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Chapter X
”ThenSirGringamorsgaveSirGarethabaycourserthatwasapassinggoodhorse,withsurearmour,andanoblesword,wonbyhisfatherfromaheathentyrant.Andtheneveryknightmadehimreadyforthetournament.
SoonthedayoftheAssumption,whenmassandmatinsweresaid,theheraldsblewtheirtrumpetsandsoundedforthetourney.AnoncameouttheknightsofthecastleandtheknightsofKingArthur,andmatchedthemselvestogether.
ThenSirEpinogris,sonoftheKingofNorthumberland,aknightofthecastle,encounteredSirEwaine,andbothbrokeofftheirspearsshorttotheirhands.ThencameSirPalomedesfromthecastle,andmetSirGawain,andtheysohardlysmoteeachother,thatbothknightsandhorsesfelltotheearth.ThenSirTristram,fromthecastle,encounteredwithSirBedivere,andsmotehimtotheearth,horseandman.ThentheKnightoftheRedlandsandSirGarethmetwithSirBorsandSirBleoberis;andtheKnightoftheRedlandsandSirBorssmotetogethersohardthattheirspearsburst,andtheirhorsesfellgrovellingtotheground.AndSirBleoberisbrakehisspearuponSirGareth,buthimselfwashurledupontheground.WhenSirGalihodinsawthat,hebadeSirGarethkeephim,butSirGarethlightlysmotehimtotheearth.ThenSirGalihudgotaspeartoavengehisbrother,butwasservedinlikemanner.AndSirDinadam,andhisbrotherLa-cote-male-taile,andSirSagramourleDesirous,andDodinasleSavage,heboredownallwithonespear.