there
they were lodged at the device of King Arthur. And upon Michaelmas Day
the Bishop of Canterbury made the wedding betwixt Sir Gareth and the
Lady Lionesse with great solemnity. And King Arthur made Gaheris to
wed the Damosel Savage, that was Dame Linet; and King Arthur made Sir
Agravaine to wed Dame Lionesse's niece, a fair lady, her name was Dame
Laurel.

And so when this solemnization was done, then came in the Green Knight,
Sir Pertolepe, with thirty knights, and there he did homage and fealty
to Sir Gareth, and these knights to hold of him for evermore. Also Sir
Pertolepe said: I pray you that at this feast I may be your chamberlain.
With a good will, said Sir Gareth sith it liketh you to take so simple
an office. Then came in the Red Knight, with three score knights with
him, and did to Sir Gareth homage and fealty, and all those knights to
hold of him for evermore. And then this Sir Perimones prayed Sir Gareth
to grant him to be his chief butler at that high feast. I will well,
said Sir Gareth, that ye have this office, and it were better. Then came
in Sir Persant of Inde, with an hundred knights with him, and there he
did homage and fealty, and all his knights should do him service, and
hold their lands of him for ever; and there he prayed Sir Gareth to make
him his sewer-chief at the feast. I will well, said Sir Gareth, that
ye have it and it were better. Then came the Duke de la Rowse with an
hundred knights with him, and there he did homage and fealty to Sir
Gareth, and so to hold their lands of him for ever. And he required Sir
Gareth that he might serve him of the wine that day of that feast. I
will well, said Sir Gareth, and it were better. Then came in the Red
Knight of the Red Launds, that was Sir Ironside, and he brought with him
three hundred knights, and there he did homage and fealty, and all
these knights to hold their lands of him for ever. And then he asked Sir
Gareth to be his carver. I will well, said Sir Gareth, an it please you.

Then came into the court thirty ladies, and all they seemed widows, and
those thirty ladies brought with them many fair gentlewomen. And all
they kneeled down at once unto King Arthur and unto Sir Gareth, and
there all those ladies told the king how Sir Gareth delivered them
from the dolorous tower, and slew the Brown Knight without Pity: And
therefore we, and our heirs for evermore, will do homage unto Sir Gareth
of Orkney. So then the kings and queens, princes