I tell you now as I told you erst; for an they were twenty knights I shall beat them, and if I be beaten or slain then may ye revenge me.

And if ye think that I be weary, and ye have an appetite to joust with me, I shall find you jousting enough.

Sir, said Palomides, I said it not because I would joust with you, but meseemeth that ye have overmuch on hand.

And therefore, an ye were gentle, said the Knight with the Red Shield, ye should not proffer me shame; therefore I require you to joust with me, and ye shall find that I am not weary.

Sith ye require me, said Sir Palomides, take keep to yourself.