# How Epinogris complained by a well, and how Sir Palomides came and found him, and of their both sorrowing. explained — Le Morte d’Arthur

> Chapter companion for Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory.

## What happens

Sir Palomides, having parted from the two kings who gave him gifts, rides into a forest where he finds the wounded knight Epinogris lamenting by a well. Palomides shares his own greater sorrow over his unrequited love for La Beale Isoud and his lost fellowship with Sir Tristram, and the two knights commiserate together.

## Themes in this chapter

### Love and Adultery

Sir Palomides laments his unrequited love for La Beale Isoud, the wife of King Mark, highlighting the theme of adulterous longing.

### Fate and Tragedy

Both knights express deep sorrow and a sense of irreversible loss, underscoring the tragic fate that governs their loves and friendships.

## Character check-ins

### Sir Palomides

Finds Epinogris by a well and shares his sorrow over losing the fellowship of Sir Tristram and the love of La Beale Isoud.

### La Beale Isoud

The object of Sir Palomides' unrequited love; she rebuked him and he has lost her favor.

### Sir Tristram de Liones

Mentioned as the best knight who loves La Beale Isoud and as Palomides' former companion, now his mortal enemy.

## Key lines

> I love the fairest queen and lady that ever bare life, and wit ye well her name is La Beale Isoud, King Mark’s wife of Cornwall.

I am in love with the most beautiful queen who ever lived, La Beale Isoud, the wife of King Mark of Cornwall.

_Palomides confesses his love for Queen Isoud to Epinogris._

> I never espied that ever she loved me more than all the world, nor never had I pleasure with her, but the last day she gave me the greatest rebuke that ever I had, the which shall never go from my heart.

I never saw any sign that she loved me more than anyone else, nor did I ever enjoy her favor; in fact, she recently gave me the harshest rebuke I have ever received, and it will haunt me forever.

_Palomides describes the pain of unrequited love and the sting of Isoud's rebuke._

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