Peredur and the Chessmen.
"What complaint hast thou against me, maiden?" said Peredur.
"That thou hast occasioned unto the empress the loss of her chessboard, which she would not have lost for all her empire. And the way in which thou mayest recover the chessboard is to repair to the Castle of Ysbidinongyl, where is a black man who lays waste the dominions of the empress; and, if thou canst slay him, thou wilt recover the chessboard. But, if thou goest there, thou wilt not return alive."
"Wilt thou direct me thither?" said Peredur.
"I will show thee the way," she replied.
So he went to the Castle of Ysbidinongyl, and he fought with the black man. And the black man besought mercy of Peredur.
"Mercy will I grant thee," said he, "on condition that thou cause the chessboard to be restored to the place where it was when I entered the hall."
Then the maiden came to him, and said, "The malediction of Heaven attend thee for thy work, since thou hast left that monster alive who lays waste all the possessions of the empress."