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THE ROMANCE OF TRISTAN AND ISEULT

The Romance of Tristan & Iseult Drawn from the bestFrench Sources and
Retold by J. Bédier Rendered into English by H.Belloc

London: George Allen & Company, Ltd.
Ruskin House, Rathbone Place. Mcmxiii

“Le Roman de Tristan et Iseut,” by M. JosephBédier,
was crowned by the French Academy

Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & Co.

at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh

CONTENTS

PART THE FIRST

THE CHILDHOOD OF TRISTAN

My lords, if you would hear a high tale of love and of death,here is that of Tristan and Queen Iseult; how to their full joy,but to their sorrow also, they loved each other, and how at lastthey died of that love together upon one day; she by him and heby her.

Long ago, when Mark was King over Cornwall, Rivalen, King ofLyonesse, heard that Mark’s enemies waged war on him; so hecrossed the sea to bring him aid; and so faithfully did he servehim with counsel and sword that Mark gave him his sisterBlanchefleur, whom King Rivalen loved most marvellously.

He wedded her in Tintagel Minster, but hardly was she wed whenthe news came to him that his old enemy Duke Morgan had fallen onLyonesse and was wasting town and field. Then Rivalen manned hisships in haste, and took Blanchefleur with him to his far land;but she was with child. He landed below his castle of Kanoëland gave the Queen in ward to his Marshal Rohalt, and after thatset off to wage his war.

Blanchefleur waited for him continually, but he did not come