DINAS. I, too, did meet a man today At early dawn whom I first held to be Lord Tristram, nephew of King Mark. Since from the east I rode and thou, my Lord Denovalin, came through the Morois land From thy good castle in the west, and since Lubin stood as a central point between Us both, Lord Tristram must have been two-fold That in the east and in the west he crossed My path, and at the self-same hour, the road Of Lord Denovalin. This cannot be And so one of the men was not the true Lord Tristram; one of us was therefore wrong. And if 'twas one, then why not both My Lord Denovalin and I? MARK. Dinas, Had I not known thee from thy youth I might Have held thee guilty with Iseult! Has she Ensnared thee too with perjured oaths and false And lying countenance, that thou dost seek To die for her so eagerly? Thy hair Is gray like mine. Thou dreamest, man, Denovalin has pledged his word that he Has seen Lord Tristram! Ponder well ere thou Take up his downflung glove. 2D BARON. Yet Dinas may Be right. 3D BARON. I think so too. 5TH BARON. There cannot be Two Tristrams in the Morois wood. DENOVALIN (springing up). My Lords, I've pledged my word! Take heed unto your tongues! GANELUN. It seems but right to me that Queen Iseult Should not be put to death until the true Lord Tristram, quick or dead, be found. 2D BARON. Well said Lord Ganelun! 3D BARON. So think we all. King Mark! ISEULT. By God! my Lords, it is enough! ye sit Discussing here in calm indifference If I shall live or die, as though I were An animal! My race is nobly sprung; I will that ye bow down before my blood, Since ye do not bow down to womanhood! I will that ye permit me to return To my apartments and that ye do not Here keep me standing like a haltered beast! King Mark may let me know your will when ye Decide. And now I wish to go.