And King Arthur rode in fast, for he had come from far away, while the other one waited for him holding his bludgeon; and King Arthur struck him so hard that the sharp tip of his lance went right through his shield and hauberk and broke apart the two panels of his hauberk on his left side, so that his blood spurted everywhere. For for all the battering Arthur did, he did not budge him from his saddle one bit, and his lance flew into splinters. And when King Rion felt that he was wounded, he gritted his teeth and rolled his eyes in his anger, and he raised his bludgeon to strike.

Vulgate Merlin