Then Gaschier he grasped his bridle. 'Now checked will it be thy race, 625 So I tell thee upon mine honour, if the Angevin thou shalt face Who there my pledge hath taken. Sir Knight, thou shalt list my prayer And hearken unto my counsel; in Gamuret's hand I sware From strife aside to turn thee: stay thy steed then for my sake, For mighty is he in conflict!' Then aloud King Kailet spake, 630 'Is he Gamuret my cousin, and son unto King Gandein? Then I care not with him to battle, no foe shall he be of mine! Take thine hand from off my bridle'--'Nay, further thou shalt not fare Till mine eyes have first beheld thee, with thine head of the helmet bare, For _mine_ with blows is deafened!' Then his helmet the prince unbound. 635 And yet, tho' with him he fought not, Gamuret other foemen found. And the day had grown to high morning--And the folk who the joust might see Were glad at heart, and they gat them to their bulwarks right speedily, For he was as a net before them, and none might escape his hold. And he chose him another charger, so the tale unto me was told, 640 And it flew, and the earth it spurnèd, and its work could aright fulfil, Bold when the knight would battle, yet its speed could he check at will. And what would he do the rider? His valour I praise alway, For he rode where the Moorish army to the west by the sea-coast lay. Thence a prince, Rassalig men called him, forgat not each coming morn 645 (He was Assagog's richest hero, to riches and honour born Since he came of a royal lineage) to take from the camp his way He would fain joust before the city--But his strength it was quelled that day By Anjou's dauntless hero; and a dusky maid made moan (Since 'twas she who sent him hither) that her knight should be thus o'erthrown. 650 For a squire brought, without his bidding, to his master, brave Gamuret, A spear, with light reed-shaft fashioned, and its point 'gainst the Moor he set, And with it he smote the paynim from his steed down upon the sand, Nor longer he bade him lie there than as surety he pledged his hand. So the strife it had found its ending, and the hero had won him fame; 655 Then Gamuret saw eight banners toward the city that onward came, And he bade the conquered hero the force with his word to stay, And follow him to the city. And that word must he needs obey.