He would have brandished it in the air the day before, had he not been afraid that Lasancis would then resort to his enchanted lance.

The knights began a cruel battle, such that after the first assault, Tristano's armor was again in shreds. But Tristano took his heavy mace and hit the knight on the head many times, so that he bent over the neck of his horse. Lasancis begged Tristano not to fight with the mace, but Tristano would not agree to this. Rather they began a second assault in which Tristano was wounded all over his body, so that the ground was stained with his blood, for the other knight was an excellent fighter. But Tristano, with that heavy mace, delivered such blows that even though he could not damage the armor, still he bruised bone and flesh very heavily and with great force made blood spurt out of his opponent's mouth and nose, even out of his eyes and ears.

He could hardly see for the huge blows Tristano gave him on the head, so the knight asked Tristano for a respite. Tristano, realizing why he wanted to do it, would not agree. He did no villainy in this, since he did out of fear and concern for all the good people in prison. He knew that this knight could not be beaten by force of arms in a fair fight, and for that reason was cruel beyond his nature.

The two knights fought on in this way, but Sir Lasancis could not last long against that heavy beating. Soon he let himself fall to the ground, claiming mercy from Tristano and admitting defeat.

La Tavola Ritonda