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King Arthur hath heard this as concerning his birth that he knew not, and is a little shamed thereof and confounded on account of Messire Gawain and Lancelot. He himself marvelleth much thereof, and much it misliketh him that the priest hath said so much. They lay the night in the hold, and so departed thence on the morrow when they had heard mass.
They of the land loved Lancelot well, as I tell you. King Arthur was at Cardoil, and so were his knights together with him. "Sir," saith he, "Where is Lancelot?" "Sir," saith the King to the knight, "He is not in this country." "By my head," saith the knight, "that misliketh me.
So let your King wot of it and give him my salutations and say that my daughter misliketh men and disliketh marriage." And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say. When it was the One Hundred and Thirty-first Night,
How shall the marriage be brought about, seeing it misliketh me to open the matter to him? 'He is yet more ardently in love and yet more desireful of her than she of him, answered Mariyeh; 'and I will so order the matter that he shall be unaware that his case is known to thee; but do not betray thyself, O King.
"Sir," saith the Knight of the Green Shield to Lancelot, "This castle was my brother's and is now mine, and much it misliketh me that it hath fallen to me on this wise. And the knight that reft it of my brother is of so great hardihood that he feareth no knight on live, and you will presently see him issue forth of this castle so soon as he shall perceive you."
"Damsel," saith the King, "Hereof may he well be sorry, but at the beginning I have heard say he did right well." "And who careth," saith the damsel, "for his good beginning when the end is bad? And much it misliketh me that so seemly knight and so worshipful man as are you should have the name of so evil a king." "Damsel," saith the King, "A man is not good by his name, but by his heart."
So they laid hold on their reins and mounted their horses, that made great leaping and went away a great gallop. Saith the younger damsel to her sister: "What think you of my knight, doth he not please you?" "Yea," saith the elder, "But sore misliketh me of Messire Gawain for that he is not minded to do as I would have him. But he shall yet aby it dear."
Whatever Iring ventured, they would all fain give him aid. Then the fiddler spied a mighty troop, that strode along well armed with Iring. Upon their heads they bare good helmets. At this bold Folker waxed a deal full wroth of mood. "See ye, friend Hagen, Iring striding yonder, who vowed to match you with his sword alone? How doth lying beseem a hero? Much that misliketh me.
She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that King Shahriman thus addressed the Wazir and Aziz, "Salute your King from me and inform him of what ye have heard, namely that my daughter misliketh marriage."
Never yet did knight so that harboured therein." But the more the damsel presseth him to disarm, the more it misliketh him, for the place seemeth him right dark and foul-seeming, wherefore will he not disarm nor disgarnish himself. "Sir," saith she, "Meseemeth you are suspicious of something, but no call have you to misdoubt of aught here within, for the place is quite safe.
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