2000 riddare dyker upp till slaget vid Lincoln men möter fyra gånger så många saxare. Från gryning till solnedgång täcks marken av blod. Sir Wynn villar bort sig i kalabaliken, emedan sir Aed och sir Gildas följer de tecken Gud uppenbarat för dem. Guds väg genom slagfäletet leder gruppen till hövding Octa och sir Aed beordrar alla att attackera...
Octa and Eosa raid the countryside around Malahaut but bypass it to march south against Logres, boasting they will claim Uther's enchanted sword for Eosa, to match Octa’s magical axe.
The British army, with roughly 2,000 knights and 5,000 foot, assembles at Lincoln, in Lindsey. All the great lords are present to do battle with the 10,000-strong Saxon army. Merlin had frightened the Saxons with omens.
After many hours of fighting, Duke Gorlois charges through the Saxons and brings low the giant warrior Eosa! The Saxon right flank routs!
Saxon center collapses and routs. This gives a great opportunity — to capture King Octa! When the center routs, the knights can see the Saxon King Octa on horseback, with several of his mounted heorthgeneats, and also his battle standard, a banner with a wolf’s head dripping blood, guarded by several well-armed heorthgeneats on foot.
Sirs Aed, Gildas, Siam, and Sionyn choose to attack King Octa, and succeed in capturing him.
The Saxon cousins are defeated and sent to London City in chains, along with many Saxon hostages.