Was the cry at Lauds, with Dundagel men;

And forth they pricked upon Routorr side,

As goodly a raid as a king could ride.

Proud Gwennivar rode like a queen of the land,

With page and with squire at her bridle hand;

And the twice six knights of the stony ring,

They girded and guarded their Cornish king.

Then they halted their steeds at St Madron's cell:

And they stood by the monk of the cloisteredwell;

"Now off with your gauntlets," King Arthur he cried,