a covered shield close with cloth. By my head, said Sir
Kay, that is the same knight that met with us, for this
night we were lodged within a widow's house, and there
was that knight lodged; and when he wist we were of
Arthur's court he spoke great villainy by the king, and
specially by the Queen Guenever, and then on the morn
was waged battle with him for that cause. And at the
first recounter, said Sir Kay, he smote me down from my
horse and hurt me passing sore; and when my fellow, Sir
Dinadan, saw me smitten down and hurt he would not
revenge me, but fled from me; and thus he departed.
And then Sir Tristram asked them their names, and so
either told other their names. And so Sir Tristram
departed from Sir Kay, and from Sir Dinadan, and so he
passed through a great forest into a plain, till he was ware
of a priory, and there he reposed him with a good man
six days.



CHAPTER IV

How Sir Tristram smote down Sir Sagramore le Desirous
and Sir Dodinas le Savage.


AND then he sent his man that hight Gouvernail, and commanded
him to go to a city thereby to fetch him new harness;
for it was long time afore that that Sir Tristram had been
refreshed, his harness was brised and broken. And when