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How King Arthur made King Mark to be accorded with Sir.
Tristram, and how they departed toward Cornwall.
NOW pass we our matter, and leave we Sir Gawaine, and speak of King Arthur, that on a day said unto King Mark: Sir, I pray you give me a gift that I shall ask you.

Sir, said King Mark, I will give you whatsomever ye desire an it be in my power.

Sir, gramercy, said Arthur.
This I will ask you, that ye will be good lord unto Sir Tristram, for he is a man of great honour; and that ye will take him with you into Cornwall, and let him see his friends, and there cherish him for my sake.

Sir, said King Mark, I promise you by the faith of my body, and by the faith that I owe to God and to you, I shall worship him for your sake in all that I can or may.