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You are driving him just as if he had been caught stealing. It is a monstrous insult to strip a knight naked, and then bind him and beat him so shamefully. Hand him over to me, I beg of you with all good will and courtesy. I have no wish to demand him of you forcibly." YOU ARE DRIVING HIM JUST AS IF HE HAD BEEN CAUGHT STEALING IT IS A MONSTROUS INSULT TO STRIP A KNIGHT NAKED AND THEN BIND HIM AND BEAT HIM SO SHAMEFULLY HAND HIM OVER TO ME I BEG OF YOU WITH ALL GOOD WILL AND COURTESY I HAVE NO WISH TO DEMAND HIM OF YOU FORCIBLY
 to discomfit those who intend evil toward her lover. (Vv. 4381-4579.) Erec went off along the trail, spurring his horse in pursuit of the giants. He followed in pursuit of them until he caught sight of them before they emerged from the wood; he saw the knight with bare limbs mounted naked on a nag, his hands and feet bound as if he were arrested for highway robbery. The giants had no lances, shields or whetted swords; but they both had clubs and scourges, with which they were beating him so cruelly that already they had cut the skin on his back to the bone. Down his sides and flanks the blood ran, so that the nag was all covered with blood down to the belly. [132] Erec came along alone after them. He was very sad and distressed about the knight whom he saw them treat so spitefully. Between two woods in an open field he came up with them, and asks: "My lords," says he, "for what crime do you treat this man so ill and lead him along like a common thief? You are treating him too cruelly. LY THAT HE SHOULD GIVE HIM FORCE BY HIS COMMAND TO DISCOMFORT THOSE WHO INTEND EVIL TOWARD HER LOVER EREC WENT OFF ALONG THE TRAIL SPURRING HIS HORSE IN PURSUIT OF THE GIANTS HE FOLLOWED IN PURSUIT OF THEM UNTIL HE CAUGHT SIGHT OF THEM BEFORE THEY EMERGED FROM THE WOOD HE SAW THE KNIGHT WITH BARE LIMBS MOUNTED NAKED ON A NAG HIS HANDS AND FEET BOUND AS IF HE WERE ARRESTED FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERY THE GIANTS HAD NO LANCES SHIELDS OR WETTED SWORDS BUT THEY BOTH HAD CLUBS AND SCOURGES WITH WHICH THEY WERE BEATING HIM SO CRUELLY THAT ALREADY THEY HAD CUT THE SKIN ON HIS BACK TO THE BONE DOWN HIS SIDES AND FLANKS THE BLOOD RAN SO THAT THE NAG WAS ALL COVERED WITH BLOOD DOWN TO THE BELLY EREC CAME ALONG ALONE AFTER THEM HE WAS VERY SAD AND DISTRESSED ABOUT THE KNIGHT WHOM HE SAW THEM TREAT SO SPITEFULLY BETWEEN TWO WOODS IN AN OPEN FIELD HE CAME UP WITH THEM AND ASKS MY LORD SAYS HE FOR WHAT CRIME DO YOU TREAT THIS MAN SO ILL AND LEAD HIM ALONG LIKE A COMMON THIEF YOU ARE TREATING HIM TOO CRUELLY
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