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twg_000012926300 | since I know that ye are a good knight I beseech you to help me; and since ye are a fellow of the Round Table, ye ought not to fail any gentlewoman which is disherited, if she beseech you of help." Then Sir Percivale promised her all the help that he might. She thanked him, and since the weather was | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926301 | at that time hot, she bade a gentlewoman bring a pavilion. So she did, and pitched it there upon the gravel. He slept a great while there in the heat of the day; and when he awoke, there was set before him upon a table all manner of meats that he could think of. Also he drank there the strongest | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926302 | wine that ever he drank, him thought, and therewith he was a little heated more than he ought to be. With that he beheld the gentlewoman, and him thought that she was the fairest creature that ever he saw. When she saw him well refreshed, then she said, "Sir Percivale, wit ye well, I shall not fulfil your will, but | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926303 | if ye swear from henceforth to be my true servant, and do nothing but that I shall command you. Will ye ensure me this as ye be a true knight?" Sir Percivale was on the point of promising her all, when by adventure and grace he saw his sword lie upon the ground, all naked, in whose pommel was a | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926304 | red cross. Then he bethought him of his knighthood and the warning spoken toforehand by the good man, and he made the sign of the cross in his forehead. Thereupon the pavilion turned up-so-down, and changed unto a smoke and a black cloud. Sir Percivale was adread at this, and cried aloud, "Fair sweet Father, Jesu Christ, let me not | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926305 | be shamed, that was nigh lost, had not Thy good grace been!" Then he looked upon the ship, and saw the damsel enter therein, which said, "Sir Percivale, ye have betrayed me." So she went with the wind roaring and yelling, that it seemed that all the water burned after her. Then Sir Percivale made great sorrow, and drew his | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926306 | sword unto him saying, "Since my flesh will be my master, I shall punish it." Therewith he stabbed himself through the thigh so that the blood started, and he said, "O good Lord, take this in recompensation of that I have done against Thee, my Lord." Then he clothed him and armed him, and called himself a wretch, saying, "How | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926307 | nigh was I lost, and to have lost that I should never have gotten again, my honour as a pure man and worthy knight, for that may never be recovered after it is once lost." As he thus made his moan, he saw the same ship come from the Orient that the good man was in the day before, and | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926308 | the noble knight was ashamed with himself, and therewith he fell in a swoon. When he awoke he went unto this good man weakly, and saluted him. Then he asked Sir Percivale, "How hast thou done since I departed?" "Sir," said he, "here was a gentlewoman that led me into deadly sin," and there he told him all his temptation. | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926309 | "Knew ye not the maid?" said the good man. "Sir," said he, "nay; but well I wot the fiend sent her hither to shame me." "Oh, good knight," said he, "that gentlewoman was the master fiend of hell, the champion that thou foughtest withal, the which would have overcome thee, had it not been for the grace of God. Now, | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926310 | beware, Sir Percivale, and take this for an ensample." Then the good man vanished away, and Sir Percivale took his arms, and entered into the ship and so departed from thence. THE VICTORY OF SIR BORS OVER HIMSELF When Sir Bors was departed from Vagon, he met with a religious man riding on an ass, and Sir Bors saluted him. | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926311 | Anon the good man knew him to be one of the knights errant that was in the quest of the Holy Grail. "What are ye?" said the good man. "Sir," said he, "I am a knight that fain would be counselled in the quest of the Holy Grail, for he shall have much earthly honour that may bring it to | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926312 | an end." "Verily," said the good man, "that is sooth, for he shall be the best knight of the world, and the fairest of all the fellowship. But wit ye well, there shall none attain it but by cleanness of heart and of life." So rode they together till they came to a hermitage, and there he prayed Bors to | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926313 | dwell all that night with him. So he alighted and put away his armour, and prayed him that he might be confessed. So they went into the chapel, and there he was clean confessed; and they ate bread and drank water together. "Now," said the good man, "I pray thee that thou eat none other, till that thou sit at | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926314 | the table where the Holy Grail shall be." "Sir," said he, "I agree thereto; but how wit ye that I shall sit there?" "Yes," said the good man, "that know I, but there shall be few of your fellowship with you." "All is welcome," said Sir Bors, "that God sendeth me." Also the good man in sign of chastisement put | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926315 | on him a scarlet coat, instead of his shirt, and found him in so vigorous a life, and so stable, that he marvelled, and felt that he was never corrupt in fleshly lusts. Then Sir Bors put on his armour, and took his leave, and so departed. After he had ridden a day or two on his road, he met | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926316 | about the hour of noon at the parting of two ways two knights, that led Lionel, his brother, bound upon a strong hackney and his hands bound tofore his breast. Each of the two held in his hands thorns, wherewith they went beating him so sore that the blood trailed down more than in a hundred places of his body. | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926317 | But he said never a word, as he which was great of heart; he suffered all that ever they did to him as though he had felt none anguish. Anon Sir Bors dressed him to rescue him that was his brother. Just then he chanced to look upon his other side, and saw a knight which brought a fair gentlewoman, | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926318 | and would have dragged her into the thickest part of the forest out of the way of them that sought to rescue her. Anon she espied where Sir Bors came riding. She deemed him a knight of the Round Table, wherefore she hoped to have some comfort; and she conjured him by the faith that he owed unto him in | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926319 | whose service he had entered, and the fidelity he owed unto the high order of knighthood, and for the noble King Arthur's sake, to help her in her sore distress. When Sir Bors heard her cry, he had so much sorrow he knew not what to do. "For," said he, "if I let my brother be in adventure he must | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926320 | be slain, and that would I not for all the earth. And if I help not the maid in her peril, I am shamed for ever." Then he lifted up his eyes, and said weeping, "Fair Lord Jesu Christ, whose liege man I am, keep Lionel my brother, that these knights slay him not; and for Mary's sake, I shall | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926321 | succour this maid." Then dressed he him unto the knight the which had the gentlewoman, and cried, "Sir knight, let your hand off that maiden, or ye be but a dead man." The knight set down the maiden, and drew out his sword, but Bors smote him so hard that he beat him down to the earth. Then came twelve | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926322 | knights seeking the gentlewoman, and anon she told them all how Bors had delivered her. They made great joy, and besought him to come to her father, a noble lord; but Bors had a great adventure in hand, and might not delay. So he commended them unto God, and departed. Then Sir Bors rode after Lionel his brother by the | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926323 | trace of their horses. He sought a great while; and at the last he overtook a man clothed in religious clothing, that told him Lionel was dead, and showed him a slain body, lying in a thicket, that well seemed to him the body of Lionel. Then he made such a sorrow that he fell to the earth all in | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926324 | a swoon, and lay a great while there. When he came to himself he said, "Fair brother, since the company of you and me is parted, shall I never have joy in my heart; and now He which I have taken as to my Master, He be my help." When he had said thus, he took the body lightly in | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926325 | his arms and put it upon the bow of his saddle, and so rode to an old feeble chapel fast by, and put him into a tomb of marble. Then went Sir Bors from thence, and rode all that day, and then turned to a hermitage, at the entry of a forest. There he found Lionel his brother, which sat | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926326 | all armed at the chapel door. For he was yet on life, and a fiend had deceived Bors with the body left in the chapel, for to put him in error so that he might not find the blessed adventure of the Holy Grail. When Sir Bors saw his brother alive he had great joy of him, that it was | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926327 | marvel to tell of his joy. And then he alighted off his horse, and said, "Fair sweet brother, when came ye thither?" Anon as Sir Lionel saw him he said, "Ah, Bors, ye may make no boast. For all you I might have been slain. When ye saw two knights leading me away, beating me, ye left me for to | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926328 | succour a gentlewoman, and suffered me to remain in peril of death. Never before did any brother to another so great an untruth. And for that misdeed now I ensure you but death, for well have ye deserved it. Therefore guard yourself from henceforward, and that shall ye find needful as soon as I am armed." When Sir Bors understood | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926329 | his brother's wrath, he kneeled down to the earth and cried him mercy, holding up both his hands, and prayed him to forgive him his evil will; but Lionel would show no pity, and made his avow to God that he should have only death. Right so he went in and put on his harness; then he mounted upon his | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926330 | horse and came tofore him, and said, "Bors, keep thee from me, for I shall do to thee as I would to a felon or a traitor, for ye be the untruest knight that ever came out of so worthy a house as was that of our father, King Bors of Ganis." When Sir Bors saw that he must fight | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926331 | with his brother or else die, he wist not what to do. Then his heart counselled him not to fight, inasmuch as Lionel was born before him, wherefore he ought to bear him reverence. Again kneeled he down afore Lionel's horse's feet, and said, "Fair sweet brother, have mercy upon me and slay me not, and have in remembrance the | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926332 | great love which ought to be between us twain." What Sir Bors said Lionel recked not, for the fiend had brought him in such a will that he was determined to slay him. Then when Lionel saw he would none other, and that he would not rise to give him battle, he rushed over him, so that his horse's feet | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926333 | smote Bors to the earth, and hurt him so sore that he swooned of distress. When Lionel saw this, he alighted from his horse to smite off his head. So he took him by the helm, and would have rent it from his head, had not the hermit come running unto him, which was a good man and of great | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926334 | age. Well had he heard all the words that were between them, and so fell down upon Sir Bors. Then he said to Lionel, "Ah, gentle knight, have mercy upon me and on thy brother, for if thou slay him thou shalt commit a deadly sin, and that were sorrowful; for he is one of the worthiest knights of the | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926335 | world, and of the best conditions." "So God me help," said Lionel, "sir priest, unless ye flee from him I shall slay you, and he shall never the sooner be quit." "Verily," said the good man, "I had rather ye slay me than him, for my death shall not be great harm, not half so much as his." "Well," said | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926336 | Lionel, "I am agreed"; and he set his hand to his sword, and smote the hermit so hard that his head went backward. For all that, he restrained him not of his evil will, but took his brother by the helm, and unlaced it to strike off his head. And he would have slain him without fail, but so it | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926337 | happened that Colgrevance, a fellow of the Round Table, came at that time thither, as our Lord's will was. First he saw the good man slain, then he beheld how Lionel would slay his brother, whom he knew and loved right well. Anon he sprang down and took Lionel by the shoulders, and drew him strongly back from Bors, and | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926338 | said, "Lionel, will ye slay your brother, one of the worthiest knights of the world? That should no good man suffer." "Why," said Sir Lionel, "will ye hinder me? If ye interfere in this, I shall slay you, and him after." Then Lionel ran upon Bors, and would have smitten him through the head, but Sir Colgrevance ran betwixt them, | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926339 | and said, "If ye be so hardy as to do so more, we two shall meddle together." Then Lionel defied him, and gave a great stroke through the helm. Now Colgrevance drew his sword, for he was a passing good knight, and defended himself right manfully. So long endured the battle that Sir Bors awoke from his swoon, and rose | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926340 | up all anguishly, and beheld Sir Colgrevance, the good knight, fight with his brother for his quarrel. Then was he full sorry and heavy, and would have risen to part them. But he had not so much might as to stand on foot, and must abide so long till Colgrevance had the worse, for Sir Lionel was of great chivalry | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926341 | and right hardy. Only death awaited Colgrevance, when he beheld Sir Bors assaying to rise, and he cried, "Ah, Bors, come ye and cast me out of peril of death, wherein I have put me to succour you, which were right now nigh to death." When Bors heard that, he did so much as to rise and put on his | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926342 | helm, making a marvellous sorrow at the sight of the dead hermit hard by. With that Lionel smote Colgrevance so sore that he bare him to the earth. When he had slain Colgrevance, he ran upon his brother as a fiendly man, and gave him such a stroke that he made him stoop; and he, full of humility, prayed him | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926343 | for God's love to leave this battle. But Lionel would not, and then Bors drew his sword, all weeping, and said, "Fair brother, God knoweth mine intent. Ah, brother, ye have done full evil this day to slay such a holy priest, the which never trespassed. Also ye have slain a gentle knight, one of our fellows. And well wot | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926344 | ye that I am not afraid of you greatly, but I dread the wrath of God. This is an unkindly war; therefore may God show miracle upon us both. Now God have mercy upon me, though I defend my life against my brother." With that Bors lifted up his hands, and would have smitten Lionel, but even then he heard | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926345 | a voice that said, "Flee, Bors, and touch him not." Right so came a cloud betwixt them in likeness of a fire, so that both their shields burned. Then were they sore afraid, and fell both to the earth, and lay there a great while in a swoon. When they came to themselves, Bors saw that his brother had no | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926346 | harm, wherefore he gave thanks, for he feared God had taken vengeance upon him. With that he heard a voice say, "Bors, go hence and bear thy brother no longer fellowship, but take thy way anon right to the sea, for Sir Percivale abideth thee there." So Sir Bors departed from Lionel, and rode the next way to the sea. | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926347 | On the strand he found a ship covered all with white samite. He alighted from his horse and entered into the ship, and anon it departed into the sea, and went so fast that him seemed the ship went flying. Then he saw in the midst of the ship a knight lie, all armed save his helm, and he knew | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926348 | that it was Sir Percivale. And either made great joy of other, that it was marvel to hear. Then Sir Bors told Sir Percivale how he came into the ship, and by whose admonishment, and either told other of his temptations, as ye have heard toforehand. So went they downward in the sea, one while backward, another while forward, and | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926349 | each comforted other, and oft were they in their prayers. Then said Sir Percivale, "We lack nothing but Galahad, the good knight." HOW SIR LAUNCELOT FOUND THE HOLY GRAIL When the hermit had kept Sir Launcelot three days, he gat him a horse, a helm, and a sword. So he departed, and took the adventure that God would send him. | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926350 | On a night, as he slept, there came a vision unto him, and a voice said, "Launcelot, arise up, and take thine armour, and enter into the first ship that thou shalt find." When he heard these words, he started up and saw great clearness about him. Then he lifted up his hand in worship, and so took his arms, | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926351 | and made him ready. By adventure he came by a strand, and found a ship, the which was without sail or oar. And as soon as he was within the ship, he felt the most sweetness that ever he felt, and he was filled with a peace such as he had never known before. In this joy he laid himself | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926352 | down on the ship's board, and slept till day. So Sir Launcelot was a month and more on the ship, and if ye would ask how he lived, as God fed the people of Israel with manna in the desert, so was he fed. On a night he went to play him by the waterside, for he was somewhat weary | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926353 | of the ship. And then he listened, and heard a horse come, and one riding upon him. When he came nigh he seemed a knight, and soon he saw that it was Galahad. And there was great joy between them, for there is no tongue can tell the joy that they made either of other; and there was many a | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926354 | friendly word spoken between them, the which need not here be rehearsed. And there each told other of the adventures and marvels that were befallen to them in many journeys since they were departed from the court. So dwelled Launcelot and Galahad within that ship half a year, and served God daily and nightly with all their power. And often | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926355 | they arrived in isles far from folk, where there repaired none but wild beasts. There they found many strange adventures and perilous, which they brought to an end. But because the adventures were with wild beasts, and not in the quest of the Holy Grail, therefore the tale maketh here no mention thereof, for it would be too long to | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926356 | tell of all those adventures that befell them. Thereafter it befell that they arrived in the edge of a forest tofore a cross, and then saw they a knight, armed all in white and richly horsed, leading in his right hand a white horse. He came to the ship and saluted the two knights on the high Lord's behalf, and | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926357 | said, "Galahad, sir, ye have been long enough with Launcelot. Come out of the ship, and start upon this horse, and go where the adventures shall lead thee in the quest of the Holy Grail." So Galahad took sorrowful leave of Sir Launcelot, for they knew that one should never see the other before the dreadful day of doom. Galahad | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926358 | took his horse and entered into the forest, and the wind arose and drove Launcelot more than a month throughout the sea, where he slept little, but prayed to God that he might see some tidings of the Holy Grail. And it befell on a night, at midnight, he arrived afore a castle, on the back side, which was rich | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926359 | and fair. There was a postern opened towards the sea, and was open without any keeping, save two lions kept the entry; and the moon shone clear. Anon Sir Launcelot heard a voice that said, "Launcelot, go out of this ship, and enter into the castle, where thou shalt see a great part of thy desire." Then he ran for | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926360 | his arms, and so he went to the gate, and saw the lions. He set his hand to his sword, and drew it, whereupon there came a dwarf suddenly, and smote him on the arm so sore that the sword fell out of his hand. Then heard he a voice say, "Oh, man of evil faith and poor belief, wherefore | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926361 | trowest thou more on thy harness than in thy Maker? He in whose service thou art set might more avail thee than thine armour." Then said Launcelot, "Fair Father Jesu Christ, I thank thee of Thy great mercy, that Thou reprovest me of my misdeed. Now see I well that ye hold me for your servant." Then took he again | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926362 | his sword, and put it up in his sheath, and came to the lions, and they made semblant[] to do him harm. Notwithstanding he passed by them without hurt, and entered into the castle to the chief fortress, and there were all at rest. Launcelot entered in so armed, for he found no gate nor door but it was open. | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926363 | At last he found a chamber whereof the door was shut, and he set his hand thereto to open it, but he might not, though he enforced himself much to undo the door. Then he listened, and heard a voice which sang so sweetly that it seemed none earthly thing. Launcelot kneeled down tofore the chamber, for well wist he | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926364 | that there was the Holy Grail within that chamber. Then said he: "Fair sweet Father Jesu Christ, if ever I did thing that pleased Thee, for Thy pity have me not in despite for my sins done aforetime, and show me something of that I seek!" With that he saw the chamber door open, and there came out a great | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926365 | clearness, so that the house was as bright as if all the torches of the world had been there. So came he to the chamber door, and would have entered, but anon a voice said to him, "Flee, Launcelot, and enter not, for thou oughtest not to do it; and if thou enter thou shalt repent it." He withdrew himself | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926366 | back right heavy, and then looked he up in the midst of the chamber, and saw a table of silver, and the holy vessel covered with red samite, and many angels about it. Right so came he to the door at a great pace, entered into the chamber, and drew towards the table of silver. When he came nigh he | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926367 | felt a breath that seemed intermingled with fire, which smote him so sore in the visage that he thought it burned his visage. Therewith he fell to the earth, and had no power to arise. Then felt he many hands about him, which took him up and bare him out of the chamber door, and left him there seeming dead | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926368 | to all people. Upon the morrow, when it was fair day, they within were arisen, and found Launcelot lying afore the chamber door, and all they marvelled how he came in. They looked upon him, and felt his pulse, to wit whether there were any life in him. And so they found life in him, but he might neither stand | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926369 | nor stir any limb that he had. They took him up, and bare him into a chamber, and laid him in a rich bed, far from all folk, and so he lay still as a dead man four and twenty days, in punishment, he afterwards thought, for the twenty-four years that he had been a sinner. At the twenty-fifth day | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926370 | it befell that he opened his eyes, and the folk asked how it stood with him. He answered that he was whole of body, and then he would know where he was. They told him he was in the castle of Carboneck, and that the quest of the Holy Grail had been achieved by him, and that he should never | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926371 | see the sacred vessel more nearly than he had seen it. Soon Sir Launcelot took his leave of all the fellowship that were there at the castle, and thanked them for the great labour. So he took his armour and departed, and said that he would go back to the realm of Logris. [] Made semblant: threatened. THE END OF | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926372 | THE QUEST Now, saith the story, Sir Galahad rode into a vast forest, wherein he rode many journeys, and he found many adventures, the which he brought to an end, whereof the story maketh here no mention. And on a day it befell him that he was benighted in a hermitage. The good man there was glad when he saw | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926373 | a knight-errant, and made him what cheer he might. Then when they were at rest, there came a gentlewoman knocking at the door, and called Galahad. So the hermit came to the door to wit what she would, and she said to him that she would speak with the knight that was lodged there. The good man awoke Galahad, and | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926374 | bade him arise and speak with a gentlewoman that seemed to have great need of him. Then Galahad went to her, and asked her what she would. "Galahad," said she, "I will that ye arm you, and mount upon your horse and follow me, for I shall show you within these three days the highest adventure that ever any knight | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926375 | saw." Anon Galahad armed him, and took his horse, and bade the gentlewoman go, and he would follow as she liked. So she rode as fast as her palfrey might bear her, till they came to the seaside, and there they found the ship wherein were Bors and Percivale, the which cried on the ship's board, "Sir Galahad, ye be | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926376 | welcome; we have awaited you long." So, leaving his horse behind, Galahad entered into the ship, where the two knights received him with great joy. And the wind arose, and drove them through the sea marvellously. Now saith the story that they rode a great while till they came to the castle of Carboneck, where Sir Launcelot had been tofore. | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926377 | They entered within the castle, and then there was great joy, for they wist well that they had fulfilled the quest of the Holy Grail. As they were alone in the hall, it seemed to them that there came a man, in likeness of a bishop, with four angels from heaven, and held mass about a table of silver, whereupon | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926378 | the Holy Grail was. And in a vision they saw in the bread of the sacrament a figure in likeness of a child, and the visage was as bright as any fire. Then said the bishop to them, "Servants of Jesu Christ, ye shall be fed afore this table with sweet food, that never knights tasted." When he had said, | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926379 | he vanished away; and they sat them at the table in great reverence, and made their prayers. Then looked they, and saw a man that had all the signs of the passion of Jesu Christ, and he said: "My knights and my servants and my true children, which be come out of deadly life into spiritual life, I will now | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926380 | no longer hide me from you, but ye shall see now a part of my secrets and of my hid things; now hold and receive the high meat which ye have so much desired." Then took He Himself the holy vessel, and came to Galahad, who knelt down and there he received the sacrament, and after him so received all | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926381 | his fellows; and they thought it so sweet that it was marvellous to tell. Then said He to Galahad, "Son, knowest thou what I hold betwixt my hands?" "Nay," said he, "unless ye will tell me." "This is," said He, "the holy dish wherein I ate the lamb at the Last Supper. And now hast thou seen that thou most | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926382 | desiredst to see, but yet hast thou not seen it so openly as thou shalt see it in the city of Sarras, in the spiritual place. Therefore thou must go hence, and bear with thee this holy vessel, for this night it shall depart from the realm of Logris, that it shall never be seen more here. And knowest thou | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926383 | wherefore? Because they of this land be turned to evil living; therefore I shall disinherit them of the honour which I have done them. Therefore go ye three unto the sea, where ye shall find your ship ready." Right so departed Galahad, Percivale and Bors with him. They rode three days, and then they came to a rivage[], where they | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926384 | found the ship whereof the tale speaketh tofore. When they came to the board, they found in the midst the table of silver, which they had left in the castle of Carboneck, and the Holy Grail, which was covered with red samite. Then were they glad to have such things in their fellowship. They had remained some time in the | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926385 | ship, when they awoke of a morning to see the city of Sarras afore them. Here they landed, and took out of the ship the table of silver, Percivale and Bors going tofore and Galahad behind. Right so they went to the city, and at the gate of the city they saw an old bent man. Then Galahad called him, | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926386 | and bade him help to bear this heavy thing. "Truly," said the old man, "it is ten years since I might go without crutches." "Care thou not," said Galahad; "arise up and show thy good will." So he assayed, and found himself as whole as ever he was. Then ran he to the table, and took one part opposite Galahad. | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926387 | Anon arose there great noise in the city, that a cripple was made whole by knights marvellous that entered into the city. When the king of the city, which was called Estorause, saw the fellowship, he asked them from whence they were, and what thing it was that they had brought upon the table of silver. And they told him | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926388 | the truth of the Holy Grail, and the power which God had set there. Now King Estorause was a tyrant, and was come of a line of pagans. He took the three knights and put them in a deep hole. But as soon as they were there our Lord sent them the Holy Grail, through whose grace they were always | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926389 | satisfied while that they were in prison. At the year's end it befell that this king lay sick, and felt that he should die. Then he sent for the three knights. They came afore him, and he cried them mercy of that he had done to them, and they forgave it him goodly, and he died anon. When the king | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926390 | was dead, all the city was dismayed, and wist not who might be their king. Right so as they were in counsel, there came a voice among them, and bade them choose the youngest knight of them there to be their king, for he should well maintain them and all theirs. So they made Galahad king by all the assent | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926391 | of the whole city. When he was come to behold the land, he let make about the table of silver a chest of gold and of precious stones that covered the holy vessel; and every day early the three fellows would come afore it and make their prayers. Now at the year's end the three knights arose early and came | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926392 | to the palace, and saw before them the holy vessel, and a man kneeling, in likeness of a bishop, that had about him a great fellowship of angels. And he called Galahad and said to him, "Come forth, thou servant of Jesu Christ, and thou shalt see that thou hast much desired to see." Then Galahad began to tremble right | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926393 | hard, when the deadly flesh began to behold the spiritual things. Then he held up his hands towards heaven, and said, "Lord, I thank Thee, for now I see what hath been my desire many a day. Now, blessed Lord, would I not longer live, if it might please thee, Lord." Therewith the good man took the sacrament and proffered | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926394 | it to Galahad, and he received it right gladly and meekly. "Now, wotest thou what I am?" said the good man; "I am Joseph of Arimathea, which our Lord hath sent here to thee to bear thee fellowship. And wotest thou wherefore He hath sent me more than any other? For thou hast resembled me in two things, in that | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926395 | thou hast seen the marvels of the Holy Grail, and in that thou hast been a clean and virtuous knight, as I have been and am." When these words had been spoken, Galahad went to Percivale and to Bors and kissed them and commended them to God, and said, "Salute me to my lord Sir Launcelot, and bid him remember | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926396 | of this unstable world." Therewith he kneeled down tofore the table and made his prayers, and then suddenly his soul departed to Jesu Christ, and a great multitude of angels bare his soul up to heaven, and the two fellows might well behold it. Also they saw come from heaven a hand, but they saw not the body; and it | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926397 | came right to the vessel, and took it, and bare it up to heaven. Since then was there never man so hard as to say that he had seen the Holy Grail. When Percivale and Bors saw Galahad had died, they made as much sorrow as ever did two men; and if they had not been good men, they might | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926398 | lightly have fallen in despair. And the people of the country and of the city were right heavy. And then he was buried. And as soon as he was buried, Sir Percivale betook himself to a hermitage out of the city, where for a year and two months he lived a full holy life, and then passed out of this | 60 | gutenberg |
twg_000012926399 | world. When Bors saw that he was alone in so far countries, he departed from Sarras and came to the sea. There he entered into a ship, and so it befell that in good adventure he came into the realm of Logris. And he rode to Camelot, where King Arthur was, and then was there great joy made of him | 60 | gutenberg |
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