Then Dinadano shouted, "Tristano, do one of two things: either give me the head of that woman, or defend her!"

Tristano laughed heartily at those words, and turned the iron point of his lance backward, because he did not want to do Dinadano any harm. They rode hard against each other, but Tristano hit him with the stock end of the lance, and knocked him on to the ground, where he lay and complained greatly of the blow.

La Tavola Ritonda