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Pelleas
Sir Pelleas, lord of many isles, and noted for his great muscular strength. He fell in love with Lady Ettard, but the lady did not return his love. Sir Gawain promised to advocate his cause with the lady, but played him false. Sir Pelleas caught them in unseemly dalliance with each other, but forbore to kill them. By the power of enchantment, the lady was made to dote on Sir Pelleas; but the knight would have nothing to say to her, so she pined and died. After the Lady Ettard played him false, the Damsel of the Lake “rejoiced him, and they loved together during their whole lives.” Le Morte d'Arthur By Sir Thomas Malory. Pelleas and Ettarre in Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
"Then the queen prayed the four knights to leave their fighting, and she and they would not depart. Madam, said Sir Pelleas, we will do as ye do, for as for me I take no force of my life nor death. For as the French book saith, Sir Pelleas gave such buffets there that none armour might hold him." Le Morte d'Arthur By Sir Thomas Malory. Book XIX
*** Sir Pelleas must not be confounded with Sir Pelles
