Then after this lady was delivered and churched, there came a knight
unto her, his name was Sir Bromel la Pleche, the which was a great
lord; and he had loved that lady long, and he evermore desired her to
wed her; and so by no mean she could put him off, till on a day she
said to Sir Bromel: Wit thou well, sir knight, I will not love you, for
my love is set upon the best knight of the world. Who is he? said Sir
Bromel. Sir, she said, it is Sir Launcelot du Lake that I love and none
other, and therefore woo me no longer. Ye say well, said Sir Bromel,
and sithen ye have told me so much, ye shall have but little joy of Sir
Launcelot, for I shall slay him wheresomever I meet him. Sir, said the
Lady Elaine, do to him no treason. Wit ye well, my lady, said Bromel,
and I promise you this twelvemonth I shall keep the pont of Corbin for
Sir Launcelot’s sake, that he shall neither come nor go unto you, but I
shall meet with him.
CHAPTER IV. How Sir Bors came to Dame Elaine and saw Galahad, and how
he was fed with the Sangreal.
Then as it fell by fortune and adventure, Sir Bors de Ganis, that was
nephew unto Sir Launcelot, came over that bridge; and there Sir Bromel
and Sir Bors jousted, and Sir Bors smote Sir Bromel such a buffet that
he bare him over his horse’s croup. And then Sir Bromel, as an hardy
knight, pulled out his sword, and dressed his shield to do battle with
Sir Bors. And then Sir Bors alighted and avoided his horse, and there
they dashed together many sad strokes; and long thus they fought, till
at the last Sir Bromel was laid to the earth, and there Sir Bors began
to unlace his helm to slay him. Then Sir Bromel cried Sir Bors mercy,
and yielded him. Upon this covenant thou shalt have thy life, said Sir
Bors, so thou go unto Sir Launcelot upon Whitsunday that next cometh,
and yield thee unto him as knight recreant. I will do it, said Sir
Bromel, and that he sware upon the cross of the sword. And so he let
him depart, and Sir Bors rode unto King Pelles, that was within Corbin.
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