Sir Kay ordered Sir Dagonet, the fool of King Arthur’s court to go after La Cote Male Taile. Sir Kay ensured that Sir Dagonet was armed and on a horse. Sir Dagonet saw Sir La Cote Male Taile and he challenged him to a joust. Sir La Cote Male Taile wounded Sir Dagonet, eventually throwing him over the back of his horse. A maiden then said to La Cote Male Taile, “What a shame! Are you not ashamed in Arthur’s court, that they send a fool to get rid of you at the first joust?”  

As the maiden road off, along came Sir Bleoberis, who would joust La Cote Male Taile. Sir Bleoberis dismounted La Cote Male Taile. La Cote Male Taile rose up and withdrew his sword and shield. Sir Bleoberis de Ganis laughed and said, “Right now I will not fight you on foot!”

The maiden came and told La Cote Male Taile off by saying, “Turn again coward!”

He replied with, “Oh woman, I pray that you please do not make fun of me, my grief is enough, I will not ever call myself the worst knight when it is my horse fails me and I will call myself the worst night if I fall to Sir Bleoberis.”

La Cote male Taile rode with the woman for two days. By coincidence came Sir Palomides, who served La cote male Taile as Sir Bleoberis did. “Why are you here with me? You cannot even defeat a knight, if it were only Sir Dagonet,” the maiden asked.

“Okay woman, I am not as bad to lose to Sir Bleoberis or Sir Palomides, plus neither would fight me on foot.”

“How funny, they run to their horses for help, to fight a great knight like you.”

Meanwhile Sir Mordred showed up, who was one of Sir Gawaine’s brothers. Sir Mordred fell in with the maidens mysteries.  They journeyed across to the Castle of Orgulous. The custom here was that no knight would come by the castle without jousting or they would be poisoned. Two knights came out from the castle against Sir Mordred and La Cote Male Taile. Sir Mordred jousted but was hit off his horse by one of the knights. La Cote Male Taile jousted with the other, yet neither one hit the other. He turned and jousted with the one that wounded Sir Mordred and speared him from his horse. The other knight ran back toward the castle as La Cote Male Taile followed him and killed him as he entered the castle.

Written by: Mercedes Martinez, Class of ‘08