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Sir Mordred
The daughter of King Anguish, and Tristram’s one great love. Isoud is married off to King Mark, but she never forgets Tristram, even forgiving him when he briefly forgets about her and marries someone else (Isoud les Blanches Mains). Isoud is subject to the desires of men, who are physically stronger and politically more powerful than she is, but she is also clever enough to find a way to fulfill her own wishes whenever she can. Her love story with Tristram provides a parallel to that between Launcelot and Guenever, and at one point these four are referred to as the only true “lovers” in the kingdom.
Isoud (La Beale Isoud) Quotes in Le Morte d’Arthur
The Le Morte d’Arthur quotes below are all either spoken by Isoud (La Beale Isoud) or refer to Isoud (La Beale Isoud). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 10
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But wit ye well Sir Palomides had envy heartily, for all that night he had never rest in his bed, but wailed and wept out of measure. So on the morn Sir Tristram, Gareth, and Dinadan arose early, and then they went unto Sir Palomides’ chamber, and there they found him fast asleep, for he had all night watched, and it was seen upon his cheeks that he had wept full sore. Say nothing, said Sir Tristram, for I am sure he hath taken anger and sorrow for the rebuke that I gave to him, and La Beale Isoud.
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Isoud (La Beale Isoud) Quotes in Le Morte d’Arthur
The Le Morte d’Arthur quotes below are all either spoken by Isoud (La Beale Isoud) or refer to Isoud (La Beale Isoud). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 10
Quotes
But wit ye well Sir Palomides had envy heartily, for all that night he had never rest in his bed, but wailed and wept out of measure. So on the morn Sir Tristram, Gareth, and Dinadan arose early, and then they went unto Sir Palomides’ chamber, and there they found him fast asleep, for he had all night watched, and it was seen upon his cheeks that he had wept full sore. Say nothing, said Sir Tristram, for I am sure he hath taken anger and sorrow for the rebuke that I gave to him, and La Beale Isoud.
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