laūcelot / & there he ſlewe two with one ſpere and .x. with his ſwerde And thenne came in ſyr Dynadan & he dyde paſſynge well / & ſo of the .xxx. knyghtes there wente but .x. awaye & they fledde. All this batayll ſawe ſyr Bors de ganys & his thre felowes / and thenne they ſawe well hit was the ſame knyght that Iuſted with them at the brydge / thenne they toke theyr horſes & rode vnto ſyr Tryſtram & prayſed hym and thanked hym of his good dedes / & they al deſyred ſyr Tryſtram to go with them to theyr lodgynge / & he ſayd nay he wolde not go to no lodgynge. Thenne they all foure knyghtes prayed hym to telle them his name Fayre lordes ſayd ſyr Tryſtram / as at this tyme I wyll not telle you my name.

¶ How ſyr Tryſtram & ſyr Dynadan came to a lodgynge where they muſte Iuſte with two knyghtes. ca. xxiiij.

UHenne ſyr Tryſtram and ſyr Dynadan rode forth on theyr waye tyll they came to the ſhepherdes & to the herde men / and there they aſked them yf they knewe ony lodgynge or herberowe there nyghe honde. Forſothe ſyrs ſayd the herde men / here by is good lodgynge in a caſtel / but there is ſuche a cuſtome that there ſhall no knyght be herberowed but yf he Iuſte with two knyghtes / and yf ye be but one knyght he muſt Iuſte with two / & as ye be therin ſoone ſhall ye be matched. Soo there is ſhrewde herberowe ſayd ſyr Dynadan / lodge where yt ye wyll for I wyl not lodge there. Fye for ſhame ſayd ſyr Tryſtram are ye not a knyght of the table roūde / wherfore ye may not with your worſhyp refuſe your lodgynge. Not ſo ſayd the herde men / for & ye be beten and haue the wors ye ſhall not be lodged there / & yf ye bete them ye ſhall be well herberowed. A ſayd ſyr Dynadan they are two ſure knyghtes / thenne ſyr Dynadan wolde not lodge there in no manere / but as ſyr Tryſtram requyred hym of his knyghthode / & ſo they rode thyder / and to make ſhorte tale ſyr Tryſtram & ſyr Dynadan ſmote hem doun both / and ſo they entred in to the caſtell & hadde good chere as well as they coude thynke or deuyſe / & whan they were vnarmed and thought to be mery & in good reſte / there came in at the yates ſyr Palomydes & ſyr Gaherys requyrynge to haue the cuſtome of the caſtell. What arraye is this ſayd ſyr Dynadan. I wolde haue my reſt / That may not be ſayd ſyr Tryſtram now muſt we nedes defende the cuſtome of this caſtell / in ſoo moche as we haue the better of the lordes of this caſtel / & therfore ſayd ſyr Tryſtram nedes muſt ye make you redy. In the deuyls name ſayd ſyr Dynadan came I in to your company / & ſoo they made them redy. And ſyr Gaherys encountred with ſyr Tryſtram / & ſyr Gaherys had a falle & ſyr Palomydes encoūtred with ſyr Dynadan & ſyr Dynadan had a falle / then̄e was hit falle for falle. Soo thenne muſt they fyght on foot / that wolde not ſyr Dynadan for he was ſo ſore bryſed of the falle yt ſyr Palomydes gaf hym. Thenne ſyr Tryſtram vnlaced ſyr Dynadans helme & prayed hym to helpe hym. I wyl not ſayd ſyr Dynadan / for I am ſore woūded of the .xxx. knyghtes that we had but late agoo to do withall. But ye fare ſayd ſyr Dynadan vnto ſyr Tryſtram as a madde man and as a man that is out of his mynde yt wolde caſte hymſelf awaye / & I may curſe the tyme that euer I ſawe you. For in all the worlde are not ſuche two knyghtes that ben ſoo wood as is ſyr Laūcelot & ye ſyr Tryſtram / for ones I felle in the felauſhyp of ſyr Laūcelot as I haue done now with you & he ſette me a werke that a quarter of a yere I kepte my bedde. Iheſu defende me ſayd ſyr Dynadan from ſuche two knyghtes / & ſpecyally from your felauſhyp. Thenne ſayd ſyr Tryſtram I wyll fyght with them both. And ſo ſyr Tryſtram badde them come forth both / for I wyll fyght with you. And thenne ſyr Palomydes & ſyr Gaherys dreſſyd them & ſmote at them both / & then̄e ſyr Dynadan ſmote at ſyr Gaherys a ſtroke or two / & torned from hym. Nay ſayd ſyr Palomydes it is to moche ſhame for vs two knyghtes to fyght with one / and thenne he dyde bydde ſyr Gaherys ſtande a ſyde wt that knyght yt hath no lyſte to fyght / And then̄e they rode togyder & fought longe / and at the laſte ſyr Tryſtram doubled his ſtrokes & drofe ſyr Palomydes a backe more than thre thrydes And thenne by one aſſente ſyr Gaherys and ſyr Dynadan wente betwixt them & departed them in ſonder. And thenne by aſſente of ſyr Tryſtram they wolde by aſſente of ſyr Tryſtram they wolde haue lodged togyder. But ſyr Dynadan wolde not lodge in that caſtell / & then̄e he curſed the tyme that euer he came in theyr felauſhyp / & ſoo he toke his hors & his harneys and departed / thenne ſyr Tryſtram prayed the lordes of that caſtell to lene hym a man to brynge hym to a lodgynge / & ſo they dyde & ouertoke ſyr Dynadan and rode to theyr lodgynge two myle thens with a good man in a pryory & there they were well at eaſe. And that ſame nyght ſyr Bors & ſyr Bleoberys & ſyr Ector and ſyr Dryaūt abode ſtylle in the ſame place there as ſyr Tryſtram fought wt the .xxx. knyghtes / & there they mette with ſyr Laū celot the ſame nyght / and had made promyſe to lodge with ſyr Colgreuaū ce the ſame nyght.

¶ How ſyr Tryſtram Iuſted with ſyr Pray & ſyr Sagramor le deſyrus / and how ſyr Gawayne torned Tryſtram fro Morgan le fay. ca. xxv.

BVt anone as the noble knyght ſyr Laūcelot herde of the ſhelde of Cornewayle thenne wyſt he wel that hit was was ſyr Tryſtram that fought with his enemyes / & then̄e ſyr Laūcelot prayſed ſyr Tryſtram and called hym the man of mooſt worſhyp in the worlde. So there was a knyght in that pryory that hyght Pellynore / & he deſyred to wete ye name of ſyr Tryſtram but in no wyſe he coude not / & thenne ſyr Tryſtram departed & lefte ſyr Dynadan in the pryory / for he was ſoo wery and ſoo bryſed that he myght not ryde. And then this knyȝt ſyr Pellynore ſayd to ſyr Dynadan / ſythen that ye wyll not telle me that knyghtes name / thenne wyll I ryde after hym and make hym to telle me 〈1… pages missing〉