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172 that the laces of the helmet broke, and Malvoisin, only saved from falling by being unhelmed, was declared vanquished like his companions.

In his fourth encounter with De Grantmesnil, the Disinherited Knight shewed as much courtesy as he had hitherto evinced courage and dexterity. De Grantmesnil's horse, which was young and violent, reared and plunged in the course of the career so as to disturb the rider's aim, and the stranger, declining to take the advantage which this accident afforded him, raised his lance, and passing his antagonist without touching him, wheeled his horse and rode again to his own end of the lists, offering his antagonist, by a herald, the chance of a second encounter. This De Grantmesnil declined, avowing himself vanquished as much by the courtesy as by the address of his opponent.

Ralph de Vipont summed up the list of the stranger's triumph, being hurled to the ground with such force, that the blood gushed from his nose and his mouth, and he was borne senseless from the lists.