Presentlye upon that tree:
And bloody streames ranne from the kinge,
Ere to the duke returned hee.
Sir Lukyn then he thus bespake:
"Sir knighte, thou hast been faithfulle tryde;
Nowe take my sword [Excalibar],
That hangs so freelye by my syde,
"O take my sword Excalibar,
And there into the river throwe:
For here, henceforth, benethe this tree,