pass this way.
Whether ask ye jousts, by love or by hate? The knight answered: Wit ye
well I ask it for love, and not for hate. It may well be so, said Sir
Dinadan, but ye proffer me hard love when ye will joust with me with a
sharp spear. But, fair knight, said Sir Dinadan, sith ye will joust with
me, meet with me in the court of King Arthur, and there shall I joust
with you. Well, said the knight, sith ye will not joust with me, I pray
you tell me your name. Sir knight, said he, my name is Sir Dinadan. Ah,
said the knight, full well know I you for a good knight and a gentle,
and wit you well I love you heartily. Then shall there be no jousts,
said Dinadan, betwixt us. So they departed. And the same day he came to
Camelot, where lay King Arthur. And there he saluted the king and the
queen, Sir Launcelot, and Sir Tristram; and all the court was glad of
Sir Dinadan, for he was gentle, wise, and courteous, and a good knight.
And in especial, the valiant knight Sir Tristram loved Sir Dinadan
passing well above all other knights save Sir Launcelot.

Then the king asked Sir Dinadan what adventures he had seen. Sir, said
Dinadan, I have seen many adventures, and of some King Mark knoweth,
but not all. Then the king hearkened Sir Dinadan, how he told that Sir
Palomides and he were afore the castle of Morgan le Fay, and how
Sir Lamorak took the jousts afore them, and how he forjousted twelve
knights, and of them four he slew, and how after he smote down Sir
Palomides and me both. I may not believe that, said the king, for
Sir Palomides is a passing good knight. That is very truth, said Sir
Dinadan, but yet I saw him better proved, hand for hand. And then he
told the king all that battle, and how Sir Palomides was more weaker,
and more hurt, and more lost of his blood. And without doubt, said Sir
Dinadan, had the battle longer lasted, Palomides had been slain. O Jesu,
said King Arthur, this is to me a great marvel. Sir, said Tristram,
marvel ye nothing thereof, for at mine advice there is not a valianter
knight in the world living, for I know his might. And now I will say
you, I was never so weary of knight but if it were Sir Launcelot. And
there is no knight in the world except Sir Launcelot that did so well
as Sir Lamorak. So God me help, said the king, I would that knight, Sir
Lamorak, came to this Court. Sir, said Dinadan, he will be here in short
space, and Sir Palomides both, but I fear that Palomides may not yet
travel.