sword out of the grass and gave it back to Sir Blamor into his hands, and he said:  “Sir Knight, now thou art armed and I am entirely unarmed, and so thou hast me at thy mercy.  Now thou shalt either yield thyself to me or slay me as I stand here without any weapon; for I cannot now strike thee, and though I have overcome thee fairly yet thou hast it now in thy power to slay me.  So now do thy will with me in this matter.”

Then Sir Blamor was greatly astonished at the magnanimity of Sir Tristram, and he said, “Sir Knight, what is thy name?” Sir Tristram said, “It is Tristram, surnamed of Lyonesse.”

Upon this Sir Blamor came to Sir Tristram and put his arms about his shoulders, and he said:  “Tristram, I yield myself to thee, but in love and not in hate.  For I yield myself not because of thy strength of arms (and yet I believe there is no knight in the world, unless it be my cousin Sir Launcelot of the Lake, who is thy peer), but I yield me because of thy exceeding nobility.  Yet I would that I might only be satisfied that this King of Ireland is no traitor.”

“Messire,” said Sir Tristram, “of that I have assured myself very strongly ere I entered into this contest, wherefore I may now freely avouch upon mine own knightly word that he is innocent.”

“Then,” said Sir Blamor, “I also am satisfied, and I herewith withdraw all my impeachment against him.”

[Sidenote:  Sir Tristram and Sir Blamor are reconciled] Then those two noble, excellent knights took one another by the hand and went forward together to where King Arthur sat in high estate, and all those who looked on and beheld that reconciliation gave loud acclaim.  And when King Arthur beheld them coming thus, he arose from where he sat and met them and embraced them both, and he said:  “I do not believe that any king can have greater glory in his life than this, to have such knights about him as ye be.”

So ended this famous battle with great glory to Sir Tristram and yet with no disregard to that famous knight against whom he did battle.

After that, they and King Arthur and King Angus of Ireland and all the court went up unto the castle of Camelot, and there the two knights-combatant were bathed in tepid water and their wounds were searched and dressed and they were put at their ease in all ways that it was possible.

Now that very day, as they all sat at feast in the castle of Camelot, there came one with news that the name of Sir Tristram had suddenly appeared upon one of the seats of the Round Table.  So after they had ended their feast they all immediately went to see how that might be.  When they came to the pavilion of the Round Table, there, behold! was his name indeed upon that seat that had once been the seat of King Pellinore.  For this was the name that now was upon that seat: 

SIR TRISTRAM OF LYONESSE

[Sidenote:  Sir Tristram becomes knight of the Round Table] So the next day Sir Tristram was duly installed as a knight-companion of the Round Table with a great pomp and estate of circumstance, and a day or two after that he set sail for Ireland with King Angus, taking with him Gouvernail and those Cornish knights who were his companions.