A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court by Mark Twain Chapter 9 Page 11

earth. And Bagdemagus’s son Meliganus brake a spear

upon Sir Gareth mightily and knightly. And then Sir

Galahault the noble prince cried on high, Knight with

the many colors, well hast thou justed; now make thee

ready that I may just with thee.

Sir Gareth heard him,

and he gat a great spear, and so they encountered

together, and there the prince brake his spear; but Sir

Gareth smote him upon the left side of the helm, that

he reeled here and there, and he had fallen down had not

his men recovered him. Truly, said King Arthur, that