LXXXIV.
“Her in this mansion, which his sire bestowed,
“He kept, and rarely issued from his rest:
“With him were lodged ten cavaliers, allowed
“Through France to be the boldest and the best.
“Hither, while in this castle he abode,
“Sir Tristram and a dame their course addrest:
“Whom from a furious giant, in her need,
“Short time before that gentle knight had freed.
LXXXV.
“Sir Tristram and his lady reached the Hall,
“When now the sun had Seville left behind.
“They for admission on the porter call,
“Since they for ten miles round no shelter find.
“But Clodion, that loved much, and was withal
“Sore jealous, was determined in his mind
“No stranger in his keep should ever inn,
“So long as that fair lady lodged therein.
LXXXVI.
“When, after long entreaties made in vain,
“The castellain refused to house the knight,
“He said, ‘What supplication cannot gain,
‘I hope to make thee do in thy despite;’
“And loudly challenged him, with all his train,
“Those ten which he maintained, to bloody fight;
“Offering, with levelled lance and lifted glaive,
“To prove Sir Clodion a discourteous knave;
