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第29章 BOOK II(9)

Forsooth,said Balin,I did it to this intent that it should better thy courage,and that ye might see and know her falsehood,and to cause you to leave love of such a lady;God knoweth I did none other but as I would ye did to me.Alas,said Garnish,now is my sorrow double that I may not endure,now have I slain that I most loved in all my life;and therewith suddenly he rove himself on his own sword unto the hilts.When Balin saw that,he dressed him thenceward,lest folk would say he had slain them;and so he rode forth,and within three days he came by a cross,and thereon were letters of gold written,that said,It is not for no knight alone to ride toward this castle.Then saw he an old hoar gentleman coming toward him,that said,Balin le Savage,thou passest thy bounds to come this way,therefore turn again and it will avail thee.And he vanished away anon;and so he heard an horn blow as it had been the death of a beast.That blast,said Balin,is blown for me,for I am the prize and yet am I not dead.Anon withal he saw an hundred ladies and many knights,that welcomed him with fair semblant,and made him passing good cheer unto his sight,and led him into the castle,and there was dancing and minstrelsy and all manner of joy.Then the chief lady of the castle said,Knight with the Two Swords,ye must have ado and joust with a knight hereby that keepeth an island,for there may no man pass this way but he must joust or he pass.That is an unhappy custom,said Balin,that a knight may not pass this way but if he joust.Ye shall not have ado but with one knight,said the lady.

Well,said Balin,since I shall thereto I am ready,but travelling men are oft weary and their horses too,but though my horse be weary my heart is not weary,I would be fain there my death should be.Sir,said a knight to Balin,methinketh your shield is not good,I will lend you a bigger.Thereof I pray you.And so he took the shield that was unknown and left his own,and so rode unto the island,and put him and his horse in a great boat;and when he came on the other side he met with a damosel,and she said,O knight Balin,why have ye left your own shield?alas ye have put yourself in great danger,for by your shield ye should have been known;it is great pity of you as ever was of knight,for of thy prowess and hardiness thou hast no fellow living.Me repenteth,said Balin,that ever I came within this country,but I may not turn now again for shame,and what adventure shall fall to me,be it life or death,I will take the adventure that shall come to me.And then he looked on his armour,and understood he was well armed,and therewith blessed him and mounted upon his horse.

CHAPTER XVIII

How Balin met with his brother Balan,and how each of them slew other unknown,till they were wounded to death.

THEN afore him he saw come riding out of a castle a knight,and his horse trapped all red,and himself in the same colour.When this knight in the red beheld Balin,him thought it should be his brother Balin by cause of his two swords,but by cause he knew not his shield he deemed it was not he.And so they aventryd their spears and came marvellously fast together,and they smote each other in the shields,but their spears and their course were so big that it bare down horse and man,that they lay both in a swoon.But Balin was bruised sore with the fall of his horse,for he was weary of travel.And Balan was the first that rose on foot and drew his sword,and went toward Balin,and he arose and went against him;but Balan smote Balin first,and he put up his shield and smote him through the shield and tamed his helm.Then Balin smote him again with that unhappy sword,and well-nigh had felled his brother Balan,and so they fought there together till their breaths failed.Then Balin looked up to the castle and saw the towers stand full of ladies.So they went unto battle again,and wounded everych other dolefully,and then they breathed ofttimes,and so went unto battle that all the place there as they fought was blood red.And at that time there was none of them both but they had either smitten other seven great wounds,so that the least of them might have been the death of the mightiest giant in this world.

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