And strong spears they bare for his using--How then was he decked, the knight? With iron was his charger covered, as should serve for a shield in fight, And above lay another covering, nor heavy methinks it weighed, 575 'Twas a samite green; and his surcoat and blazoned coat were made Of Achmardi, green to look on, and in Araby fashioned fair, And no lie I tell, but the shield-thongs that the weight of the shield should bear Were of silk and gold untarnished, and jewel-bedecked their pride, And the boss of the shield was covered with red gold, in the furnace tried. 580 He served but for love's rewarding; sharp conflict he held it light; And the queen she looked from her window, with many a lady bright. And see, there Heuteger held him, who the prize ne'er had failed to gain; When he saw the knight draw nearer, in swift gallop across the plain, He thought, 'Now whence came this Frenchman? Who hither this knight hath sent? 585 If a _Moor_ I had thought this hero, my wit were to madness bent!' No whit they delayed the onslaught, from gallop to swifter flight Each man spurred amain his charger; and as fitting a valiant knight Nor one would evade the other, but would meet him in jousting fair, From brave Heuteger's spear the splinters flew high thro' the summer air, 590 But his foeman so well withstood him that he thrust him from off his steed Adown on the grass; but seldom might he win for his joust such meed! And his foe in his course rode o'er him, and trode him unto the ground, Yet he sprang up again, and valiant, fresh lust for the strife he found, But Gamuret's lance had pierced him thro' the arm, and he bade him yield, 595 And he knew he had found his master, and he spake from the foughten field, 'Now who shall have o'erthrown me?' and the victor he swiftly spake, 'Gamuret Angevin do men call me!' then he quoth, 'Thou my pledge canst take!'