Such one saw I, said King Arthur, that is past two mile; what would ye with the beast?
said Arthur.

Sir, I have followed that beast long time, and killed mine horse, so would God I had another to follow my quest.

Right so came one with the king's horse, and when the knight saw the horse, he prayed the king to give him the horse: for I have followed this quest this twelvemonth, and either I shall achieve him, or bleed of the best blood of my body.

Pellinore, that time king, followed the Questing Beast, and after his death Sir Palamides followed it..