Now that stream and lake of water above spoken of was near by, so Sir Percival brought Sir Lionel thither, holding him up as he walked; and there Sir Lionel refreshed himself.  Then, when he was revived a little, he turned his eyes very languidly upon Sir Percival, and he said:  “Percival, thou hast done to me this day what few knights have ever done before.  So all the glory that ever I have won is now thy glory because of this battle.  For thou hast overcome me in a fair quarrel and I have yielded myself unto thee, wherefore it is now thy right to command me to thy will.”

Then Percival said:  “Alas, dear Sir Knight!  It is not meet that I should lay command upon such as thou art.  But, if thou wilt do so, I beseech thee when thou art come to King Arthur’s court that thou wilt tell the King that I, who am his young knight Percival, have borne myself not unbecomingly in my battle with thee.  For this is the first battle, knight against knight, that I have undertaken in all of my life.  And I beseech thee that thou wilt greet Sir Kay the Seneschal, from me, and that thou wilt say to him that by and by I shall meet him and repay him that buffet which he gave to the damsel Yelande, the Dumb Maiden, in the Queen’s pavilion.”

Sir Lionel said:  “It shall be as thou sayst, and I will do thy bidding.  But, touching Sir Kay, I do not believe that he will take very much joy at thy message to him.  For he will find small pleasure in the thought of the payment of that buffet that thou hast promised to give him.”

[Sidenote:  Sir Percival goeth forward upon his adventure] Now, as the day by this time was waxing late, Sir Percival abided that night at that neatherd’s hut nigh to which this battle had been fought and there had his wounds bathed and dressed; and when the next morning had come he arose early, and saddled his horse, and rode forward upon his way.  And as he rode he was very well pleased at the thought of that battle he had fought with Sir Lionel, for he wist that he had obtained great credit to himself in that encounter, and he was aware, now that he had made trial of his strength against such a one as Sir Lionel, he must be one of the greatest knights of the world.  So his heart was uplifted with great joy and delight at that thought; that he was now a well-approved knight-champion, worthy of his knighthood.  Therefore he rode away for all that day, greatly rejoicing in spirit at the thought of what he had done the day before.

About the first slant of the afternoon Sir Percival came at last out of the woodlands and into a wide-open plain, very fertile and well tilled, with fields of wheat and rye abounding on all sides.  And he saw that in the midst of that plain there was a considerable lake, and that in the midst of that lake there was an island, and that upon the island there stood a fair noble castle, and he wist that that castle must be the castle of Beaurepaire.  So he rode down into that valley with some speed.