horseback, while a lady anxiously watches the outcome of the fray.
Just as Calidore rides up, the youth strikes down his opponent, a deed
of violence justified by the maiden, who explains how the man on
horseback was ill treating her when the youth came to her rescue.
Charmed by the courage displayed by an unarmed man, Sir Calidore
proposes to take the youth as his squire, and learns he is Tristram of
Lyonnesse, son of a king, and in quest of adventures.

Accompanied by this squire, who now wears the armor of the slain
knight, Sir Calidore journeys on, until he sees a knight sorely
wounded by the very man his new squire slew. They two convey this
wounded man to a neighboring castle, thereby earning the gratitude of
his companion, a lady mourning over his unconscious form.

The castle-owner, father of the distinguished wounded man, is so
grateful to his rescuers that he receives them with kindness. But he
cannot account for the presence of the lady who explains his son
loved her and often met her in the forest. After nursing her lover
until he is out of danger, Priscilla expresses a desire to return
home, but is at a loss how to account to her parents for her prolonged
absence. Sir Calidore, who volunteers to escort her, then suggests
that he bear to her father the head of the knight whom Tristram slew,
stating this villain was carrying her off when he rescued her. This
tale so completely blinds Priscilla's father that he joyfully welcomes
his daughter home, expressing great gratitude to her deliverers ere
they pass on.

Calidore and his squire have not journeyed far before they perceive a
knight and his lady sporting in the shade. So joyful and innocent do
they seem that the travellers gladly join them, and, while the men
converse together, Lady Serena strays out into a neighboring field to
gather flowers. While she is thus occupied the Blatant Beast pounces
upon her, and is about to bear her away when her cries startle her
companions. They immediately dart to her rescue. Calidore, arriving
first, forces the animal to drop poor Serena, then, knowing her
husband will attend to her, continues to pursue the fleeing monster.

On reaching his beloved Serena, Sir Calespine finds her so sorely
wounded that she requires immediate care. Tenderly placing her on his
horse, he supports her fainting form through the forest. During one of
their brief halts, he suddenly sees a bear carrying an infant, so
rushes after the animal t