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"Why," said he, "she whose hair this is; nor will I take another"

"And whence, lord King, coht it and from what land?"

"It comes, my lords, froht it me They know from what country it came"

Then the barons saw themselves mocked and cheated, and they turned with sneers to Tristan, for they thought him to have counselled the trick But Tristan, when he had looked on the Hair of Gold, re Mark, can you not see that the doubts of these lords shao seek the Lady with the Hair of Gold The search is perilous: never the less, my uncle, I would once more put my body and my life into peril for you; and that your barons may know I love you loyally, I take this oath, to die on the adventure or to bring back to this castle of Tintagel the Queen with that fair hair"

He fitted out a great ship and loaded it with corn and wine, with honey and all s; he h birth, chosen a the bravest, and he clothed them in coats of home-spun and in hair cloth so that they seeold and scarlet as for a great king's ers

When the ship had taken the sea the helmsman asked him: "Lord, to what land shall I steer?"

"Sir," said he, "steer for Ireland, straight for Whitehaven harbour"

At first Tristan made believe to the land coe hts and chess, and seeain price of corn, Tristan feared discovery and knew not how to pursue his quest

Now it chanced once upon the break of day that he heard a cry so terrible that one would have called it a demon's cry; nor had he ever heard a brute bellow in such wise, so awful and strange it seemed He called a woman who passed by the harbour, and said: "Tell me, lady, whence co"

"My lord," said she, "I will tell you truly It is the roar of a dragon the most terrible and dauntless upon earth Daily it leaves its den and stands at one of the gates of the city: Nor can any coiven up to it; and when it has her in its claws it devours her"