not, yet it were great pity that I should see
Sir Palamides slain; for well I know by that time the end be done Sir
Palamides is but a dead knight: because he is not christened I would be
loath that he should die a Saracen. And therewithal she came down and
besought Sir Tristram to fight no more. Ah, madam, said he, what mean
you, will ye have me shamed? Well ye know I will be ruled by you. I will
not your dishonour, said La Beale Isoud, but I would that ye would for
my sake spare this unhappy Saracen Palamides. Madam, said Sir Tristram,
I will leave fighting at this time for your sake. Then she said to Sir
Palamides: This shall be your charge, that thou shalt go out of this
country while I am therein. I will obey your commandment, said Sir
Palamides, the which is sore against my will. Then take thy way, said La
Beale Isoud, unto the court of King Arthur, and there recommend me unto
Queen Guenever, and tell her that I send her word that there be within
this land but four lovers, that is, Sir Launcelot du Lake and Queen
Guenever, and Sir Tristram de Liones and Queen Isoud.

CHAPTER XXXII. How Sir Tristram brought Queen Isoud home, and of the
debate of King Mark and Sir Tristram.

AND so Sir Palamides departed with great heaviness. And Sir Tristram
took the queen and brought her again to King Mark, and then was there
made great joy of her home-coming. Who was cherished but Sir Tristram!
Then Sir Tristram let fetch Sir Lambegus, his knight, from the
forester's house, and it was long or he was whole, but at the last he
was well recovered. Thus they lived with joy and play a long while. But
ever Sir Andred, that was nigh cousin to Sir Tristram, lay in a watch
to wait betwixt Sir Tristram and La Beale Isoud, for to take them and
slander them. So upon a day Sir Tristram talked with La Beale Isoud in
a window, and that espied Sir Andred, and told it to the King. Then King
Mark took a sword in his hand and came to Sir Tristram, and called him
false traitor, and would have stricken him. But Sir Tristram was nigh
him, and ran under his sword, and took it out of his hand. And then
the King cried: Where are my knights and my men? I charge you slay this
traitor. But at that time there was not one would move for his words.
When Sir Tristram saw that there was not one would be against him, he
shook the sword to the king, and made countenance as though he would
have stricken him. And then King Mark fled, and Sir Tristram followed
h