Chương Chương 216 · How King Mark, by the advice of his council, banished Sir

. How King Mark, by the advice of his council, banished Sir

Tristram out of Cornwall the term of ten years.

Then the queen departed, but the brachet would not from him; and

therewithal came King Mark, and the brachet set upon him, and bayed at

them all. There withal Sir Andred spake and said: Sir, this is Sir

Tristram, I see by the brachet. Nay, said the king, I cannot suppose

that. Then the king asked him upon his faith what he was, and what was

his name. So God me help, said he, my name is Sir Tristram de Liones;

now do by me what ye list. Ah, said King Mark, me repenteth of your

recovery. And then he let call his barons to judge Sir Tristram to the

death. Then many of his barons would not assent thereto, and in

especial Sir Dinas, the Seneschal, and Sir Fergus. And so by the advice

of them all Sir Tristram was banished out of the country for ten year,

and thereupon he took his oath upon a book before the king and his

barons. And so he was made to depart out of the country of Cornwall;

and there were many barons brought him unto his ship, of the which some

were his friends and some his foes. And in the meanwhile there came a

knight of King Arthur’s, his name was Dinadan, and his coming was for

to seek after Sir Tristram; then they showed him where he was armed at

all points going to the ship. Now fair knight, said Sir Dinadan, or ye

pass this court that ye will joust with me I require thee. With a good

will, said Sir Tristram, an these lords will give me leave. Then the

barons granted thereto, and so they ran together, and there Sir

Tristram gave Sir Dinadan a fall. And then he prayed Sir Tristram to

give him leave to go in his fellowship. Ye shall be right welcome, said

then Sir Tristram.

And so they took their horses and rode to their ships together, and

when Sir Tristram was in the sea he said: Greet well King Mark and all

mine enemies, and say them I will come again when I may; and well am I

rewarded for the fighting with Sir Marhaus, and delivered all this

country from servage; and well am I rewarded for the fetching and costs

of Queen Isoud out of Ireland, and the danger that I was in first and

last, and by the way coming home what danger I had to bring again Queen

Isoud from the Castle Pluere; and well am I rewarded when I fought with

Sir Bleoberis for Sir Segwarides’ wife; and well am I rewarded when I

fought with Sir Blamore de Ganis for King Anguish, father unto La Beale

Isoud; and well am I rewarded when I smote down the good knight, Sir

Lamorak de Galis, at King Mark’s request; and well am I rewarded when I

fought with the King with the Hundred Knights, and the King of

Northgalis, and both these would have put his land in servage, and by

me they were put to a rebuke; and well am I rewarded for the slaying of

Tauleas, the mighty giant, and many other deeds have I done for him,

and now have I my warison. And tell King Mark that many noble knights

of the Table Round have spared the barons of this country for my sake.

Also am I not well rewarded when I fought with the good knight Sir

Palomides and rescued Queen Isoud from him; and at that time King Mark

said afore all his barons I should have been better rewarded. And

forthwithal he took the sea.