¶Capitulum xvij

ANd thenne at a day sette sire Tristram and sire Lam•¦rak mette at the welle / and thenne they took kehydi∣us at the fosters hous / and soo they rode with hym to the ship / where they lefte dame Brangwayne and Gouernayle and soo they sayled in to Cornewaile all holy to gyders / and by assent and enformacyon of dame Brangwayn whan thye were landed they rode vnto sire Dynas the seneschal / a trusty frende of sir Tristrams / and so dame Brangwayne and syre Dynas rode to the courte of kynge Marke / and told the que¦ne la Beale Isoud that sir tristram was nyghe her in that co∣untrey / thenne for very pure Ioye la beale Isoud swouned / & whan she myghte speke / she said gentyl knyʒt Seneschall help that I myght speke with hym / outher my herte wille brast / ¶ Thenne sir Dynas and dame Brangwayne broughte syr• tristram and kehydius pryuely vnto the • courte vnto a cham∣ber where as la beale Isoud hadde assygned hit / and to telle the ioyes that were betwixe la b•ale Isoud and sire tristram / there is no tonge can telle it / nor herte thynke hit / nor pen wry¦te hit / And as the Frensshe book maketh mencyon at the fyrst tyme that euer sir kehydius sawe la beale Isoud / he was soo enamoured vpon her / that for very pure loue he myghte neuer withdrawe hit / And at the last as ye shall here or the book be ended / sire Kehydius dyed for the loue of la beale Isoud / and thenne pryuely he wrote vnto her lettres and ballades of the moost goodlyest that were vsed in tho dayes / ¶ And whanne La beale Isoud vnderstood his letters she hadde pyte of his cō¦playnt / and vnauysed she wrote another letter to comforte hym with alle / And sire tristram was alle this whyle in a turret at the commaundement of la beale Isoud / and whan she my∣ght / she came vnto sire tristram / So on a day kynge Mark pla¦yed at the chesse vnder a chamber wyndowe / and at that tyme sire tristram and sire Kehydius were within the chamber ouer Kyng Marke / and as it myshapped sir tristram fonde the let¦ter that Kehydius s•nt vnto la beale Isoud / also he had foūd the letter that she wrote vnto Kehydius / & at that same tyme la Beale Isoud was in the same chamber / Thenne sir tristram Page  [unnumbered] came vnto la Beale Isoud and said / Madame here is a let∣ter that was sente vnto you / and here is the letter that ye sent vnto hym that sente you that letter / Allas madame the good loue that I haue loued you / and many landes and rychesse haue I forsaken for your loue / and now ye are a traytresse to me the whiche dothe me grete payne / but as for the sir kehydi∣us I broughte the oute of Bretayne in to this Coūtrey / and thy fader kynge Howel I wanne his landes / how be it I wed¦ded thy syster Isoud le blaunche maynys for the goodenes she dyd vnto me / And yet as I am t•ue knyghte she is a clene mayden for me / but wete thou wel syr Kehydius for this fals¦hede and treason thou hast done me / I wille reuenge hit vpon the / And there with alle sir Tristram drewe oute his swerd / and said sire kehydius kepe the / and thenne la Beale Isoud swouned to the erthe / And whanne sir kehydius sawe sir tris¦tram come vpon hym / he sawe none other bote / but lepte oute at a bay wyndowe euen ouer the hede where sat kynge • Marke pla¦yenge at the chesses / And whanne the kynge sawe one come hurlynge ouer his hede / he sayd / Felawe what arte thou / and what is the cause thou lepest oute at that wyndowe / ¶ My lord the kynge said Kehydius / hit fortuned me that I was a slepe in the wyndowe aboue your hede / and as I slepte I slommeryd / and soo I felle doune / And thus sir kehydius excused hym