It was King Gramoflanz’s custom to entertain great disdain to do battle with one man––now it seemed to him that six were taking up the fight there. Yet it was Parzival alone who was showing him defiance. He had given him a lesson in courtesy such as is still praised today––never again did he boast of such prestige that he would offer combat to two men, for one is granting him too much of it there!

Parzival