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Then the King said: "Tristan, now nothing longer holds To-morrow you shall die"

And Tristan answered: "Have mercy, Lord, in the name of God that suffered the Cross!"

But the felons called on the King to take vengeance, saying: "Do justice, King: take vengeance"

And Tristan went on, "Have ?-Truly, but for you, I would have sold h to cowards who, under your peace, have put hands on e to you I have yielded and you may do with me what you will But, lord, re's feet he still complained: "Remember the Queen; for if any man of your household make so bold as to maintain the lie that I loved her unlawfully I will stand up ar Sire, in the name of God the Lord, have mercy on her"

Then the barons bound him with ropes, and the Queen also But had Tristan known that trial by combat was to be denied him, certainly he would not have suffered it

For he trusted in God and knew no ainst him in the lists And truly he did well to trust in God, for though the felons mocked him when he said he had loved loyally, yet I call you to witness, my lords who read this, and who know of the philtre drunk upon the high seas, and who, understand whether his love were disloyalty indeed For , but God alone the heart, and in the heart alone is crie is God Therefore did He lay down the law that a ht uphold his cause by battle, and God hihts for the innocent in such a coht of battle and therefore was he careful to fail in nothing of the ho Mark, his lord

But had he knoas co, he would have killed the felons