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 292 The History of the Destruction

party, those outside, and thus show our might and our valour."

29. Lang thereupon strengthened himself in his saddle, and turned on a knight with his spear, and sent him rolling on the ground, horse and rider together, at one stroke, and his spear remained unbroken. He then turned on another knight, and did the same to him. He then entered the inner camp and attacked a third, whom he smote in the side and hurt him sore, so that he nearly died. When King Artus' knights beheld the mighty deeds of this knight they wondered at him, and praised him very highly, saying, — "how bravely the new knight had begun the fight." For all thought the two were the brothers from Askalot, knighted only that year, for both wore the red armour mentioned above.

30. Then one party of knights held together out of fear of the blows which the red knight dealt. Adelfot, the companion of Lane, encountered Estor de Mareis, brother of Messer Lang, and smote him with his spear. Estor turned upon him with his whole strength, and smote him so mightily with his spear that he rolled on the ground, together with his horse. The King's knights exclaimed joyously that one of the red knights was now felled to the ground. Lang, seeing his companion on the ground, was very wroth and angry, and he turned against Estor, and he dealt him such a fearful blow with his spear that he felled him down to the ground before Gallaorin of Galwes,^ so that he nearly brake in pieces. Lane did not know that he was his brother Estor, as his face was covered by the helmet and visor(?), and he said to Adelfot his companion, — " Now I have avenged thee." He then lifted him upon his horse, and brought him out of the place where the knights were jousting.

31. Galwan said to the King, — "I do not believe that the mighty blow which felled Estor to the ground came

^ Misspelt in Hebrew Galaodin of Gavlis.