When King Mark wist this he was wonderly wroth that his brother should
win such worship. And because this prince was better beloved than he in
all that country, and that also Boudwin loved well Sir Tristram,
therefore he thought to slay him. And thus, hastily, as a man out of
his wit, he sent for Prince Boudwin and Anglides his wife, and bade
them bring their young son with them, that he might see him. All this
he did to the intent to slay the child as well as his father, for he
was the falsest traitor that ever was born. Alas, for his goodness and
for his good deeds this gentle Prince Boudwin was slain. So when he
came with his wife Anglides, the king made them fair semblant till they
had dined. And when they had dined King Mark sent for his brother and
said thus: Brother, how sped you when the miscreants arrived by you?
meseemeth it had been your part to have sent me word, that I might have
been at that journey, for it had been reason that I had had the honour
and not you. Sir, said the Prince Boudwin, it was so that an I had
tarried till that I had sent for you those miscreants had destroyed my
country. Thou liest, false traitor, said King Mark, for thou art ever
about for to win worship from me, and put me to dishonour, and thou
cherishest that I hate. And therewith he struck him to the heart with a
dagger, that he never after spake word. Then the Lady Anglides made
great dole, and swooned, for she saw her lord slain afore her face.
Then was there no more to do but Prince Boudwin was despoiled and
brought to burial. But Anglides privily gat her husband’s doublet and
his shirt, and that she kept secretly.
Then was there much sorrow and crying, and great dole made Sir
Tristram, Sir Dinas, Sir Fergus, and so did all knights that were
there; for that prince was passingly well beloved. So La Beale Isoud
sent unto Anglides, the Prince Boudwin’s wife, and bade her avoid
lightly or else her young son, Alisander le Orphelin, should be slain.
When she heard this, she took her horse and her child; and rode with
such poor men as durst ride with her.
CHAPTER XXXIII. How Anglides, Boudwin’s wife, escaped with her young
son, Alisander le Orphelin, and came to the Castle of Arundel.
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