Le Morte d'Arthur/Volume I/Book VIII

by Thomas Malory

Chapters (not listed in original)

• Chapter I: How Sir Tristram de Liones was born, and how his mother died at his birth, wherefore she named him Tristram
• Chapter II: How the stepmother of Sir Tristram had ordained poison for to have poisoned Sir Tristram
• Chapter III: How Sir Tristram was sent into France, and had one to govern him named Gouvernail, and how he learned to harp, hawk, and hunt
• Chapter IV: How Sir Marhaus came out of Ireland for to ask truage of Cornwall, or else he would fight therefore
• Chapter V: How Tristram enterprized the battle to fight for the truage of Corn wall, and how he was made knight
• Chapter VI: How Sir Tristram arrived into the Island for to furnish the battle with Sir Marhaus
• Chapter VII: How Sir Tristram fought against Sir Marhaus and achieved his battle, and how Sir Marhaus fled to his ship
• Chapter VIII: How Sir Marhaus after that he was arrived in Ireland died of the stroke that Sir Tristram had given him, and how Tristram was hurt
• Chapter IX: How Sir Tristram was put to the keeping of La Beale Isoud first for to be healed of his wound
• Chapter X: How Sir Tristram won the degree at a tournament in Ireland, and there made Palamides to bear no harness in a year
• Chapter XI: How the queen espied that Sir Tristram had slain her brother Sir Marhaus by his sword, and in what jeopardy he was
• Chapter XII: How Sir Tristram departed from the king and La Beale Isoud out of Ireland for to come into Cornwall
• Chapter XIII: How Sir Tristram and King Mark hurted each other for the love of a knight's wife
• Chapter XIV: How Sir Tristram lay with the lady, and how her husband fought with Sir Tristram
• Chapter XV: How Sir Bleoberis demanded the fairest lady in King Mark's court, whom he took away, and how he was fought with
• Chapter XVI: How Sir Tristram fought with two knights of the Round Table
• Chapter XVII: How Sir Tristram fought with Sir Bleoberis for a lady, and how the lady was put to choice to whom she would go
• Chapter XVIII: How the lady forsook Sir Tristram and abode with Sir Bleoberis, and how she desired to go to her husband
• Chapter XIX: How King Mark sent Sir Tristram for La Beale Isoud toward Ireland, and how by fortune he arrived into England
• Chapter XX: How King Anguish of Ireland was summoned to come to King Arthur's court for treason
• Chapter XXI: How Sir Tristram rescued a child from a knight, and how Gouvernail told him of King Anguish
• Chapter XXII: How Sir Tristram fought for Sir Anguish and overcame his adversary, and how his adversary would never yield him
• Chapter XXIII: How Sir Blamore desired Tristram to slay him, and how Sir Tristram spared him, and how they took appointment
• Chapter XXIV: How Sir Tristram demanded La Beale Isoud for King Mark, and how Sir Tristram and Isoud drank the love drink
• Chapter XXV: How Sir Tristram and Isoud were in prison, and how he fought for her beauty, and smote off another lady's head
• Chapter XXVI: How Sir Tristram fought with Sir Breunor, and at the last smote off his head
• Chapter XXVII: How Sir Galahad fought with Sir Tristram, and how Sir Tristram yielded him and promised to fellowship with Launcelot
• Chapter XXVIII: How Sir Launcelot met with Sir Carados bearing away Sir Gawaine, and of the rescue of Sir Gawaine
• Chapter XXIX: Of the wedding of King Mark to La Beale Isoud, and of Bragwaine her maid, and of Palamides
• Chapter XXX: How Palamides demanded Queen Isoud, and how Lambegus rode after to rescue her, and of the escape of Isoud
• Chapter XXXI: How Sir Tristram rode after Palamides, and how he found him and fought with him, and by the means of Isoud the battle ceased
• Chapter XXXII: How Sir Tristram brought Queen Isoud home, and of the debate of King Mark and Sir Tristram
• Chapter XXXIII: How Sir Lamorak jousted with thirty knights, and Sir Tristram at the request of King Mark smote his horse down
• Chapter XXXIV: How Sir Lamorak sent an horn to King Mark in despite of Sir Tristram, and how Sir Tristram was driven into a chapel
• Chapter XXXV: How Sir Tristram was holpen by his men, and of Queen Isoud which was put in a lazar-cote, and how Tristram was hurt
• Chapter XXXVI: How Sir Tristram served in war King Howel of Brittany, and slew his adversary in the field
• Chapter XXXVII: How Sir Suppinabiles told Sir Tristram how he was defamed in the court of King Arthur, and of Sir Lamorak
• Chapter XXXVIII: How Sir Tristram and his wife arrived in Wales, and how he met there with Sir Lamorak
• Chapter XXXIX: How Sir Tristram fought with Sir Nabon, and overcame him, and made Sir Segwarides lord of the isle
• Chapter XL: How Sir Lamorak departed from Sir Tristram, and how he met with Sir Frol, and after with Sir Launcelot
• Chapter XLI: How Sir Lamorak slew Sir Frol, and of the courteous fighting with Sir Belliance his brother