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Since you have left the matter in my hands, I say whoever can get possession of him let him keep him. SINCE YOU HAVE LEFT THE MATTER IN MY HANDS I SAY WHOEVER CAN GET POSSESSION OF HIM LET HIM KEEP HIM
o 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. 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." "Vassal," they say, "what business is this of yours? You must be mad to make any demand of us. If you do not like it, try and improve matters." Erec replies: "Indeed, I like it not, and you shall not lead him away so easily. 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 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 VASSAL THEY SAY WHAT BUSINESS IS THIS OF YOURS YOU MUST BE MAD TO MAKE ANY DEMAND OF US IF YOU DO NOT LIKE IT TRY AND IMPROVE MATTERS ERIC REPLIES INDEED I LIKE IT NOT AND YOU SHALL NOT LEAD HIM AWAY SO EASILY
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