Chapter 1. The Treachery Of King Mark
_ CHAPTER I. THE TREACHERY OF KING MARK
The story of Tristram‘s valorous deeds, and of the high honor in which he was held at Camelot, in good time came to Cornwall, where it filled King Mark‘s soul with revengeful fury, and stirred the heart of La Belle Isolde to the warmest love. The coward king, indeed, in his jealous hatred of his nephew, set out in disguise for England, with murderous designs against Tristram should an opportunity occur.
Many things happened to him there, and he was brought into deep disgrace, but the story of his adventures may be passed over in brief review, lest the reader should find it wearisome.
Not far had he ridden on English soil before he met with Dinadan, who, in his jesting humor, soon played him a merry trick. For he arrayed Dagonet, the king‘s fool, in a suit of armor, which he made Mark believe was Lancelot‘s. Thus prepared, Dagonet rode to meet him and challenged him to a joust. But King Mark, on se

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