But ill luck befell Perceval: as he landed his sword slipped from his grasp, and the knight who was bent on evil – and had already done so much – seized it and leapt back to his feet, clutching both their naked swords, and advanced on him. Perceval scrambled up at once, and almost died of anguish when he saw his sword in the knight’s hand. He came at him boldly, raising his shield to protect himself, but the knight had little fear of him now and began to show it: he knew how to use a sword, and dealt him such a blow in the side that he cut away a great chunk of flesh and the blood began to pour.

Gerbert's Continuation of Perceval