defend this island from henceforward for ever?" "Owain," said
Arthur, "forbid thy Ravens." "Play this game, Lord," said Owain.

So they finished the game and began another; and as they were
finishing that game, lo, they heard a great tumult and a clamour of
armed men, and a croaking of Ravens, and a flapping of wings in the
air, as they flung down the armour entire to the ground, and the men
and the horses piecemeal. Then they saw coming a knight on a lofty-
headed piebald horse. And the left shoulder of the horse was of
bright red, and its right leg from the chest to the hollow of the
hoof was pure white. And the knight and horse were equipped with
arms of speckled yellow, variegated with Spanish laton. And there
was a robe of honour upon him, and upon his horse, divided in two
parts, white and black, and the borders of the robe of honour were of
golden purple. And above the robe he wore a sword three-edged and
bright, with a golden hilt. And the belt of the sword was of yellow
goldwork, having a clasp upon it of the eyelid of a black sea-horse,
and a tongue of yellow gold to the clasp. Upon the head of the
knight was a bright helmet of yellow laton, with sparkling stones of
crystal in it, and at the crest of the helmet was the figure of a
griffin, with a stone of many virtues in its head. And he had an
ashen spear in his hand, with a round shaft, coloured with azure
blue. And the head of the spear was newly stained with blood, and
was overlaid with fine silver.

Wrathfully came the knight to the place where Arthur was, and he told
him that the Ravens had slain his household and the sons of the chief
men of this island, and he besought him to cause Owain to forbid his
Ravens. And Arthur besought Owain to forbid them. Then Arthur took
the golden chessmen that were upon the board, and crushed them until