# HG changeset patch
# User cmlenz
# Date 1149418841 0
# Node ID 3dc28e1652732ea4924daee8ff2d7ef6362d3772
# Parent  ea47069a901c30649d13f3e0daa394203e4aba2d
Actually use the specified encoding in `Stream.render()`.

diff --git a/markup/core.py b/markup/core.py
--- a/markup/core.py
+++ b/markup/core.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         """
         output = u''.join(list(self.serialize(method=method, **kwargs)))
         if encoding is not None:
-            return output.encode('utf-8')
+            return output.encode(encoding)
         return output
 
     def select(self, path):