"Her in this mansion, which his sire bestowed,

  He kept, and rarely issued from his rest:

  With him were lodged ten cavaliers, allowed

  Through France to be the boldest and the best.

  Hither, while in this castle he abode,

  Sir Tristram and a dame their course addrest:

  Whom from a furious giant, in her need,

  Short time before that gentle knight had freed.