The Incorporated Knight

Copyright page

THE

INCORPORATED

KNIGHT

L. Sprague and

Catherine

Crook

de Camp

Distributed in Canada by PaperJacks Ltd., a Licensee

of the trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

THE INCORPORATED KNIGHT

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

Copyright © 1987 by L. Sprague de Camp

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

A Baen Book

In Canada distributed by Paper Jacks Ltd.,

330 Steelcase Read, Markham, Ontario

First Baen printing, September 1988

Chapters I and II first appeared as the story "Two Yards of Dragon" in the anthology Flashing Swords! #3, copyright © 1976 by Lin Carter.

Chapter III first appeared as "The Coronet" in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, v. 51, n. 5, Nov. 1976, copyright © by Mercury Press, Inc.

Chapter IV first appeared as "Spider Love" in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, v. 53, n. 5, Nov. 1977, copyright © 1977 by Mercury Press, Inc.

Chapter V first appeared as "Eudoric's Unicorn" in the anthology The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 3, copyright © 1977 by Daw Books, Inc.

All these stories have been revised for the present volume.

ISBN: 0-671-65435-7

Cover art by Dan Home

Printed in Canada

Distributed by

SIMON & SCHUSTER

1230 Avenue of the Americas

New York, N.Y. 10020