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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
FURTHER READING
EDITOR’S NOTE
Le Morte D’Arthur VOLUME II
Book X
CHAPTER 1: How Sir Tristram jousted, and smote down King Arthur, because he told him not the cause why he bare that shield
CHAPTER 2: How Sir Tristram saved Sir Palomides’ life, and How they promised to fight together within a fortnight
CHAPTER 3: How Sir Tristram sought a strong knight that had smitten him down, and many other knights of the Round Table
CHAPTER 4: How Sir Tristram smote down Sir Sagramorc le Desirous and Sir Dodinas le Savage
CHAPTER 5: How Sir Tristram met at the peron with Sir Launcelot, and How they fought together unknown
CHAPTER 6: How Sir Launcelot brought Sir Tristram to the court, and of the great joy that the king and other made for the coming of Sir Tristram
CHAPTER 7: How for the despite of Sir Tristram King Mark came with two knights into England, and how he slew one of the knights
CHAPTER 8: How the king came to a fountain where he found Sir Lamorak complaining for the love of King Lot’s wife
CHAPTER 9: How King Mark, Sir Lamorak, and Sir Dinadan came to a castle, and how King Mark was known there
CHAPTER 10: How Sir Berluse met with King Mark, and how Sir Dinadan took his part
CHAPTER 11: How King Mark mocked Sir Dinadan, and how they met with six knights of the Round Table
CHAPTER 12: How the six knights sent Sir Dagonet to joust with King Mark, and how King Mark refused him
CHAPTER 13: How Sir Palomides by adventure met King Mark fleeing, and how he overthrew Dagonet and other knights
CHAPTER 14: How King Mark and Sir Dinadan heard Sir Valomides making great sorrow and mourning for La Beale Isoud
CHAPTER 15: How King Mark had slain Sir Amant wrongfully tofore King Arthur, and Sir Launcelot fetched King Mark to King Arthur
CHAPTER 16: How Sir Dinadan told Sir Palomides of the battle between Sir Launcelot and Sir Tristram
CHAPTER 17: How Sir Lamorak jousted with divers knights of the castle wherein was Morgan le Fay
CHAPTER 18: How Sir Palomides would have jousted for Sir Latnorafe with the knights of the castle
CHAPTER 19: How Sir Lamorak jousted with Sir Palomides, and hurt him grievously
CHAPTER 20: How it was told Sir Launcelot that Dagonet chased King Mark, and how a knight overthrew him and six knights
CHAPTER 21: How King Arthur let do cry a jousts, and how Sir Lamorak came in, and overthrew Sir Gawain and many other
CHAPTER 22: How King Arthur made King Mark to be accorded with Sir Tristram, and how they departed toward Cornwall
CHAPTER 23: How Sir Percival was made knight of King Arthur, and how a dumb maid spake, and brought him to the Round Table
CHAPTER 24: How Sir Lamorak lay with King Lot’s wife, and how Sir Gaheris slew her which was his own mother
CHAPTER 25: How Sir Agravain and Sir Mordred met with a knight fleeing, and how they both were overthrown, and of Sir Dinadan
CHAPTER 26: How King Arthur, the queen, and Launcelot received letters out of Cornwall, and of the answer again
CHAPTER 27: How Sir Launcelot was wroth with the letter that he received from King Mark, and of Dinadan which made a lay of King Mark
CHAPTER 28: How Sir Tristram was hurt, and of a war made to King Mark; and of Sir Tristram how he promised to rescue him
CHAPTER 29: How Sir Tristram overcame the battle, and how Elias desired a man to fight body for body
CHAPTER 30: How Sir Elias and Sir Tristram fought together for the truage, and how Sir Tristram slew Elias in the field
CHAPTER 31: How at a great feast that King Mark made an harper came and sang the lay that Dinadan had made
CHAPTER 32: How King Mark slew by treason his brother Boudwin, for good service that he had done to him
CHAPTER 33: How Anglides, Boudwin’s wife, escaped with her young son, Alisander le Orphelin, and came to the Castle of Arundel
CHAPTER 34: How Anglides gave the bloody doublet to Alisander, her son, the same day that he was made knight, and the charge withal
CHAPTER 35: How it was told to King Mark of Alisander, and how he would have slain Sir Sadofe for saving of his life
CHAPTER 36: How Sir Alisander won the prize at a tournament, and of Morgan le Fay: and how he fought with Sir Malgrin, and slew him
CHAPTER 37: How Queen Morgan le Fay had Alisander in her castle, and how she healed his wounds
CHAPTER 38: How Alisander was delivered from the queen Morgan le Fay by the mean of a damosel
CHAPTER 39: How Alisander met with Alice la Beale Pilgrim, and how he jousted with two knights; and after of him and of Sir Mordred
CHAPTER 40: How Sir Galahaut did do cry a jousts in Surluse, and Queen Guenevefs knights should joust against all that would come
CHAPTER 41: How Sir Launcelot fought in the tournament, and how Sir Palomides did arms there for a damosel
CHAPTER 42: How Sir Galahaut and Palomides fought together, and of Sir Dinadan and Sir Galahaut
CHAPTER 43: How Sir Archade appelled Sir Palomides of treason, and how Sir Palomides slew him
CHAPTER 44: Of the third day, and how Sir Palomides jousted with Sir Lamorak, and other things
CHAPTER 45: Of the fourth day, and of many great feats of arms
CHAPTER 46: Of the fifth day, and how Sir Lamorak behaved him
CHAPTER 47: How Sir Palomides fought with Corsabrin for a lady, and how Palomides slew Corsabrin
CHAPTER 48: Of the sixth day, and what was then done
CHAPTER 49: Of the seventh battle, and how Sir Launcelot, being disguised like a maid, smote down Sir Dinadan
CHAPTER 50: How by treason Sir Tristram was brought to a tournament for to have been slain, and how he was put in prison
CHAPTER 51: How King Mark let do counterfeit letters from the Pope, and how Sir Percival delivered Sir Tristram out of prison
CHAPTER 52: How Sir Tristram and La Beale lsoud came into England, and how Sir Launcelot brought them to Joyous Gard
CHAPTER 53: How by the counsel of La Beak Isoud Sir Tristram rode armed, and how he met with Sir Palomides
CHAPTER 54: Of Sir Palomides, and how he met with Sir Bleoberis and with Sir Bctor, and of Sir Percival
CHAPTER 55: How Sir Tristram met with Sir Dinadan, and of their devices, and what he said to Sir Gawain’s brethren
CHAPTER 56: How Sir Tristram smote down Sir Agravain and Sir Gaheris, and how Sir Dinadan was sent for by La Beale Isoud
CHAPTER 57: How Sir Dinadan met with Sir Tristram, and with jousting with Sir Palomides, Sir Dinadan knew him
CHAPTER 58: How they approached the Castle Lonazep, and of other devices. Of the death of Sir Lamorak
CHAPTER 59: How they came to Humber bank, and how they found a ship there, wherein lay the body of King Hermanee
CHAPTER 60: How Sir Tristram with his fellowship came and were with an host which after fought with Sir Tristram; and other matters
CHAPTER 61: How Palomides went for to fight with two brethren for the death of King Hermanee
CHAPTER 62: The copy of the letter written for to revenge the king’s death, and how Sir Palomides fought for to have the battle
CHAPTER 63: Of the preparation of Sir Palomides and the two brethren that should fight with him
CHAPTER 64: Of the battle between Sir Palomides and the two brethren, and how the two brethren were slain
CHAPTER 65: How Sir Tristram and Sir Palomides met Breunis Saunce Pité, and how Sir Tristram and La Beale houd went unto Lonazep
CHAPTER 66: How Sir Palomides jousted with Sir Galihodin, and after with Sir Gawain, and smote them down
CHAPTER 67: How Sir Tristram and his fellowship came unto the Tournament of Lonazep; and of divers jousts and matters
CHAPTER 68: How Sir Tristram and his fellowship jousted, and of the noble feats that they did in that tourneying
CHAPTER 69: How Sir Tristram was unhorsed and smitten down by Sir Launcelot, and after that Sir Tristram smote down King Arthur
CHAPTER 70: How Sir Tristram changed his harness and it was all red, and how he demeaned him, and how Sir Palomides slew Launcelofs horse
CHAPTER 71: How Sir Launcelot said to Sir Palomides, and how the prize of that day was given unto Sir Palomides
CHAPTER 72: How Sir Dinadan provoked Sir Tristram to do well
CHAPTER 73: How King Arthur and Sir Launcelot came to see La Beale Isoud, and how Palomides smote down King Arthur
CHAPTER 74: How the second day Palomides forsook Sir Tristram and went to the contrary party against him
CHAPTER 75: How Sir Tristram departed out of the field, and awaked Sir Dinadan, and changed his array into black
CHAPTER 76: How Sir Palomides changed his shield and armour for to hurt Sir Tristram, and how Sir Launcelot did to Sir Tristram
CHAPTER 77: How Sir Tristram departed with La Beale Isoud, and how Falomides followed and excused him
CHAPTER 78: How King Arthur and Sir Launcelot came into their pavilions as they sat at supper, and of Palomides
CHAPTER 79: How Sir Tristram and Sir Palomides did the next day, and how King Arthur was unhorsed
CHAPTER 80: How Sir Tristram turned to King Arthur’s side, and how Sir Palomides would not
CHAPTER 81: How Sir Bleoberis and Sir Ector reported to Queen Guenever of the beauty of La Beale Isoud
CHAPTER 82: How Epinogrus complained by a well, and how Sir Falomides came and found him, and of their both sorrows
CHAPTER 83: How Sir Palotnides brought Sir Epinogrus his lady
CHAPTER 84: How Sir Palomides and Sir Safer were assailed
CHAPTER 85: How Sir Tristram made him ready to rescue Sir Palomides, but Sir Launcelot rescued him or he came
CHAPTER 86: How Sir Tristram and Sir Launcelot, with Palomides, came to Joyous Gard. Of Palomides and Sir Tristram
CHAPTER 87: How there was a day set between Sir Tristram and Sir Palomides for to fight, and how Sir Tristram was hurt
CHAPTER 88: How Sir Palomides kept his day for to have foughten, but Sir Tristram might not come; and other things
Book XI
CHAPTER 1: How Sir Launcelot rode on his adventure, and how he helped a dolorous lady from her pain, and how that he fought with a dragon
CHAPTER 2: How Sir Launcelot came to Pelles, and of the Sangrail, and how he begat Galahad on Elaine, King Pelles' daughter
CHAPTER 3: How Sir Launcelot was displeased when he knew that he had lain by Elaine, and how she was delivered of Galahad
CHAPTER 4: How Sir Bors came to Dame Elaine and saw Galahad, and how he was fed with the Sangrail
CHAPTER 5: How Sir Bors made Sir Pedivere to yield him, and of marvellous adventures that he had, and how he achieved them
CHAPTER 6: How Sir Bors departed; and How Sir Launcelot was rebuked of the queen Guenever, and of his excuse
CHAPTER 7: How Dame Elaine, Galahad's mother, came in great estate to Camelot, and how Launcelot behaved him there
CHAPTER 8: How Dame Brisen by enchantment brought Sir Launcelot to Dame Elaine's bed, and how Queen Guenever rebuked him
CHAPTER 9: How Dame Elaine was commanded by Queen Guenever to avoid the court, and how Sir Launcelot became mad
CHAPTER 10: What sorrow Queen Guenever made for Sir Launcelot, and how he was sought by knights of his kin
CHAPTER 11: How a servant of Sir Agloval's was shin, and what vengeance Sir Agloval and Sir Percival did therefore
CHAPTER 12: How Sir Fercival deported secretly from his brother, and how he loosed a knight bounden with a chain, and other things
CHAPTER 13: How Sir Percival met with Sir Ector, and How they fought long, and each had almost slain other
CHAPTER 14: How by miracle they were both made whole by the coming of the holy vessel of Sangrail
Book XII
CHAPTER 1: How Sir Launcelot in his madness took a sword and fought with a knight, and leapt into a bed
CHAPTER 2: How Sir Launcelot was carried in an horse litter, and after, Sir Launcelot rescued Sir Bliant, his host
CHAPTER 3: How Sir Launcelot fought against a boar and slew him, and how he was hurt, and brought to an hermitage
CHAPTER 4: How Sir Launcelot was known by Dame Elaine, and was borne into a chamber and after healed by the Sangrail
CHAPTER 5: How Sir Launcelot, after that he was whole and had his mind, he was ashamed, and how that Elaine desired a castle for him
CHAPTER 6: How Sir Launcelot came into the Joyous Isle, and there he named himself Le Chevaler Mal Fet
CHAPTER 7: Of a great tourneying in the Joyous Isle, and how Sir Percival and Sir Ector came thither, and Sir Percival fought with him
CHAPTER 8: How each of them knew other, and of their courtesy, and how his brother Ector came to him, and of their joy
CHAPTER 9: How Sir Bors and Sir Lionel came to King Brandegoris, and how Sir Bors took his son Helin le Blank, and of Sir Launcelot
CHAPTER 10: How Sir Launcelot with Sir Percival and Sir Ector came to the court, and of the great joy of him
CHAPTER 11: How La Beale Isoud counselled Sir Tristram to go unto the court, to the great feast of Pentecost
CHAPTER 12: How Sir Tristram departed unarmed and met with Sir Palomides, and how they smote each other, and how Sir Palomides forbare him
CHAPTER 13: How that Sir Tristram gat him harness of a knight which was hurt, and haw he overthrew Sir Palomides
CHAPTER 14: How Sir Tristram and Sir Palomides fought long together, and after accorded, and Sir Tristram made him to be christened
Book XIII
CHAPTER 1: How at the vigil of the feast of Pentecost entered into the hall before King Arthur a damosel, and desired Sir Launcelot for to come and dub a knight, and how he went with her
CHAPTER 2: How the letters were found written in the Siege Perilous, and of the marvellous adventure of the sword in a stone
CHAPTER 3: How Sir Gawain assayed to draw out the sword, and how an old man brought in Galahad
CHAPTER 4: How the old man brought Galahad to the Siege Perilous and set him therein, and how all the knights marvelled
CHAPTER 5: How King Arthur showed the stone hoving on the water to Galahad, and how he drew out the sword.
CHAPTER 6: How King Arthur had all the knights together for to joust in the meadow beside Winchester or they departed
CHAPTER 7: How the queen desired to see Galahad; and after, all the knights were replenished with the Holy Sangrail, and how all they avowed the enquest of the same
CHAPTER 8: How great sorrow was made of the king and lathes for the departing of the knights, and How they departed
CHAPTER 9: How Galahad gat him a shield, and how they sped that presumed to take down the said shield
CHAPTER 10: How Galahad departed with the shield, and how King Evelake had received this shield of Joseph of Aritnathea
CHAPTER 11: How Joseph made a cross on the white shield with his blood, and how Galahad was by a monk brought to a tomb
CHAPTER 12: Of the marvel that Sir Galahad saw and heard in the tomb, and how he made Melias knight
CHAPTER 13: Of the adventure that Melias had, and how Galahad revenged him, and how Melias was carried into an abbey
CHAPTER 14: How Galahad departed, and how he was commanded to go to the Castle of Maidens to destroy the wicked custom
CHAPTER 15: How Sir Galahad fought with the knights of the castle, and destroyed the wicked custom
CHAPTER 16: How Sir Gawain came to the abbey for to follow Galahad, and how he was shriven to an hermit
CHAPTER 17: How Sir Galahad met with Sir Launcelot and with Sir Percival, and smote them down, and departed from them
CHAPTER 18: How Sir Launcelot, half sleeping and half waking, saw a sick man borne in a litter, and how he was healed by the Sangrail
CHAPTER 19: How a voice spake to Sir Launcelot, and how he found his horse and his helm borne away, and after went afoot
CHAPTER 20: How Sir Launceht was shriven, and what sorrow he made, and of good examples which were showed to him
Book XIV
CHAPTER 1: How Sir Percival came to a recluse and asked her counsel, and how she told him that she was his aunt
CHAPTER 2: How Merlin likened the Round Table to the world, and how the knights thot should achieve the Sangrail shonld be known
CHAPTER 3: How Sir Percival came into a monastery, where he found King Evelake, which was an old man
CHAPTER 4: How Sir Percival saw many men of arms bearing a dead knight, and how he fought against them
CHAPTER 5: How a yeoman desired him to get again an horse, and how Sir Percival’s hackney was slain, and how he gat an horse
CHAPTER 6: Of the great danger that Sir Percival was in by his horse, and how he saw a serpent and a lion fight
CHAPTER 7: Of that vision that Sir Percival sow, and how his vision was ex-pounded, and of his lion
CHAPTER 8: How Sir Percival saw a ship coming to him-ward, and how the lady of the ship told him of her dis-heritance
CHAPTER 9: How Sir Percival promised her help, and how he required her of love, and how he was saved from the fiend
CHAPTER 10: How Sir Percival for penance rove himself through the thigh; and how she was known for the devil
Book XV
CHAPTER 1: How Sir Launcelot came into a chapel, where he found dead, in a white shirt, a man of religion, of an hundred winter old
CHAPTER 2: Of a dead man, how men would have hewn him, and it would not be, and how Sir Launcelot took the hair of the dead man
CHAPTER 3: Of a vision that Sir Launcelot had, and how he told it to an hermit, and desired counsel of him
CHAPTER 4: How the hermit expounded to Sir Launcelot his vision and told him that Sir Galahad was his son
CHAPTER 5: How Sir Launcelot jousted with many knights, and he was taken
CHAPTER 6: How Sir lav.ncelot told his vision mito a woman, and how she expounded it to him
Book XVI
CHAPTER 1: How Sir Gawain was nigh weary of the quest of Sangrail, and of his marvellous dream
CHAPTER 2: Of the vision of Sir Ector, and How he jousted with Sir Uwain les Avoutres, his sworn brother
CHAPTER 3: How ir Gawain and Sir Bctor came to an hermitage to be confessed, and how they told to the hermit their visions
CHAPTER 4: How the hermit expounded their vision
CHAPTER 5: Of the good counsel that the hermit gave to them
CHAPTER 6: How Sir Bors met with an hermit, and how he was confessed to him, and of his penance enjoined to him
CHAPTER 7: How Sir Bors was lodged with a lady, and how he took on him for to fight against a champion for her land
CHAPTER 8: Of a vision which Sir Bors had that night, and bow he fought and overcame his adversary
CHAPTER 9: How the lady was returned to her lands by the battle of Sir Bors, and of his departing, and how he met Sir Lionel taken and beaten with thorns, and also a maid which should have been devoured
CHAPTER 10: How Sir Bors left to rescue his brother, and rescued the damosel; and how it was told him that Lionel was dead
CHAPTER 11: How Sir Bors told his dream to a priest, which he had dreamed, and of the counsel that the priest gave to him
CHAPTER 12: How the devil in a woman’s likeness would have had Sir Bors to hove lain by her, and how by God’s grace he escaped
CHAPTER 13: Of the holy communication of an abbot to Sir Bors, and how the abbot counselled him
CHAPTER 14: How Sir Bors met with his brother Sir Lionel, and how Sir Lionel would have slain Sir Bors
CHAPTER 15: How Sir Cdlgrevaunce fought against Sir Lionel for to save Sir Bors, and how the hermit was slain
CHAPTER 16: How Sir Lionel slew Sir Colgrevaunce, and how after he would have slain Sir Bors
CHAPTER 17: How there came a voice which charged Sir Bors to touch not him, and of a child that came between them
Book XVII
CHAPTER 1: How Sir Galahad fought at a tournament, and how he was known of Sir Gawain and of Sir Ector de Maris
CHAPTER 2: How Sir Galahad rode with a damosel, and came to the ship whereas Sir Bors and Sir Percival were in
CHAPTER 3: How Sir Galahad entered into the ship, and of a fair bed therein, with other marvellous things, and of a sword
CHAPTER 4: Of the marvels of the sword and of the scabbard
CHAPTER 5: How King Pelles was smitten through both thighs because he drew the sword, and other marvellous histories
CHAPTER 6: How Salomon took David’s sword by the counsel of his wife, and of other matters marvellous
CHAPTER 7: A wonderful tale of King Solomon and his wife
CHAPTER 8: How Galahad and his fellows came to a castle, and how they were foughten withal, and how they slew their adversaries, and other matters
CHAPTER 9: How the three knights, with Percival’s sister, came into the waste forest, and of an hart and four lions, and other things
CHAPTER 10: How they were desired of a strange custom, the which they would not obey, wherefore they fought and slew many knights
CHAPTER 11: How Sir Tercival’s sister bled a dish full of blood for to heal a lady, wherefore she died; and how that the body was put in a ship
CHAPTER 12: How Galahad and Percival found in a castle many tombs of maidens that had bled to death
CHAPTER 13: How Sir launcelot entered into the ship where Sir Percival’s sister lay dead, and how he met with Sir Galahad, his son
CHAPTER 14: How a knight brought to Sir Galahad an horse, and bad him come from his father, Sir Launcelot
CHAPTER 15: How Sir Launcelot was tofore the door of the chamber wherein the Holy Sangran was
CHAPTER 16: How Sir Launcelot had lain four and twenty days and as many nights as a dead man, and other divers matters
CHAPTER 17: How Sir Launcelot returned toward Logris, and of other adventures which he saw in the way
CHAPTER 18: How Galahad came to King Mordrains, and of other matters and adventures
CHAPTER 19: How Sir Perdval and Sir Bors met with Sir Galahad, and how they came to the Castle of Carbonek, and other matters
CHAPTER 20: How Gahhad and his fellows were fed of the Holy Sangrail, and how Our Lord appeared to them, and other things
CHAPTER 21: How Galahad anointed with the blood of the spear the Maimed King, and of other adventures
CHAPTER 22: How they were fed with the Sangran while they were in prison, and how Galahad was made king
CHAPTER 23: Of the sorrow that Percival and Bors made when Galahad was dead: and of Percival how he died, and other matters
Book XVIII
CHAPTER 1: Of the joy King Arthur and the queen had of the achievement of the Sangrail; and how Launcelot fell to his old love again
CHAPTER 2: How the queen commanded Sir Launcelot to avoid the court, and of the sorrow that Launcelot made
CHAPTER 3: How at a dinner that the queen made there was a knight poisoned, which Sir Mador laid on the queen
CHAPTER 4: How Sir Mador appeached the queen of treason, and there was no knight would fight for her at the first time
CHAPTER 5: How the queen required Sir Bors to fight for her, and how he granted upon condition; and how he warned Sir Launcelot thereof
CHAPTER 6: How at the day Sir Bors made him ready for to fight for the queen; and when he should fight how another discharged him
CHAPTER 7: How Sir Launcelot fought against Sir Mador for the queen, and how he overcame Sir Mador, and discharged the queen
CHAPTER 8: How the truth was known by the Maiden of the Lake, and of divers other matters
CHAPTER 9: How Sir Launcelot rode to Astolat, and received a sleeve to bear upon his helm at the request of a maid
CHAPTER 10: How the tourney began at Winchester, and what knights were at the jousts; and other things
CHAPTER 11: How Sir Launcelot and Sir Lavaine entered in the field against them of King Arthur’s court, and how Launcelot was hurt
CHAPTER 12: How Sir Launcelot and Sir Lavaine departed out of the field, and in what jeopardy Launcelot was
CHAPTER 13: How Launcelot was brought to an hermit for to be healed of hiswound, and of other matters
CHAPTER 14: How Sir Gawain was lodged with the lord of Astolat, and there had knowledge that it was Sir Launcelot that hare the red sleeve
CHAPTER 15: Of the sorrow that Sir Bors had for the hurt of Launcelot; and of the anger that the queen had because Launcelot bare the sleeve
CHAPTER 16: How Sir Bors sought Launcelot and found him in the hermitage, and of the lamentation between them
CHAPTER 17: How Sir Launcelot armed him to assay if he might bear arms, and how his wounds brast out again
CHAPTER 18: How Sir Bors returned and told tidings of Sir Launcelot; and of the tourney, and to whom the prize was given
CHAPTER 19: Of the great lamentation of the Fair Maid of Astolat when Launcelot should depart, and how she died for his love
CHAPTER 20: How the corpse of the Maid of Astolot arrived tofore King Arthur, and of the burying, and how Sir Launce-lot offered the mass-penny
CHAPTER 21: Of great jousts done ail a Christmas, and of a great jousts and tourney ordained by King Arthur, and of Sir Launcelot
CHAPTER 22: How Sir Launcelot after that he was hurt of a gentlewoman came to an hermit, and of other matters
CHAPTER 23: How Sir Launcelot behaved him at the jousts, and other men also
CHAPTER 24: How King Arthur marvelled much of the jousting in the field, and how he rode and found Sir Launcdot
CHAPTER 25: How true love is likened to summer
Book XIX
CHAPTER 1: How Queen Guenever rode on Maying with certain knights of the Round Table and clad all in green
CHAPTER 2: How Sir Meliagaunt took the queen and all her knights, which were sore hurt in fighting
CHAPTER 3: How Sir Launcelot had word how the queen was taken, and how Sir Meliagaunt laid a bushment for Launcelot
CHAPTER 4: How Sir Launcelot’s horse was slain, and how Sir Launcelot rode in a cart for to rescue the queen
CHAPTER 5: How Sir Meliagaunt required forgiveness of the queen, and how she appeased Sir Launcelot; and other matters
CHAPTER 6: How Sir Launcelot came in the night to the queen and lay with her, and how Sir Meliagaunt appeached the queen of treason
CHAPTER 7: How Sir Launcelot answered for the queen, and waged battle against Sir Meliagaunt; and how Sir Launcelot was taken in a trap
CHAPTER 8: How Sir Launcelot was delivered out of prison by a lady, and took a white courser and came for to keep his day
CHAPTER 9: How Sir Launcelot came the same time that Sir Meliagaunt abode him in the field and dressed him to battle
CHAPTER 10: How Sir Urré came into Arthur’s court for to be healed of his -wounds, and how King Arthur would begin to handle him
CHAPTER 11: How King Arthur handled Sir Urré, and after him many other knights of the Round Table
CHAPTER 12: How Sir Launcelot was commanded by Arthur to handle his wounds, and anon he was all whole, and how they thanked God
CHAPTER 13: How there was a party made of an hundred knights against an hundred knights; and of other matters
Book XX
CHAPTER 1: How Sir Agravain and Sir Mordred were busy upon Sir Gawain for to disclose the love between Sir Launcelot and Queen Guenever
CHAPTER 2: How Sir Agravain disclosed their love to King Arthur, and how King Arthur gave them licence to take him
CHAPTER 3: How Sir Launcelot was espied in the queen’s chamber, and How Sir Agravain and Sir Mordred came with twelve knights to slay him
CHAPTER 4: How Sir Launcelot slew Sir Colgrevaunce, and armed him in his harness, and after slew Sir Agravain, and twelve of his fellows
CHAPTER 5: How Sir Launcelot came to Sir Bors, and told him how he had sped, and in what adventure he had been, and how he had escaped
CHAPTER 6: Of the counsel and advice which was taken by Sir Launcelot and by his friends for to save the queen
CHAPTER 7: How Sir Mordred rode hastily to the king, to tell him of the affray and death of Sir Agravain and the other knights
CHAPTER 8: How Sir Launcelot and his kinsmen rescued the queen from the fire, and how he slew many knights
CHAPTER 9: Of the sorrow and lamentation [of King Arthur] for the death of his nephews and other good knights, and also for the queen, his wife
CHAPTER 10: How King Arthur at the request of Sir Gawain concluded to make war against Sir Launcelot, and laid siege to his castle called Joyous Gard
CHAPTER 11: Of the communication between King Arthur and Sir Launcelot, and how King Arthur reproved him
CHAPTER 12: How the cousins and kinsmen of Sir Launcelot excited him to go out to battle, and how they made them ready
CHAPTER 13: How Sir Gawain jousted and smote down Sir Lionel, and how Sir Launcelot horsed King Arthur
CHAPTER 14: How the Pope sent down his bulls to make peace, and How Sir Launcelot brought the queen to King Arthur
CHAPTER 15: Of the deliverance of the queen to the king by Sir Launcelot, and what language Sir Gawain had to Sir Launcelot
CHAPTER 16: Of the communication between Sir Gawain and Sir Launcelot, with much other language
CHAPTER 17: How Sir Launcelot departed from the king and from Joyous Gard over seaward, and what knights went with him
CHAPTER 18: How Sir Launcelot passed over the sea, and how he made great lords of the knights that went with him
CHAPTER 19: How King Arthur and Sir Gawain made a great host ready to go over sea to make war on Sir Launcelot
CHAPTER 20: What message Sir Gawain sent to Sir Launcelot; and King Arthur laid seige to Benmck, and other matters
CHAPTER 21: How Sir Launcelot and Sir Gawain did battle together, and how Sir Gawain was overthrown and hurt.
CHAPTER 22: Of the sorrow that King Arthur made for the war, and of another bottle where also Sir Gawain had the worse
Book XXI
CHAPTER 1: How Sir Mordred presumed and took on him to be king of England, and would have married the queen, his father’s wife
CHAPTER 2: How after that King Arthur Had tidings, he returned and came to Dover, where Sir Mordred met him to let bis landing; and of the death of Sir Gawain
CHAPTER 3: How after, Sir Gawain’s ghost appeared to King Arthur, and warned him that he should not fight that day
CHAPTER 4: How by misadventure of an adder the bottle began, where Mordred was slain, and Arthur hurt to the death
CHAPTER 5: How King Arthur commanded to cast his sword Excalibur into the water, and how he was delivered to ladies in a barge
CHAPTER 6: How Sir Bedevere found him on the morn dead in an hermitage, and how he abode there with the hermit
CHAPTER 7: Of the opinion of some men of the death of King Arthur; and how Queen Guenever made her a nun in Almesbury
CHAPTER 8: How when Sir Launcelot heard of the death of King Arthur, and of Sir Gawain, and other matters, [he] came into England
CHAPTER 9: How Sir Launcelot departed to seek the queen Guenever, and how he found her at Almesbury
CHAPTER 10: How Sir Launcelot came to the hermitage where the Archbishop of Canterbury was, and how he took the habit on him.
CHAPTER 11: How Sir Launcelot went with his seven fellows to Almesbury, and found there Queen Guenever dead, whom they brought to Glastonbury
CHAPTER 12: How Sir Launcelot began to sicken, and after died, whose body was borne to Joyous Gard for to be buried
CHAPTER 13: How Sir Ector found Sir Launcelot his brother dead, and how Constantine reigned next after Arthur; and of the end of this book
NOTES TO VOLUME II
Book X
Book XI
Book XII
Book XIII
Book XIV
Book XV
Book XVI
Book XVII
Book XVIII
Book XIX
Book XX
Book XXI
GLOSSARY OF PROPER NOUNS
GLOSSARY
Footnotes
INTRODUCTION
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Book X
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Book XI
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Book XII
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Book XIII
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Book XIV
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Book XV
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Book XVI
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Book XVII
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Book XVIII
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Book XIX
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Book XX
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Book XXI
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