"Ha," saith he, "you are the Damsel of the Car, wherefore may you well seeth a tree far away from him, and underneath were three damsels him, great joy have they thereof and rise up to meet him. "Sir," say one day he cometh to the head of a forest, and he espied his way that Clamodos heareth the damsel and cometh thitherward. When they espied they, "Welcome may you be!" here?" saith he. of the valley that lay at a great depth. He looketh before him and "It is the one of a lion, and a lion, moreover, so fell and horrible stags harnessed to a car. them betimes a knight that durst convoy them through this strait pass. III. alighted, and one prayed God right heartily aloud that He would send were there we need fear no danger, for much courtesy is there in him tell me tidings of the knight of whom I am in quest." that never was none seen more cruel. And there is a knight with the lion between the two mountains that is right good knight and hardy and and valour." clear this pass, for no knight durst pass hereby." And the knight looketh and seeth in the shadow of the forest three fair for defending of his body. And a long space of time he rideth, until "Damsels," saith he, "Good adventure may you have! And whom await you "We await," saith the Mistress of the damsels, "some knight that shall "What is the pass; then, damsel?" saith he. comely. Howbeit none durst pass without great company of folk. But the knight that hath repair with the lion is seldom there, for so he ran between two mountains and saw that he had to pass along the midst