VII
‘I’le never sleepe one night there as I doe another
’Till that round table I see:
Sir Marramiles and Sir Tristeram,
Fellowes that ye shall bee.
VIII
[‘Sir Gawaine and Sir Bredbettle
Be fellowes eke with me,]
Weele be clad in palmers’ weede,
Five palmers we will bee;
IX
‘There is noe outlandish man will us abide,
Nor will us come nye.’
Then they rived[177] east and they rived west,
In many a strange countrỳ.
X
Then they tranckled[178] a litle further,
They saw a battle new sett:
‘Now, by my faith,’ saies noble King Arthur,
[‘These armies be well met.’]
After travelling in many strange lands they arrive at the castle of King Cornwall, not a great way from home.