ram, blessed be God ye have your life,
and now I am sure ye shall be discovered by this little brachet, for she
will never leave you. And also I am sure as soon as my lord, King Mark,
do know you he will banish you out of the country of Cornwall, or else
he will destroy you; for God's sake, mine own lord, grant King Mark his
will, and then draw you unto the court of King Arthur, for there are ye
beloved, and ever when I may I shall send unto you; and when ye list
ye may come to me, and at all times early and late I will be at your
commandment, to live as poor a life as ever did queen or lady. O Madam,
said Sir Tristram, go from me, for mickle anger and danger have I
escaped for your love.

CHAPTER XXII. How King Mark, by the advice of his council, banished Sir
Tristram out of Cornwall the term of ten years.

THEN the queen departed, but the brachet would not from him; and
therewithal came King Mark, and the brachet set upon him, and bayed
at them all. There withal Sir Andred spake and said: Sir, this is Sir
Tristram, I see by the brachet. Nay, said the king, I cannot suppose
that. Then the king asked him upon his faith what he was, and what was
his name. So God me help, said he, my name is Sir Tristram de Liones;
now do by me what ye list. Ah, said King Mark, me repenteth of your
recovery. And then he let call his barons to judge Sir Tristram to the
death. Then many of his barons would not assent thereto, and in especial
Sir Dinas, the Seneschal, and Sir Fergus. And so by the advice of them
all Sir Tristram was banished out of the country for ten year, and
thereupon he took his oath upon a book before the king and his barons.
And so he was made to depart out of the country of Cornwall; and there
were many barons brought him unto his ship, of the which some were his
friends and some his foes. And in the meanwhile there came a knight
of King Arthur's, his name was Dinadan, and his coming was for to seek
after Sir Tristram; then they showed him where he was armed at all
points going to the ship. Now fair knight, said Sir Dinadan, or ye pass
this court that ye will joust with me I require thee. With a good will,
said Sir Tristram, an these lords will give me leave. Then the barons
granted thereto, and so they ran together, and there Sir Tristram gave
Sir Dinadan a fall. And then he prayed Sir Tristram to give him leave to
go in his fellowship. Ye shall be right welcome, said then Sir Tristram.

And so they took their