Then Arthur as a lion, ran unto King Cradelment of North Wales, and
smote him through the left side, that the horse and the king fell down;
and then he took the horse by the rein, and led him unto Ulfius, and
said, Have this horse, mine old friend, for great need hast thou of
horse. Gramercy, said Ulfius. Then Sir Arthur did so marvellously in
arms, that all men had wonder. When the King with the Hundred Knights
saw King Cradelment on foot, he ran unto Sir Ector, that was well
horsed, Sir Kay’s father, and smote horse and man down, and gave the
horse unto the king, and horsed him again. And when King Arthur saw the
king ride on Sir Ector’s horse, he was wroth and with his sword he
smote the king on the helm, that a quarter of the helm and shield fell
down, and so the sword carved down unto the horse’s neck, and so the
king and the horse fell down to the ground. Then Sir Kay came unto Sir
Morganore, seneschal with the King of the Hundred Knights, and smote
him down, horse and man, and led the horse unto his father, Sir Ector;
then Sir Ector ran unto a knight, hight Lardans, and smote horse and
man down, and led the horse unto Sir Brastias, that great need had of
an horse, and was greatly defoiled. When Brastias beheld Lucas the
butler, that lay like a dead man under the horses’ feet, and ever Sir
Griflet did marvellously for to rescue him, and there were always
fourteen knights on Sir Lucas; then Brastias smote one of them on the
helm, that it went to the teeth, and he rode to another and smote him,
that the arm flew into the field. Then he went to the third and smote
him on the shoulder, that shoulder and arm flew in the field. And when
Griflet saw rescues, he smote a knight on the temples, that head and
helm went to the earth, and Griflet took the horse of that knight, and
led him unto Sir Lucas, and bade him mount upon the horse and revenge
his hurts. For Brastias had slain a knight to-fore and horsed Griflet.
CHAPTER XV. Yet of the same battle.
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