Oh, I know I wrastle with a Lyonesse: to imprison her And force her too't I dare not.

Then he said: "Well, if there is no knight in Cornwall who hath the will to defend his King, then is there a knight of Lyonesse who will do so because he received knighthood at the hands of the King of Cornwall."

As for my name, since you ask it of me, upon my knighthood I am not ashamed to tell you that I am hight Sir Tristram, and that I am King Meliadus' son of Lyonesse.

"Lord," said Sir Tristram, "I am a very young knight hight Tristram, and I am the son of King Meliadus of Lyonesse and the Lady Elizabeth, sister unto King Mark of Cornwall.

" "Sir," said Sir Tristram, "I am very willing to tell you my name and my station; I am Sir Tristram, the son of King Meliadus of Lyonesse.

My name is Sir Tristram of Lyonesse, and I am the son of King Meliadus of that land whereby I have my surname.

For the great king held him by the hand and lifted him up, and he said, "Sir, are you Sir Tristram of Lyonesse?" "Yea," said Sir Tristram, "I am he."

After that, King Arthur spake to Sir Tristram about many things, and chiefly about King Meliadus, the father of Sir Tristram, and about the court of Lyonesse.

For Sir Tristram of Lyonesse came to me yesterday, and offered for to take this quarrel of mine upon him.

"Lord," answered he, "I am Sir Tristram of Lyonesse, and I am come to champion King Angus who sits beside you.

Sir Tristram said, "It is Tristram, surnamed of Lyonesse.

For this was the name that now was upon that seat: SIR TRISTRAM OF LYONESSE [Sidenote: Sir Tristram becomes knight of the Round Table]

For it was said that there were three knights that were the greatest in all of the world, and those three were Sir Launcelot of the Lake, Sir Tristram of Lyonesse, and Sir Lamorack of Gales.

I come to these parts seeking Sir Tristram of Lyonesse, of whose fame I hear told in every court of chivalry whither I go.

I am that very Sir Tristram of Lyonesse whom you seek.

Now I bid you who stand here to take this word to Sir Launcelot of the Lake; I bid ye tell Sir Launcelot that Sir Tristram of Lyonesse, having sworn brother-hood-in-arms to me, and being a fellow-knight of the Round Table, hath come against me when I was weary with battle and he was fresh.

Or rather be ruled by me and do not undertake this quest at all; for I misdoubt that anyone could conquer this huge and powerful champion, even if that knight were such as Sir Launcelot of the Lake or Sir Tristram of Lyonesse.

"Well," said Sir Tristram, "then I may tell you that I am that Sir Tristram of Lyonesse of whom you spoke just now.

" Now when the lady found that the stranger she had taken in was Sir Tristram of Lyonesse, she made great exclamation of surprise and pleasure at having him at that place, for at that time all the world was talking of Sir Tristram's performances.

Yea; he is held to be a bigger knight than even Sir Launcelot of the Lake or Sir Tristram of Lyonesse or Sir Lamorack of Gales.

Therewith the damsel hurried away to the Lady Loise (and the lady was not a very great distance away) and she said: "Lady, yonder way there lieth a man by the forest side and I believe that it is Sir Tristram of Lyonesse.

'Swinburne's Tristram of Lyonesse, 9/-, less dis., 6/9.' All that this great poem of 'springtide passion with its fire and flowers' meant to Narcissus and his 'Thirteenth Maid' in the morning of their love, those that have loved too will hardly need telling, while those who have not could never understand, though I spake with the tongue of the poet himself.

I need not recall his "Knights of Logres and of Lyonesse," or resume his Euripidean garlands showered on Samson's grave.

CHASE, MARY ELLEN. Dawn in Lyonesse.

I. Lord of Lyonesse, wars against Morgan, 234; marries Blanchefleur, 235. II.