mariandose

Now this romance tells how King Arthur came hastening with all speed, brandishing the sword Marandois in his hand which he had won off King Rion, and that was worth all the swords in England put together, and he asked God, for sweet Mary’s sake, to let him prove that sword before he went to sleep. He spurred his horse onwards in search of adventures, and King Ban followed him, and so did King Bohort, and Naciens, Harvey de Rivel and Adragenis.

They soon came to where Goionar and Sadones, along with a knight of the Round Table, were battling against fifty-nine pagans. Our five, along with King Arthur, weighed in at once, like lions falling upon deer. King Arthur taught one a bitter lesson by cutting him in half, right down to the saddle. Another he beheaded, a third he sliced down to the waist. A fourth, he caught across the back with the edge of his sword and cut the man in two. King Arthur killed ten in the space of a short while with his new sword Marandois, which cut through flesh and armour without making any noise, not a single sound.

Of Arthure and Merlin - Translation by https://reflection.eleusinianm.co.uk/