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To display his wealth and power, Bilis brought with him two kings who were also dwarfs and who were vassals of his, Grigoras and Glecidalan. TO DISPLAY HIS WEALTH AND POWER BRILLIS BROUGHT WITH HIM TWO KINGS WHO WERE ALSO DWARFS AND WHO WERE VASSALS OF HIS GRIGORIS AND GLACIDALEN
, and brought with him his two sons, Cadret and Coi--two much respected knights. Along with those whom I have named came King Ban of Gomeret, and he had in his company only young men, beardless as yet on chin and lip. A numerous and gay band he brought two hundred of them in his suite; and there was none, whoever he be, but had a falcon or tercel, a merlin or a sparrow-hawk, or some precious pigeon-hawk, golden or mewed. Kerrin, the old King of Riel, brought no youth, but rather three hundred companions of whom the youngest was seven score years old. Because of their great age, their heads were all as white as snow, and their beards reached down to their girdles. Arthur held them in great respect. The lord of the dwarfs came next, Bilis, the king of Antipodes. This king of whom I speak was a dwarf himself and own brother of Brien. Bilis, on the one hand, was the smallest of all the dwarfs, while his brother Brien was a half-foot or full palm taller than any other knight in the kingdom. SEL THE SCOTTISH KING AND BROUGHT WITH HIM HIS TWO SONS CADRET AND CROI TWO MUCH RESPECTED KNIGHTS ALONG WITH THOSE WHOM I HAVE NAMED CAME KING BAN AL UMMERA AND HE HAD IN HIS COMPANY ONLY YOUNG MEN BEARDLESS AS YET ON CHIN AND LIP A NUMEROUS AND GAY BAND HE BROUGHT TWO HUNDRED OF THEM IN HIS SUITE AND THERE WAS NONE WHOEVER HE BE BUT HAD A FALCON OR A TURSA A MERLIN OR A SPARROW HAWK OR SOME PRECIOUS PIGEON HAWK GOLDEN OR MARID CHARON THE OLD KING OF REAL BROUGHT NO YOUTH BUT RATHER THREE HUNDRED COMPANIONS OF WHOM THE YOUNGEST WAS SEVEN SCORE YEARS OLD BECAUSE OF THEIR GREAT AGE THEIR HEADS WERE ALL AS WHITE AS SNOW AND THEIR BEARDS REACHED DOWN TO THEIR GIRDLES ARTHUR HELD THEM IN GREAT RESPECT THE LORD OF THE DWARFS CAME NEXT PHYLLIS THE KING OF THE ANDROPODS THIS KING OF WHOM I SPEAK WAS A DWARF HIMSELF AND HIS OWN BROTHER OF BRION BRIAS ON ONE HAND WAS THE SMALLEST OF ALL THE DWARFS WHILE HIS BROTHER BRION WAS A HALF FOOT OR A FULL PALM TALLER THAN ANY OTHER KNIGHT IN THE KINGDOM
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