And there she welcomed him fair, and either halsed other in arms, and
so she let put up his horse in the best wise, and then she unarmed him.
And so they supped lightly, and went to bed with great joy and
pleasaunce; and so in his raging he took no keep of his green wound
that King Mark had given him. And so Sir Tristram be-bled both the over
sheet and the nether, and pillows, and head sheet. And within a while
there came one afore, that warned her that her lord was near-hand
within a bow-draught. So she made Sir Tristram to arise, and so he
armed him, and took his horse, and so departed. By then was come
Segwarides, her lord, and when he found her bed troubled and broken,
and went near and beheld it by candle light, then he saw that there had
lain a wounded knight. Ah, false traitress, then he said, why hast thou
betrayed me? And therewithal he swang out a sword, and said: But if
thou tell me who hath been here, here thou shalt die. Ah, my lord,
mercy, said the lady, and held up her hands, saying: Slay me not, and I
shall tell you all who hath been here. Tell anon, said Segwarides, to
me all the truth. Anon for dread she said: Here was Sir Tristram with
me, and by the way as he came to me ward, he was sore wounded. Ah,
false traitress, said Segwarides, where is he become? Sir, she said, he
is armed, and departed on horseback, not yet hence half a mile. Ye say
well, said Segwarides.
Then he armed him lightly, and gat his horse, and rode after Sir
Tristram that rode straightway unto Tintagil. And within a while he
overtook Sir Tristram, and then he bade him, Turn, false traitor
knight. And Sir Tristram anon turned him against him. And therewithal
Segwarides smote Sir Tristram with a spear that it all to-brast; and
then he swang out his sword and smote fast at Sir Tristram. Sir knight,
said Sir Tristram, I counsel you that ye smite no more, howbeit for the
wrongs that I have done you I will forbear you as long as I may. Nay,
said Segwarides, that shall not be, for either thou shalt die or I.
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