Right so Sir Dinadan went from King Mark, and went
to his own fellowship; and so they mounted upon their
horses, and rode on their ways, and talked of the Cornish
knight, for Dinadan told them that he was in the castle
where they were lodged. It is well said, said Sir Griflet,
for here have I brought Sir Dagonet, King Arthur's fool,
that is the best fellow and the merriest in the world. Will
ye do well? said Sir Dinadan: I have told the Cornish
knight that here is Sir Launcelot, and the Cornish knight
asked me what shield he bare. Truly, I told him that he
bare the same shield that Sir Mordred beareth. Will ye
do well? said Sir Mordred; I am hurt and may not well
bear my shield nor harness, and therefore put my shield
and my harness upon Sir Dagonet, and let him set upon
the Cornish knight. That shall be done, said Sir Dagonet,
by my faith. Then anon was Dagonet armed him in
Mordred's harness and his shield, and he was set on a
great horse, and a spear in his hand. Now, said Dagonet,
shew me the knight, and I trow I shall bear him down.
So all these knights rode to a woodside, and abode till
King Mark came by the way. Then they put forth Sir
Dagonet, and he came on all the while his horse might
run, straight upon King Mark. And when he came nigh
King Mark, he cried as he were wood, and said: Keep
thee, knight of Cornwall, for I will slay thee. Anon, as
King Mark beheld his shield, he said to himself: Yonder
is Sir Launcelot; alas, now am I destroyed; and therewithal
he made his horse to run as fast as it might through
thick and thin. And ever Sir Dagonet followed after King