HowArthurtookuponhmtofghttobedelveredoutofprson,andalsofortodelvertwentyknghtsthatwerenprson。
WHATareyethatsocomplan?sadKngArthur。Webeheretwentyknghts,prsoners,sadthey,andsomeofushavelanheresevenyear,andsomemoreandsomeless。Forwhatcause?
sadArthur。Weshalltellyou,sadtheknghts;thslordofthscastle,hsnamesSrDamas,andhesthefalsestknghtthatlveth,andfulloftreason,andaverycowardasanylveth,andhehathayoungerbrother,agoodknghtofprowess,hsnamesSrOntzlake;andthstratorDamas,theelderbrotherwllgvehmnopartofhslvelhood,butasSrOntzlakekeepeththoroughprowessofhshands,andsohekeepethfromhmafullfarmanorandarch,andtherenSrOntzlakedwellethworshpfully,andswellbelovedofallpeople。AndthsSrDamas,ourmastersasevlbeloved,forheswthoutmercy,andhesacoward,andgreatwarhathbeenbetwxtthemboth,butOntzlakehatheverthebetter,andeverheprofferethSrDamastofghtforthelvelhood,bodyforbody,buthewllnotdo;other-elsetofndaknghttofghtforhm。
UntothatSrDamashadgrantedtofndaknght,buthessoevlbelovedandhated,thattheresneveraknghtwllfghtforhm。AndwhenDamassawths,thattherewasneveraknghtwouldfghtforhm,hehathdalylanawatwthmanyknghtswthhm,andtakenalltheknghtsnthscountrytoseeandespytheradventures,hehathtakenthembyforceandbroughtthemtohsprson。Andsohetookusseparatelyaswerodeonouradventures,andmanygoodknghtshavedednthsprsonforhunger,tothenumberofeghteenknghts;andfanyofusallthatheres,orhathbeen,wouldhavefoughtenwthhsbrotherOntzlake,hewouldhavedelveredus,butforbecausethsDamasssofalseandsofulloftreasonwewouldneverfghtforhmtodefort。Andwebesoleanforhungerthatunnethewemaystandonourfeet。Goddelveryou,forhsmercy,sadArthur。
Anon,therewthaltherecameadamoseluntoArthur,andaskedhm,Whatcheer?cannotsay,sadhe。Sr,sadshe,anyewllfghtformylord,yeshallbedelveredoutofprson,andelseyeescapeneverthelfe。Now,sadArthur,thatshard,yethadlefertofghtwthaknghtthantodenprson;