So, Accolon saluted, they drew rein,

And spake their message,—for right over fain

Were they toward their sport,—that he might bare

Petition to that lady. But, not there

Was Arthur's sister, as they well must wot;

But now a se'nnight lay at Camelot,

Of Guenevere the guest; and there with her

Four other queens of farther Britain were:

Isoud of Ireland, she of Cornwall Queen,

King Mark's wife; who right rarely then was seen