And Arthur looked at Owain and said, "Forbid thy Ravens." "Lord,"
answered Owain, "play thy game." And they played. And the knight
returned back towards the strife, and the Ravens were not forbidden
any more than before.

And when they had played awhile, they heard a mighty tumult, and a
wailing of men, and a croaking of Ravens, as they carried the men in
their strength into the air, and, tearing them betwixt them, let them
fall piecemeal to the earth. And during the tumult they saw a knight
coming towards them, on a light grey horse, and the left foreleg of
the horse was jet-black to the centre of his hoof. And the knight
and the horse were fully accoutred with huge heavy blue armour. And
a robe of honour of yellow diapered satin was upon the knight, and
the borders of the robe were blue. And the housings of the horse
were jet-black, with borders of bright yellow. And on the thigh of
the youth was a sword, long, and three-edged, and heavy. And the
scabbard was of red cut leather, and the belt of new red deer-skin,
having upon it many golden slides and a buckle of the bone of the
sea-horse, the tongue of which was jet-black. A golden helmet was
upon the head of the knight, wherein were set sapphire-stones of
great virtue. And at the top of the helmet was the figure of a
flame-coloured lion, with a fiery-red tongue, issuing above a foot
from his mouth, and with venomous eyes, crimson-red, in his head.
And the knight came, bearing in his hand a thick ashen lance, the
head whereof, which had been newly steeped in blood, was overlaid
with silver.

And the youth saluted the Emperor: "Lord," said he, "carest thou not
for the slaying of thy pages, and thy young men, and the sons of the
nobles of the Island of Britain, whereby it will be difficult to