ms were off,
Sir Tristram thought that he should know them.

Then said Sir Dinadan privily unto Sir Tristram: Sir, that is Sir
Launcelot du Lake that spake unto you first, and the other is my lord
King Arthur. Then, said Sir Tristram unto La Beale Isoud, Madam arise,
for here is my lord, King Arthur. Then the king and the queen kissed,
and Sir Launcelot and Sir Tristram braced either other in arms, and then
there was joy without measure; and at the request of La Beale Isoud,
King Arthur and Launcelot were unarmed, and then there was merry
talking. Madam, said Sir Arthur, it is many a day sithen that I have
desired to see you, for ye have been praised so far; and now I dare say
ye are the fairest that ever I saw, and Sir Tristram is as fair and as
good a knight as any that I know; therefore me beseemeth ye are well
beset together. Sir, God thank you, said the noble knight, Sir Tristram,
and Isoud; of your great goodness and largess ye are peerless. Thus they
talked of many things and of all the whole jousts. But for what cause,
said King Arthur, were ye, Sir Tristram, against us? Ye are a knight
of the Table Round; of right ye should have been with us. Sir, said Sir
Tristram, here is Dinadan, and Sir Gareth your own nephew, caused me to
be against you. My lord Arthur, said Gareth, I may well bear the blame,
but it were Sir Tristram's own deeds. That may I repent, said Dinadan,
for this unhappy Sir Tristram brought us to this tournament, and many
great buffets he caused us to have. Then the king and Launcelot laughed
that they might not sit.

What knight was that, said Arthur, that held you so short, this with the
shield of silver? Sir, said Sir Tristram, here he sitteth at this board.
What, said Arthur, was it Sir Palomides? Wit ye well it was he, said La
Beale Isoud. So God me help, said Arthur, that was unknightly done
of you of so good a knight, for I have heard many people call you a
courteous knight. Sir, said Palomides, I knew not Sir Tristram, for he
was so disguised. So God me help, said Launcelot, it may well be, for I
knew not Sir Tristram; but I marvel why ye turned on our party. That was
done for the same cause, said Launcelot. As for that, said Sir Tristram,
I have pardoned him, and I would be right loath to leave his fellowship,
for I love right well his company: so they left off and talked of other
things.

And in the evening King Arthur and Sir Launcelot departed unto their
lodging; but wit ye well Sir