Now Kay, he hath earned fresh hatred from all who would there abide, Both knights and gentle ladies, by Plimizöl's flowing tide, From Iofreit the son of Idöl, from Gawain, and the vanquished king Klamidé, of whose sore peril I of yore unto ye would sing. 850 And from many another hero whose names I right well had told, But o'er-long would it be my story--So they thronged round the hero bold, And, courteous, he took their service--his wife would they nearer bring, She sat as yet on her palfrey, and they welcomed her, queen and king. Then the women they kissed each other, and thus spake the king so true, 855 'Thy father, King Lac of Karnant, for a gallant man I knew, For his sake I mourned thy sorrow when first men the tale did bear, Methinks that thy lord should have spared thee for the sake of thy face so fair! For the prize was thine at Kanedig thro' the light of thy beauty's ray, And the hawk didst thou win for thy fairness, on thine hand did it ride away. 860 If Orilus wrong hath done me, yet I wished unto thee no ill, And never I liked his judgment; and so doth it please me still To see thee restored to favour, and clad in these garments fair, As fitting thy state, O Lady! since woe thou o'er-long didst bear.' And she quoth, 'Now may God reward thee, O Sire! for these words so true, 865 That thy fame may wax the higher, and may blossom and bloom anew!' Then Jeschuté and her husband, the twain, she took by the hand, And forth from the circle led them, the maiden of fair Lalande. And near to the royal pavilion, where a stream from the meadow sprung, Stood her tent on the plain, and above it a wingèd dragon hung; 870 Half an apple it held in its clutches, and four ropes did it draw on high, E'en as if the tent it lifted, and aloft to the clouds would fly. And Orilus thereby knew it, for the self-same arms he bare, And beneath it would they disarm him--Then his sister so true and fair, She gave him due care and honour, and the vassals, each one they spake, 875 How the Red Knight's valour dauntless would Fame for its comrade take.