_How Sir Launcelot made La Cote Male Taile lord of the castle of
Pendragon, and after was made knight of the Round Table._
And in the mean while there came Sir Kay the seneschal, and Sir
Brandiles, and anon they fellowshipped with them. And then within ten
days then departed those knights of king Arthur’s court from these
fortresses. And as Sir Launcelot came by the castle of Pendragon, there
he put Sir Brian de les isles from his lands, because he would never be
withold with king Arthur, and all that castle of Pendragon, and all the
lands thereof, he gave to Sir La Cote Male Taile. And then Sir
Launcelot sent for Sir Nerovens, that he made once knight, and he made
him to have all the rule of that castle and of that country under La
Cote Male Taile. And so they rode to Arthur’s court all wholly
together. And at Pentecost next following there was Sir Plenorius, and
Sir La Cote Male Taile, called otherwise by right Sir Breunor le Noire,
both made knights of the Table Round, and great lands king Arthur gave
them; and there Breunor le Noire wedded that damsel Maledisant. And
after she was called Beauvivante: but ever after for the more part he
was called La Cote Male Taile, and he proved a passing noble knight and
mighty, and many worshipful deeds he did after in his life, and Sir
Plenorius proved a noble knight and full of prowess. And all the days
of their life for the most part they awaited upon Sir Launcelot. And
Sir Plenorius’s brethren were ever knights of king Arthur. And also as
the French book maketh mention, Sir La Cote Male Taile avenged his
father’s death.