water-bridge

Toward the water-bridge they go, and as soon as they reach the bridge, they see my lord Gawain overturned and fallen from the bridge into the stream which is very deep.

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With their permission he goes away toward the water-bridge, and after him there followed a great company of knights.

Four Arthurian Romances de Troyes Chr��tien 1914

One is called the water-bridge, because the bridge is under water, and there is the same amount of water beneath it as above it, so that the bridge is exactly in the middle; and it is only a foot and a half in width and in thickness.

Four Arthurian Romances de Troyes Chr��tien 1914

"In truth," my lord Gawain replies, "both of them are hard and dangerous: I am not skilled in making such a choice, and hardly know which of them to take; but it is not right for me to hesitate when you have left the choice to me: I will choose the water-bridge."

Four Arthurian Romances de Troyes Chr��tien 1914

To which the damsel makes reply: "This road here is the most direct to the water-bridge, and that one yonder leads straight to the sword-bridge."

Four Arthurian Romances de Troyes Chr��tien 1914

They make long days 'journeys until they approach the water-bridge, but are still about a league from it.

Four Arthurian Romances de Troyes Chr��tien 1914

So they all take counsel, and the most reasonable and sensible agree on this, it seems: to go to the passage of the water-bridge, which is close by, to see if they can find my lord Gawain in wood or plain, and then with his advice search for Lancelot.

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