"It is that you abide in my court, and be one of my knights."

"That I am loath to do, for I have work laid out elsewhere."

"Yet you have passed your word. You shall not say me nay."

"Then be it as you will," said Tristram.

[Illustration: ADMISSION OF SIR TRISTRAM TO THE KING OF THE ROUND
TABLE.]

These words spoken, Arthur took Tristram by the hand and led him to the
Round Table, going with him round its circle, and looking into every
seat that lacked a knight. When at length he came to that in which Sir
Marhaus had formerly sat, he saw there engraved in letters of gold,
"This is the seat of the noble knight Sir Tristram."

Then Arthur made Tristram a Knight of the Round Table with noble
ceremony and great pomp, and with feasts that lasted many days. Glad
were all there to have a knight of such prowess and high esteem in their
company, and many friends Tristram made among his new brothers-in-arms.

But chief of all these was Lancelot, and for days together Lancelot and
Tristram kept genial company, while their brotherhood gave joy to all,
and most of all to King Arthur, who felt that the glory of his reign was
now at its height, and that two such knights as these would spread the
renown of the Round Table throughout the world.

END OF VOL. I.

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Transcriber's note:

Fifteen spelling errors have been corrected as follows:

Pg. 38 "Tintagel" to "Tintagil" (15) (the Duke of Tintagil)

Pg. 74 "churchyard" to "church-yard" (4) (near a church-yard)

Pg. 114 "way-side" to "wayside" (2) (they reached a wayside)

Pg. 166 "eat" to "ate" (of which Kay ate heartily)

Pg. 200 "vassels" to "vassals" (4) (dead or my vassals)

Pg. 206 "swept" to "wept" (wept for pity.)

Pg. 212 "therefor" to "therefore" (24) (and sureties therefore.")

Pg. 223 "Badgemagus" to "Bagdemagus" (11) (King Bagdemagus)

Pg. 246 "togther" to "together" (together in furious)

Pg. 281 "threatingly" to "threateningly" (shook the sword
threateningly)

Pg. 284 "say" to "saw" (when he saw him coming)

Pg. 287 "beleagured" to "beleaguered" (a hundred beleaguered him)

Pg. 291 "is" to "if" (seemed as if she returned his love)

Pg. 298 "Taulurd" to "Taulard" (2) (brother to that Taulard)

Pg. 336 "wellnigh" to "well-nigh" (2) (he well-nigh lost his wits)

The following list of similar words appear in the original text and
have