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BVt as the book sayth / kyng marke wold neuer stynte tyll he had slayne hym by treason / / and by Alys he gat a child that hyght Bellengerus le Beuse / and by good fortune he came to the courte of Kynge Arthur / and preued a passynge good Knyghte / and he reuenged his faders dethe for the fals Kynge Marke slewe bothe syre Tris••ram & Aly∣sander falsly and felo••sly / and hit happed so that Alysander hadde neuer grace ne fortune to come to Kynge Arthurs court For and he had comen to sire launcelot alle knyghtes sayd / that knewe hym / he was one of the strengest knyghtes that was in Arthurs dayes / and grete dole was made for hym Soo lete we of hym passe and torne we to another tale So hit bef••lle that ••ire Galahalt the haute prynce was lord of the countrey of Surluse / wherof came many good knyghtes / And this noble prynce was a passynge good man of armes and euer he helde a noble felaushyp to gyders / And thenne he came to Arthurs court / & told hym his entent / how this was his wyll / hou he wold lete crye a Iustes in the coūtrey of Sur¦luse / the whiche countrey was within the landes of kynge Ar¦thur / and there he axed leue to lete crye a Iustes / I wyl gy∣ue yow leue said Kynge Arthur / But wete thow wel sayd Kynge Arthur / I maye not be there / Syre said Quene Gue∣neuer please hit you to gyue me leue to be at that Iustes / with ryght good wille said Arthur / for sire Galahalt the haute prynce shall haue yow in gouernaunce / Syr said Galahalt I wille as ye wylle / sir thenne the quene I wille take with me and suche knyghtes as pleasen me best / do as ye lyst said ky∣nge Arthur / So anone she commaunded sire Launcelot to ma¦ke hym redy with suche knyghtes as he thought best / Soo in e∣uery good towne and castel of this land was made a crye / that in the countrey of Surluse syre Galahalt sholde make a Iustes that shold laste eyghte dayes / And how the haute pr∣ynce with the help of Quene Gueneuers knyghtes shold Iuste