wily
fighter, but at last Sir Marhaus smote off his right arm above the
elbow.

Then the giant fled and the knight after him, and so he drove him into
a water, but the giant was so high that he might not wade after him. And
then Sir Marhaus made the Earl Fergus' man to fetch him stones, and with
those stones the knight gave the giant many sore knocks, till at the
last he made him fall down into the water, and so was he there dead.
Then Sir Marhaus went unto the giant's castle, and there he delivered
twenty-four ladies and twelve knights out of the giant's prison, and
there he had great riches without number, so that the days of his life
he was never poor man. Then he returned to the Earl Fergus, the which
thanked him greatly, and would have given him half his lands, but he
would none take. So Sir Marhaus dwelled with the earl nigh half a year,
for he was sore bruised with the giant, and at the last he took his
leave. And as he rode by the way, he met with Sir Gawaine and Sir
Uwaine, and so by adventure he met with four knights of Arthur's court,
the first was Sir Sagramore le Desirous, Sir Osanna, Sir Dodinas le
Savage, and Sir Felot of Listinoise; and there Sir Marhaus with one
spear smote down these four knights, and hurt them sore. So he departed
to meet at his day aforeset.

CHAPTER XXVI. How Sir Uwaine rode with the damosel of sixty year of age,
and how he gat the prize at tourneying.

NOW turn we unto Sir Uwaine, that rode westward with his damosel of
three score winter of age, and she brought him thereas was a tournament
nigh the march of Wales. And at that tournament Sir Uwaine smote down
thirty knights, therefore was given him the prize, and that was a
gerfalcon, and a white steed trapped with cloth of gold. So then Sir
Uwaine did many strange adventures by the means of the old damosel, and
so she brought him to a lady that was called the Lady of the Rock, the
which was much courteous. So there were in the country two knights that
were brethren, and they were called two perilous knights, the one knight
hight Sir Edward of the Red Castle, and the other Sir Hue of the Red
Castle; and these two brethren had disherited the Lady of the Rock of a
barony of lands by their extortion. And as this knight was lodged with
this lady she made her complaint to him of these two knights.

Madam, said Sir Uwaine, they are to blame, for they do against the high
order of knighthood, and the oath that they made; and if it l