" Then the knight at once rode into the fight and jousted
with a knight who was approaching him, striking him in the eye
with such violence that he knocked him lifeless to the ground.
Then the lad dismounts, and taking the dead knight's horse and
arms, he arms himself with skill and cleverness. When he was
armed, he straightway mounts, taking the shield and the lance,
which was heavy, stiff, and decorated, and about his waist he
girt a sharp, bright, and flashing sword. Then he followed his
brother and lord into the fight. The latter demeaned himself
bravely in the melee for some time, breaking, splitting, and
crushing shields, helmets and hauberks. No wood or steel
protected the man whom he struck; he either wounded him or
knocked him lifeless from the horse. Unassisted, he did so well
that he discomfited all whom he met, while his companions did
their part as well. The people of Logres, not knowing him, are
amazed at what they see, and ask the vavasor's sons about the
stranger knight. This reply is made to them: "Gentlemen, this is
he who is to deliver us all from durance and misery, in which we
have so long been confined, and we ought to do him great honour
when, to set us free, he has passed through so many perils and is
ready to face many more.
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