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第76章 BOOK VII(3)

said Beaumains.Yea,said Launcelot,do as ye have done,and Ishall be your warrant.Then,I pray you,said Beaumains,give me the order of knighthood.Then must ye tell me your name,said Launcelot,and of what kin ye be born.Sir,so that ye will not discover me I shall,said Beaumains.Nay,said Sir Launcelot,and that I promise you by the faith of my body,until it be openly known.Then,sir,he said,my name is Gareth,and brother unto Sir Gawaine of father and mother.Ah,sir,said Sir Launcelot,I am more gladder of you than I was;for ever me thought ye should be of great blood,and that ye came not to the court neither for meat nor for drink.And then Sir Launcelot gave him the order of knighthood,and then Sir Gareth prayed him for to depart and let him go.

So Sir Launcelot departed from him and came to Sir Kay,and made him to be borne home upon his shield,and so he was healed hard with the life;and all men scorned Sir Kay,and in especial Sir Gawaine and Sir Launcelot said it was not his part to rebuke no young man,for full little knew he of what birth he is come,and for what cause he came to this court;and so we leave Sir Kay and turn we unto Beaumains.

When he had overtaken the damosel,anon she said,What dost thou here?thou stinkest all of the kitchen,thy clothes be bawdy of the grease and tallow that thou gainest in King Arthur's kitchen;weenest thou,said she,that I allow thee,for yonder knight that thou killest.Nay truly,for thou slewest him unhappily and cowardly;therefore turn again,bawdy kitchen page,I know thee well,for Sir Kay named thee Beaumains.What art thou but a lusk and a turner of broaches and a ladle-washer?Damosel,said Beaumains,say to me what ye will,I will not go from you whatsomever ye say,for I have undertaken to King Arthur for to achieve your adventure,and so shall I finish it to the end,either I shall die therefore.Fie on thee,kitchen knave,wilt thou finish mine adventure?thou shalt anon be met withal,that thou wouldest not for all the broth that ever thou suppest once look him in the face.I shall assay,said Beaumains.

So thus as they rode in the wood,there came a man flying all that ever he might.Whither wilt thou?said Beaumains.O lord,he said,help me,for here by in a slade are six thieves that have taken my lord and bound him,so I am afeard lest they will slay him.Bring me thither,said Beaumains.And so they rode together until they came thereas was the knight bounden;and then he rode unto them,and struck one unto the death,and then another,and at the third stroke he slew the third thief,and then the other three fled.And he rode after them,and he overtook them;and then those three thieves turned again and assailed Beaumains hard,but at the last he slew them,and returned and unbound the knight.And the knight thanked him,and prayed him to ride with him to his castle there a little beside,and he should worshipfully reward him for his good deeds.Sir,said Beaumains,I will no reward have:I was this day made knight of noble Sir Launcelot,and therefore I will no reward have,but God reward me.And also I must follow this damosel.

And when he came nigh her she bade him ride from her,For thou smellest all of the kitchen:weenest thou that I have joy of thee,for all this deed that thou hast done is but mishapped thee:but thou shalt see a sight shall make thee turn again,and that lightly.Then the same knight which was rescued of the thieves rode after that damosel,and prayed her to lodge with him all that night.And because it was near night the damosel rode with him to his castle,and there they had great cheer,and at supper the knight sat Sir Beaumains afore the damosel.Fie,fie,said she,Sir knight,ye are uncourteous to set a kitchen page afore me;him beseemeth better to stick a swine than to sit afore a damosel of high parage.Then the knight was ashamed at her words,and took him up,and set him at a sideboard,and set himself afore him,and so all that night they had good cheer and merry rest.

CHAPTER VI

How Beaumains fought and slew two knights at a passage.

AND on the morn the damosel and he took their leave and thanked the knight,and so departed,and rode on their way until they came to a great forest.And there was a great river and but one passage,and there were ready two knights on the farther side to let them the passage.What sayest thou,said the damosel,wilt thou match yonder knights or turn again?Nay,said Sir Beaumains,I will not turn again an they were six more.And therewithal he rushed into the water,and in midst of the water either brake their spears upon other to their hands,and then they drew their swords,and smote eagerly at other.And at the last Sir Beaumains smote the other upon the helm that his head stonied,and therewithal he fell down in the water,and there was he drowned.And then he spurred his horse upon the land,where the other knight fell upon him,and brake his spear,and so they drew their swords and fought long together.At the last Sir Beaumains clave his helm and his head down to the shoulders;and so he rode unto the damosel and bade her ride forth on her way.

Alas,she said,that ever a kitchen page should have that fortune to destroy such two doughty knights:thou weenest thou hast done doughtily,that is not so;for the first knight his horse stumbled,and there he was drowned in the water,and never it was by thy force,nor by thy might.And the last knight by mishap thou camest behind him and mishappily thou slew him.

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