eason.

And so on the morn they all arose, and heard their mass and brake their
fast; and then they took their horses and rode on their way, and the
Green Knight conveyed them through the forest; and there the Green
Knight said, My lord Beaumains, I and these thirty knights shall be
always at your summons, both early and late, at your calling and whither
that ever ye will send us. It is well said, said Beaumains; when that I
call upon you ye must yield you unto King Arthur, and all your knights.
If that ye so command us, we shall be ready at all times, said the Green
Knight. Fie, fie upon thee, in the devil's name, said the damosel,
that any good knights should be obedient unto a kitchen knave. So
then departed the Green Knight and the damosel. And then she said unto
Beaumains, Why followest thou me, thou kitchen boy? Cast away thy shield
and thy spear, and flee away; yet I counsel thee betimes or thou
shalt say right soon, alas; for wert thou as wight as ever was Wade or
Launcelot, Tristram, or the good knight Sir Lamorak, thou shalt not pass
a pass here that is called the Pass Perilous. Damosel, said Beaumains,
who is afeard let him flee, for it were shame to turn again sithen I
have ridden so long with you. Well, said the damosel, ye shall soon,
whether ye will or not.

CHAPTER X. How the third brother, called the Red Knight, jousted and
fought against Beaumains, and how Beaumains overcame him.

SO within a while they saw a tower as white as any snow, well matchecold
all about, and double dyked. And over the tower gate there hung a fifty
shields of divers colours, and under that tower there was a fair meadow.
And therein were many knights and squires to behold, scaffolds and
pavilions; for there upon the morn should be a great tournament: and the
lord of the tower was in his castle and looked out at a window, and saw
a damosel, a dwarf, and a knight armed at all points. So God me help,
said the lord, with that knight will I joust, for I see that he is a
knight-errant. And so he armed him and horsed him hastily. And when he
was on horseback with his shield and his spear, it was all red, both
his horse and his harness, and all that to him longeth. And when that
he came nigh him he weened it had been his brother the Black Knight;
and then he cried aloud, Brother, what do ye in these marches? Nay, nay,
said the damosel, it is not he; this is but a kitchen knave that was
brought up for alms in King Arthur's court. N