Sir, said they, here is a knight of this castle that hath been long among us, and right now he is slain with two knights, and for none other cause but that our knight said that Sir Launcelot were a better knight than Sir Gawaine.

That was a simple cause, said Sir Tristram, for to slay a good knight for to say well by his master.

That is little remedy to us, said the men of the town.

For an Sir Launcelot had been here soon we should have been revenged upon the false knights.
When Sir Tristram heard them say so he sent for his shield and for his spear, and lightly within a while he had overtaken them, and bade them turn and amend that they had misdone.

What amends wouldst thou have?
said the one knight.