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Le Morte d'Arthur

Thomas Malory · 1485

Texto original en inglés. En español: La muerte de Arturo.

Los relatos de Arturo y sus caballeros, reunidos en un solo libro por un hombre en prisión.

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Índice

1. PREFACE OF WILLIAM CAXTON8 min

BOOK I

1. IFirst, How Uther Pendragon sent for the duke of Cornwall and Igraine his wife, and of their departing suddenly again3 min
2. IIHow Uther Pendragon made war on the duke of Cornwall, and how by the mean of Merlin he lay by the duchess and gat Arthur3 min
3. IIIOf the birth of King Arthur and of his nurture2 min
4. IVOf the death of King Uther Pendragon1 min
5. VHow Arthur was chosen king, and of wonders and marvels of a sword taken out of a stone by the said Arthur4 min
6. VIHow King Arthur pulled out the sword divers times3 min
7. VIIHow King Arthur was crowned, and how he made officers2 min
8. VIIIHow King Arthur held in Wales, at a Pentecost, a great feast, and what kings and lords came to his feast3 min
9. IXOf the first war that King Arthur had, and how he won the field2 min
10. XHow Merlin counselled King Arthur to send for King Ban and King Bors, and of their counsel taken for the war5 min
11. XIOf a great tourney made by King Arthur and the two kings Ban and Bors, and how they went over the sea3 min
12. XIIHow eleven kings gathered a great host against King Arthur2 min
13. XIIIOf a dream of the King with the Hundred Knights1 min
14. XIVHow the eleven kings with their host fought against Arthur and his host, and many great feats of the war5 min
15. XVYet of the same battle4 min
16. XVIYet more of the same battle5 min
17. XVIIYet more of the same battle, and how it was ended by Merlin5 min
18. XVIIIHow King Arthur, King Ban, and King Bors rescued King Leodegrance, and other incidents3 min
19. XIXHow King Arthur rode to Carlion, and of his dream, and how he saw the questing beast2 min
20. XXHow King Pellinore took Arthur’s horse and followed the Questing Beast, and how Merlin met with Arthur3 min
21. XXIHow Ulfius impeached Queen Igraine, Arthur’s mother, of treason; and how a knight came and desired to have the death of his master revenged2 min
22. XXIIHow Griflet was made knight, and jousted with a knight2 min
23. XXIIIHow twelve knights came from Rome and asked truage for this land of Arthur, and how Arthur fought with a knight4 min
24. XXIVHow Merlin saved Arthur’s life, and threw an enchantment on King Pellinore and made him to sleep1 min
25. XXVHow Arthur by the mean of Merlin gat Excalibur his sword of the Lady of the Lake3 min
26. XXVIHow tidings came to Arthur that King Rience had overcome eleven kings, and how he desired Arthur’s beard to trim his mantle1 min
27. XXVIIHow all the children were sent for that were born on May-day, and how Mordred was saved1 min

BOOK II

1. IOf a damosel which came girt with a sword for to find a man of such virtue to draw it out of the scabbard3 min
2. IIHow Balin, arrayed like a poor knight, pulled out the sword, which afterward was the cause of his death3 min
3. IIIHow the Lady of the Lake demanded the knight’s head that had won the sword, or the maiden’s head3 min
4. IVHow Merlin told the adventure of this damosel1 min
5. VHow Balin was pursued by Sir Lanceor, knight of Ireland, and how he jousted and slew him2 min
6. VIHow a damosel, which was love to Lanceor, slew herself for love, and how Balin met with his brother Balan2 min
7. VIIHow a dwarf reproved Balin for the death of Lanceor, and how King Mark of Cornwall found them, and made a tomb over them2 min
8. VIIIHow Merlin prophesied that two the best knights of the world should fight there, which were Sir Lancelot and Sir Tristram2 min
9. IXHow Balin and his brother, by the counsel of Merlin, took King Rience and brought him to King Arthur2 min
10. XHow King Arthur had a battle against Nero and King Lot of Orkney, and how King Lot was deceived by Merlin, and how twelve kings were slain3 min
11. XIOf the interment of twelve kings, and of the prophecy of Merlin, and how Balin should give the dolorous stroke2 min
12. XIIHow a sorrowful knight came before Arthur, and how Balin fetched him, and how that knight was slain by a knight invisible2 min
13. XIIIHow Balin and the damosel met with a knight which was in likewise slain, and how the damosel bled for the custom of a castle2 min
14. XIVHow Balin met with that knight named Garlon at a feast, and there he slew him, to have his blood to heal therewith the son of his host3 min
15. XVHow Balin fought with King Pellam, and how his sword brake, and how he gat a spear wherewith he smote the dolorous stroke1 min
16. XVIHow Balin was delivered by Merlin, and saved a knight that would have slain himself for love3 min
17. XVIIHow that knight slew his love and a knight lying by her, and after, how he slew himself with his own sword, and how Balin rode toward a castle where he lost his life3 min
18. XVIIIHow Balin met with his brother Balan, and how each of them slew other unknown, till they were wounded to death3 min
19. XIXHow Merlin buried them both in one tomb, and of Balin’s sword2 min

BOOK III

1. IHow King Arthur took a wife, and wedded Guenever, daughter to Leodegrance, King of the Land of Cameliard, with whom he had the Round Table2 min
2. IIHow the Knights of the Round Table were ordained and their sieges blessed by the Bishop of Canterbury1 min
3. IIIHow a poor man riding upon a lean mare desired King Arthur to make his son knight3 min
4. IVHow Sir Tor was known for son of King Pellinore, and how Gawaine was made knight1 min
5. VHow at feast of the wedding of King Arthur to Guenever, a white hart came into the hall, and thirty couple hounds, and how a brachet pinched the hart which was taken away2 min
6. VIHow Sir Gawaine rode for to fetch again the hart, and how two brethren fought each against other for the hart5 min
7. VIIIHow four knights fought against Gawaine and Gaheris, and how they were overcome, and their lives saved at request of four ladies3 min
8. IXHow Sir Tor rode after the knight with the brachet, and of his adventure by the way2 min
9. XHow Sir Tor found the brachet with a lady, and how a knight assailed him for the said brachet2 min
10. XIHow Sir Tor overcame the knight, and how he lost his head at the request of a lady3 min
11. XIIHow King Pellinore rode after the lady and the knight that led her away, and how a lady desired help of him, and how he fought with two knights for that lady, of whom he slew the one at the first stroke3 min
12. XIIIHow King Pellinore gat the lady and brought her to Camelot to the court of King Arthur3 min
13. XIVHow on the way he heard two knights, as he lay by night in a valley, and of their adventures2 min
14. XVHow when he was come to Camelot he was sworn upon a book to tell the truth of his quest2 min

BOOK IV

1. IHow Merlin was assotted and doted on one of the ladies of the lake, and how he was shut in a rock under a stone and there died3 min
2. IIHow five kings came into this land to war against King Arthur, and what counsel Arthur had against them2 min
3. IIIHow King Arthur had ado with them and overthrew them, and slew the five kings and made the remnant to flee3 min
4. IVHow the battle was finished or he came, and how King Arthur founded an abbey where the battle was2 min
5. VHow Sir Tor was made knight of the Round Table, and how Bagdemagus was displeased2 min
6. VIHow King Arthur, King Uriens, and Sir Accolon of Gaul, chased an hart, and of their marvellous adventures2 min
7. VIIHow Arthur took upon him to fight to be delivered out of prison, and also for to deliver twenty knights that were in prison3 min
8. VIIIHow Accolon found himself by a well, and he took upon him to do battle against Arthur3 min
9. IXOf the battle between King Arthur and Accolon2 min
10. XHow King Arthur’s sword that he fought with brake, and how he recovered of Accolon his own sword Excalibur, and overcame his enemy3 min
11. XIHow Accolon confessed the treason of Morgan le Fay, King Arthur’s sister, and how she would have done slay him2 min
12. XIIHow Arthur accorded the two brethren, and delivered the twenty knights, and how Sir Accolon died3 min
13. XIIIHow Morgan would have slain Sir Uriens her husband, and how Sir Uwaine her son saved him1 min
14. XIVHow Queen Morgan le Fay made great sorrow for the death of Accolon, and how she stole away the scabbard from Arthur3 min
15. XVHow Morgan le Fay saved a knight that should have been drowned, and how King Arthur returned home again2 min
16. XVIHow the Damosel of the Lake saved King Arthur from mantle that should have burnt him2 min
17. XVIIHow Sir Gawaine and Sir Uwaine met with twelve fair damosels, and how they complained on Sir Marhaus2 min
18. XVIIIHow Sir Marhaus jousted with Sir Gawaine and Sir Uwaine, and overthrew them both5 min
19. XIXHow Sir Marhaus, Sir Gawaine, and Sir Uwaine met three damosels, and each of them took one1 min
20. XXHow a knight and a dwarf strove for a lady4 min
21. XXIHow King Pelleas suffered himself to be taken prisoner because he would have a sight of his lady, and how Sir Gawaine promised him to get to him the love of his lady4 min
22. XXIIHow Sir Gawaine came to the Lady Ettard, and how Sir Pelleas found them sleeping6 min
23. XXIIIHow Sir Pelleas loved no more Ettard by means of the Damosel of the Lake, whom he loved ever after1 min
24. XXIVHow Sir Marhaus rode with the damosel, and how he came to the Duke of the South Marches3 min
25. XXVHow Sir Marhaus fought with the duke and his four sons and made them to yield them3 min
26. XXVIHow Sir Uwaine rode with the damosel of sixty year of age, and how he gat the prize at tourneying2 min
27. XXVIIHow Sir Uwaine fought with two knights and overcame them2 min
28. XXVIIIHow at the year’s end all three knights with their three damosels met at the fountain2 min

BOOK V

1. IHow twelve aged ambassadors of Rome came to King Arthur to demand truage for Britain2 min
2. IIHow the kings and lords promised to King Arthur aid and help against the Romans4 min
3. IIIHow King Arthur held a parliament at York, and how he ordained the realm should be governed in his absence1 min
4. IVHow King Arthur being shipped and lying in his cabin had a marvellous dream and of the exposition thereof2 min
5. VHow a man of the country told to him of a marvellous giant, and how he fought and conquered him5 min
6. VIHow King Arthur sent Sir Gawaine and other to Lucius, and how they were assailed and escaped with worship3 min
7. VIIHow Lucius sent certain spies in a bushment for to have taken his knights being prisoners, and how they were letted2 min
8. VIIIHow a senator told to Lucius of their discomfiture, and also of the great battle between Arthur and Lucius5 min
9. IXHow Arthur, after he had achieved the battle against the Romans, entered into Almaine, and so into Italy2 min
10. XOf a battle done by Sir Gawaine against a Saracen, which after was yielden and became Christian5 min
11. XIHow the Saracens came out of a wood for to rescue their beasts, and of a great battle2 min
12. XIIHow Sir Gawaine returned to King Arthur with his prisoners, and how the King won a city, and how he was crowned Emperor5 min

BOOK VI

1. IHow Sir Launcelot and Sir Lionel departed from the court, and how Sir Lionel left him sleeping and was taken3 min
2. IIHow Sir Ector followed for to seek Sir Launcelot, and how he was taken by Sir Turquine2 min
3. IIIHow four queens found Launcelot sleeping, and how by enchantment he was taken and led into a castle3 min
4. IVHow Sir Launcelot was delivered by the mean of a damosel2 min
5. VHow a knight found Sir Launcelot lying in his leman’s bed, and how Sir Launcelot fought with the knight2 min
6. VIHow Sir Launcelot was received of King Bagdemagus’ daughter, and how he made his complaint to her father2 min
7. VIIHow Sir Launcelot behaved him in a tournament, and how he met with Sir Turquine leading Sir Gaheris5 min
8. VIIIHow Sir Launcelot and Sir Turquine fought together2 min
9. IXHow Sir Turquine was slain, and how Sir Launcelot bade Sir Gaheris deliver all the prisoners3 min
10. XHow Sir Launcelot rode with a damosel and slew a knight that distressed all ladies and also a villain that kept a bridge3 min
11. XIHow Sir Launcelot slew two giants, and made a castle free6 min
12. XIIHow Sir Launcelot rode disguised in Sir Kay’s harness, and how he smote down a knight3 min
13. XIIIHow Sir Launcelot jousted against four knights of the Round Table and overthrew them2 min
14. XIVHow Sir Launcelot followed a brachet into a castle, where he found a dead knight, and how he after was required of a damosel to heal her brother2 min
15. XVHow Sir Launcelot came into the Chapel Perilous and gat there of a dead corpse a piece of the cloth and a sword4 min
16. XVIHow Sir Launcelot at the request of a lady recovered a falcon, by which he was deceived3 min
17. XVIIHow Sir Launcelot overtook a knight which chased his wife to have slain her, and how he said to him3 min
18. XVIIIHow Sir Launcelot came to King Arthur’s Court, and how there were recounted all his noble feats and acts2 min

BOOK VII

1. IHow Beaumains came to King Arthur’s Court and demanded three petitions of King Arthur3 min
2. IIHow Sir Launcelot and Sir Gawaine were wroth because Sir Kay mocked Beaumains, and of a damosel which desired a knight to fight for a lady3 min
3. IIIHow Beaumains desired the battle, and how it was granted to him, and how he desired to be made knight of Sir Launcelot1 min
4. IVHow Beaumains departed, and how he gat of Sir Kay a spear and a shield, and how he jousted with Sir Launcelot2 min
5. VHow Beaumains told to Sir Launcelot his name, and how he was dubbed knight of Sir Launcelot, and after overtook the damosel4 min
6. VIHow Beaumains fought and slew two knights at a passage2 min
7. VIIHow Beaumains fought with the Knight of the Black Launds, and fought with him till he fell down and died3 min
8. VIIIHow the brother of the knight that was slain met with Beaumains, and fought with Beaumains till he was yielden3 min
9. IXHow the damosel again rebuked Beaumains, and would not suffer him to sit at her table, but called him kitchen boy2 min
10. XHow the third brother, called the Red Knight, jousted and fought against Beaumains, and how Beaumains overcame him3 min
11. XIHow Sir Beaumains suffered great rebukes of the damosel, and he suffered it patiently4 min
12. XIIHow Beaumains fought with Sir Persant of Inde, and made him to be yielden3 min
13. XIIIOf the goodly communication between Sir Persant and Beaumains, and how he told him that his name was Sir Gareth3 min
14. XIVHow the lady that was besieged had word from her sister how she had brought a knight to fight for her, and what battles he had achieved4 min
15. XVHow the damosel and Beaumains came to the siege; and came to a sycamore tree, and there Beaumains blew a horn, and then the Knight of the Red Launds came to fight with him3 min
16. XVIHow the two knights met together, and of their talking, and how they began their battle2 min
17. XVIIHow after long fighting Beaumains overcame the knight and would have slain him, but at the request of the lords he saved his life, and made him to yield him to the lady3 min
18. XVIIIHow the knight yielded him, and how Beaumains made him to go unto King Arthur’s court, and to cry Sir Launcelot mercy3 min
19. XIXHow Beaumains came to the lady, and when he came to the castle the gates were closed against him, and of the words that the lady said to him3 min
20. XXHow Sir Beaumains rode after to rescue his dwarf, and came into the castle where he was4 min
21. XXIHow Sir Gareth, otherwise called Beaumains, came to the presence of his lady, and how they took acquaintance, and of their love2 min
22. XXIIHow at night came an armed knight, and fought with Sir Gareth, and he, sore hurt in the thigh, smote off the knight’s head4 min
23. XXIIIHow the said knight came again the next night and was beheaded again, and how at the feast of Pentecost all the knights that Sir Gareth had overcome came and yielded them to King Arthur4 min
24. XXIVHow King Arthur pardoned them, and demanded of them where Sir Gareth was1 min
25. XXVHow the Queen of Orkney came to this feast of Pentecost, and Sir Gawaine and his brethren came to ask her blessing3 min
26. XXVIHow King Arthur sent for the Lady Lionesse, and how she let cry a tourney at her castle, whereas came many knights5 min
27. XXVIIHow King Arthur went to the tournament with his knights, and how the lady received him worshipfully, and how the knights encountered3 min
28. XXVIIIHow the knights bare them in the battle4 min
29. XXIXYet of the said tournament3 min
30. XXXHow Sir Gareth was espied by the heralds, and how he escaped out of the field2 min
31. XXXIHow Sir Gareth came to a castle where he was well lodged, and he jousted with a knight and slew him3 min
32. XXXIIHow Sir Gareth fought with a knight that held within his castle thirty ladies, and how he slew him3 min
33. XXXIIIHow Sir Gareth and Sir Gawaine fought each against other, and how they knew each other by the damosel Linet4 min
34. XXXIVHow Sir Gareth acknowledged that they loved each other to King Arthur, and of the appointment of their wedding2 min
35. XXXVOf the Great Royalty, and what officers were made at the feast of the wedding, and of the jousts at the feast4 min

BOOK VIII

1. IHow Sir Tristram de Liones was born, and how his mother died at his birth, wherefore she named him Tristram3 min
2. IIHow the stepmother of Sir Tristram had ordained poison for to have poisoned Sir Tristram3 min
3. IIIHow Sir Tristram was sent into France, and had one to govern him named Gouvernail, and how he learned to harp, hawk, and hunt1 min
4. IVHow Sir Marhaus came out of Ireland for to ask truage of Cornwall, or else he would fight therefore3 min
5. VHow Tristram enterprized the battle to fight for the truage of Cornwall, and how he was made knight4 min
6. VIHow Sir Tristram arrived into the Island for to furnish the battle with Sir Marhaus1 min
7. VIIHow Sir Tristram fought against Sir Marhaus and achieved his battle, and how Sir Marhaus fled to his ship3 min
8. VIIIHow Sir Marhaus after that he was arrived in Ireland died of the stroke that Sir Tristram had given him, and how Tristram was hurt3 min
9. IXHow Sir Tristram was put to the keeping of La Beale Isoud first for to be healed of his wound3 min
10. XHow Sir Tristram won the degree at a tournament in Ireland, and there made Palamides to bear no more harness in a year3 min
11. XIHow the queen espied that Sir Tristram had slain her brother Sir Marhaus by his sword, and in what jeopardy he was3 min
12. XIIHow Sir Tristram departed from the king and La Beale Isoud out of Ireland for to come into Cornwall3 min
13. XIIIHow Sir Tristram and King Mark hurted each other for the love of a knight’s wife2 min
14. XIVHow Sir Tristram lay with the lady, and how her husband fought with Sir Tristram3 min
15. XVHow Sir Bleoberis demanded the fairest lady in King Mark’s court, whom he took away, and how he was fought with3 min
16. XVIHow Sir Tristram fought with two knights of the Round Table3 min
17. XVIIHow Sir Tristram fought with Sir Bleoberis for a lady, and how the lady was put to choice to whom she would go3 min
18. XVIIIHow the lady forsook Sir Tristram and abode with Sir Bleoberis, and how she desired to go to her husband2 min
19. XIXHow King Mark sent Sir Tristram for La Beale Isoud toward Ireland, and how by fortune he arrived into England2 min
20. XXHow King Anguish of Ireland was summoned to come to King Arthur’s court for treason2 min
21. XXIHow Sir Tristram rescued a child from a knight, and how Gouvernail told him of King Anguish3 min
22. XXIIHow Sir Tristram fought for Sir Anguish and overcame his adversary, and how his adversary would never yield him3 min
23. XXIIIHow Sir Blamore desired Tristram to slay him, and how Sir Tristram spared him, and how they took appointment3 min
24. XXIVHow Sir Tristram demanded La Beale Isoud for King Mark, and how Sir Tristram and Isoud drank the love drink3 min
25. XXVHow Sir Tristram and Isoud were in prison, and how he fought for her beauty, and smote off another lady’s head4 min
26. XXVIHow Sir Tristram fought with Sir Breunor, and at the last smote off his head1 min
27. XXVIIHow Sir Galahad fought with Sir Tristram, and how Sir Tristram yielded him and promised to fellowship with Launcelot3 min
28. XXVIIIHow Sir Launcelot met with Sir Carados bearing away Sir Gawaine, and of the rescue of Sir Gawaine2 min
29. XXIXOf the wedding of King Mark to La Beale Isoud, and of Bragwaine her maid, and of Palamides2 min
30. XXXHow Palamides demanded Queen Isoud, and how Lambegus rode after to rescue her, and of the escape of Isoud3 min
31. XXXIHow Sir Tristram rode after Palamides, and how he found him and fought with him, and by the means of Isoud the battle ceased3 min
32. XXXIIHow Sir Tristram brought Queen Isoud home, and of the debate of King Mark and Sir Tristram2 min
33. XXXIIIHow Sir Lamorak jousted with thirty knights, and Sir Tristram at the request of King Mark smote his horse down3 min
34. XXXIVHow Sir Lamorak sent an horn to King Mark in despite of Sir Tristram, and how Sir Tristram was driven into a chapel4 min
35. XXXVHow Sir Tristram was holpen by his men, and of Queen Isoud which was put in a lazar-cote, and how Tristram was hurt2 min
36. XXXVIHow Sir Tristram served in war King Howel of Brittany, and slew his adversary in the field2 min
37. XXXVIIHow Sir Suppinabiles told Sir Tristram how he was defamed in the court of King Arthur, and of Sir Lamorak2 min
38. XXXVIIIHow Sir Tristram and his wife arrived in Wales, and how he met there with Sir Lamorak4 min
39. XXXIXHow Sir Tristram fought with Sir Nabon, and overcame him, and made Sir Segwarides lord of the isle3 min
40. XLHow Sir Lamorak departed from Sir Tristram, and how he met with Sir Frol, and after with Sir Launcelot4 min
41. XLIHow Sir Lamorak slew Sir Frol, and of the courteous fighting with Sir Belliance his brother3 min

BOOK IX

1. IHow a young man came into the court of King Arthur, and how Sir Kay called him in scorn La Cote Male Taile3 min
2. IIHow a damosel came into the court and desired a knight to take on him an enquest, which La Cote Male Taile emprised3 min
3. IIIHow La Cote Male Taile overthrew Sir Dagonet the king’s fool, and of the rebuke that he had of the damosel3 min
4. IVHow La Cote Male Taile fought against an hundred knights, and how he escaped by the mean of a lady4 min
5. VHow Sir Launcelot came to the court and heard of La Cote Male Taile, and how he followed after him, and how La Cote Male Taile was prisoner3 min
6. VIHow Sir Launcelot fought with six knights, and after with Sir Brian, and how he delivered the prisoners2 min
7. VIIHow Sir Launcelot met with the damosel named Male disant, and named her the Damosel Bienpensant4 min
8. VIIIHow La Cote Male Taile was taken prisoner, and after rescued by Sir Launcelot, and how Sir Launcelot overcame four brethren3 min
9. IXHow Sir Launcelot made La Cote Male Taile lord of the Castle of Pendragon, and after was made knight of the Round Table1 min
10. XHow La Beale Isoud sent letters to Sir Tristram by her maid Bragwaine, and of divers adventures of Sir Tristram3 min
11. XIHow Sir Tristram met with Sir Lamorak de Galis, and how they fought, and after accorded never to fight together1 min
12. XIIHow Sir Palomides followed the Questing Beast, and smote down Sir Tristram and Sir Lamorak with one spear2 min
13. XIIIHow Sir Lamorak met with Sir Meliagaunce, and fought together for the beauty of Dame Guenever4 min
14. XIVHow Sir Kay met with Sir Tristram, and after of the shame spoken of the knights of Cornwall, and how they jousted3 min
15. XVHow King Arthur was brought into the Forest Perilous, and how Sir Tristram saved his life4 min
16. XVIHow Sir Tristram came to La Beale Isoud, and how Kehydius began to love Beale Isoud, and of a letter that Tristram found3 min
17. XVIIHow Sir Tristram departed from Tintagil, and how he sorrowed and was so long in a forest till he was out of his mind3 min
18. XVIIIHow Sir Tristram soused Dagonet in a well, and how Palomides sent a damosel to seek Tristram, and how Palomides met with King Mark3 min
19. XIXHow it was noised how Sir Tristram was dead, and how La Beale Isoud would have slain herself3 min
20. XXHow King Mark found Sir Tristram naked, and made him to be borne home to Tintagil, and how he was there known by a brachet3 min
21. XXIHow King Mark, by the advice of his council, banished Sir Tristram out of Cornwall the term of ten years3 min
22. XXIIHow a damosel sought help to help Sir Launcelot against thirty knights, and how Sir Tristram fought with them4 min
23. XXIIIHow Sir Tristram and Sir Dinadan came to a lodging where they must joust with two knights4 min
24. XXIVHow Sir Tristram jousted with Sir Kay and Sir Sagramore le Desirous, and how Sir Gawaine turned Sir Tristram from Morgan le Fay3 min
25. XXVHow Sir Tristram and Sir Gawaine rode to have foughten with the thirty knights, but they durst not come out3 min
26. XXVIHow damosel Bragwaine found Tristram sleeping by a well, and how she delivered letters to him from La Beale Isoud3 min
27. XXVIIHow Sir Tristram had a fall with Sir Palomides, and how Launcelot overthrew two knights3 min
28. XXVIIIHow Sir Launcelot jousted with Palomides and overthrew him, and after he was assailed with twelve knights2 min
29. XXIXHow Sir Tristram behaved him the first day of the tournament, and there he had the prize2 min
30. XXXHow Sir Tristram returned against King Arthur’s party because he saw Sir Palomides on that party4 min
31. XXXIHow Sir Tristram found Palomides by a well, and brought him with him to his lodging4 min
32. XXXIIHow Sir Tristram smote down Sir Palomides, and how he jousted with King Arthur, and other feats2 min
33. XXXIIIHow Sir Launcelot hurt Sir Tristram, and how after Sir Tristram smote down Sir Palomides4 min
34. XXXIVHow the prize of the third day was given to Sir Launcelot, and Sir Launcelot gave it to Sir Tristram3 min
35. XXXVHow Palomides came to the castle where Sir Tristram was, and of the quest that Sir Launcelot and ten knights made for Sir Tristram4 min
36. XXXVIHow Sir Tristram, Sir Palomides, and Sir Dinadan were taken and put in prison4 min
37. XXXVIIHow King Mark was sorry for the good renown of Sir Tristram. Some of King Arthur’s knights jousted with knights of Cornwall4 min
38. XXXVIIIOf the treason of King Mark, and how Sir Gaheris smote him down and Andred his cousin4 min
39. XXXIXHow after that Sir Tristram, Sir Palomides, and Sir Dinadan had been long in prison they were delivered4 min
40. XLHow Sir Dinadan rescued a lady from Sir Breuse Saunce Pité, and how Sir Tristram received a shield of Morgan le Fay3 min
41. XLIHow Sir Tristram took with him the shield, and also how he slew the paramour of Morgan le Fay1 min
42. XLIIHow Morgan le Fay buried her paramour, and how Sir Tristram praised Sir Launcelot and his kin2 min
43. XLIIIHow Sir Tristram at a tournament bare the shield that Morgan le Fay delivered to him2 min

BOOK X

1. IHow Sir Tristram jousted, and smote down King Arthur, because he told him not the cause why he bare that shield3 min
2. IIHow Sir Tristram saved Sir Palomides’ life, and how they promised to fight together within a fortnight4 min
3. IIIHow Sir Tristram sought a strong knight that had smitten him down, and many other knights of the Round Table3 min
4. IVHow Sir Tristram smote down Sir Sagramore le Desirous and Sir Dodinas le Savage3 min
5. VHow Sir Tristram met at the peron with Sir Launcelot, and how they fought together unknown3 min
6. VIHow Sir Launcelot brought Sir Tristram to the court, and of the great joy that the king and other made for the coming of Sir Tristram3 min
7. VIIHow for the despite of Sir Tristram King Mark came with two knights into England, and how he slew one of the knights3 min
8. VIIIHow King Mark came to a fountain where he found Sir Lamorak complaining for the love of King Lot’s wife4 min
9. IXHow King Mark, Sir Lamorak, and Sir Dinadan came to a castle, and how King Mark was known there2 min
10. XHow Sir Berluse met with King Mark, and how Sir Dinadan took his part2 min
11. XIHow King Mark mocked Sir Dinadan, and how they met with six knights of the Round Table3 min
12. XIIHow the six knights sent Sir Dagonet to joust with King Mark, and how King Mark refused him3 min
13. XIIIHow Sir Palomides by adventure met King Mark flying, and how he overthrew Dagonet and other knights3 min
14. XIVHow King Mark and Sir Dinadan heard Sir Palomides making great sorrow and mourning for La Beale Isoud3 min
15. XVHow King Mark had slain Sir Amant wrongfully to-fore King Arthur, and Sir Launcelot fetched King Mark to King Arthur3 min
16. XVIHow Sir Dinadan told Sir Palomides of the battle between Sir Launcelot and Sir Tristam3 min
17. XVIIHow Sir Lamorak jousted with divers knights of the castle wherein was Morgan le Fay3 min
18. XVIIIHow Sir Palomides would have jousted for Sir Lamorak with the knights of the castle3 min
19. XIXHow Sir Lamorak jousted with Sir Palomides, and hurt him grievously3 min
20. XXHow it was told Sir Launcelot that Dagonet chased King Mark, and how a knight overthrew him and six knights4 min
21. XXIHow King Arthur let do cry a jousts, and how Sir Lamorak came in, and overthrew Sir Gawaine and many other3 min
22. XXIIHow King Arthur made King Mark to be accorded with Sir Tristram, and how they departed toward Cornwall3 min
23. XXIIIHow Sir Percivale was made knight of King Arthur, and how a dumb maid spake, and brought him to the Round Table2 min
24. XXIVHow Sir Lamorak visited King Lot’s wife, and how Sir Gaheris slew her which was his own mother3 min
25. XXVHow Sir Agravaine and Sir Mordred met with a knight fleeing, and how they both were overthrown, and of Sir Dinadan2 min
26. XXVIHow King Arthur, the Queen, and Launcelot received letters out of Cornwall, and of the answer again2 min
27. XXVIIHow Sir Launcelot was wroth with the letter that he received from King Mark, and of Dinadan which made a lay of King Mark2 min
28. XXVIIIHow Sir Tristram was hurt, and of a war made to King Mark; and of Sir Tristram how he promised to rescue him4 min
29. XXIXHow Sir Tristram overcame the battle, and how Elias desired a man to fight body for body3 min
30. XXXHow Sir Elias and Sir Tristram fought together for the truage, and how Sir Tristram slew Elias in the field4 min
31. XXXIHow at a great feast that King Mark made an harper came and sang the lay that Dinadan had made2 min
32. XXXIIHow King Mark slew by treason his brother Boudwin, for good service that he had done to him2 min
33. XXXIIIHow Anglides, Boudwin’s wife, escaped with her young son, Alisander le Orphelin, and came to the Castle of Arundel2 min
34. XXXIVHow Anglides gave the bloody doublet to Alisander, her son, the same day that he was made knight, and the charge withal1 min
35. XXXVHow it was told to King Mark of Sir Alisander, and how he would have slain Sir Sadok for saving his life3 min
36. XXXVIHow Sir Alisander won the prize at a tournament, and of Morgan le Fay: and how he fought with Sir Malgrin, and slew him4 min
37. XXXVIIHow Queen Morgan le Fay had Alisander in her castle, and how she healed his wounds2 min
38. XXXVIIIHow Alisander was delivered from Queen Morgan le Fay by the means of a damosel3 min
39. XXXIXHow Alisander met with Alice la Beale Pilgrim, and how he jousted with two knights; and after of him and of Sir Mordred3 min
40. XLHow Sir Galahalt did do cry a jousts in Surluse, and Queen Guenever’s knights should joust against all that would come2 min
41. XLIHow Sir Launcelot fought in the tournament, and how Sir Palomides did arms there for a damosel4 min
42. XLIIHow Sir Galahalt and Palomides fought together, and of Sir Dinadan and Sir Galahalt2 min
43. XLIIIHow Sir Archade appealed Sir Palomides of treason, and how Sir Palomides slew him1 min
44. XLIVOf the third day, and how Sir Palomides jousted with Sir Lamorak, and other things3 min
45. XLVOf the fourth day, and of many great feats of arms2 min
46. XLVIOf the Fifth day, and how Sir Lamorak behaved him3 min
47. XLVIIHow Sir Palomides fought with Corsabrin for a lady, and how Palomides slew Corsabrin3 min
48. XLVIIIOf the sixth day, and what then was done3 min
49. XLIXOf the seventh battle, and how Sir Launcelot, being disguised like a maid, smote down Sir Dinadan3 min
50. LHow by treason Sir Tristram was brought to a tournament for to have been slain, and how he was put in prison3 min
51. LIHow King Mark let do counterfeit letters from the Pope, and how Sir Percivale delivered Sir Tristram out of prison5 min
52. LIIHow Sir Tristram and La Beale Isoud came unto England, and how Sir Launcelot brought them to Joyous Gard3 min
53. LIIIHow by the counsel of La Beale Isoud Sir Tristram rode armed, and how he met with Sir Palomides6 min
54. LIVOf Sir Palomides, and how he met with Sir Bleoberis and with Sir Ector, and of Sir Pervivale2 min
55. LVHow Sir Tristram met with Sir Dinadan, and of their devices, and what he said to Sir Gawaine’s brethren5 min
56. LVIHow Sir Tristram smote down Sir Agravaine and Sir Gaheris, and how Sir Dinadan was sent for by La Beale Isoud4 min
57. LVIIHow Sir Dinadan met with Sir Tristram, and with jousting with Sir Palomides, Sir Dinadan knew him4 min
58. LVIIIHow they approached the Castle Lonazep, and of other devices of the death of Sir Lamorak3 min
59. LIXHow they came to Humber bank, and how they found a ship there, wherein lay the body of King Hermance3 min
60. LXHow Sir Tristram with his fellowship came and were with an host which after fought with Sir Tristram; and other matters5 min
61. LXIHow Palomides went for to fight with two brethren for the death of King Hermance3 min
62. LXIIThe copy of the letter written for to revenge the king’s death, and how Sir Palomides fought for to have the battle4 min
63. LXIIIOf the preparation of Sir Palomides and the two brethren that should fight with him4 min
64. LXIVOf the battle between Sir Palomides and the two brethren, and how the two brethren were slain3 min
65. LXVHow Sir Tristram and Sir Palomides met Breuse Saunce Pité, and how Sir Tristram and La Beale Isoud went unto Lonazep4 min
66. LXVIHow Sir Palomides jousted with Sir Galihodin, and after with Sir Gawaine, and smote them down3 min
67. LXVIIHow Sir Tristram and his fellowship came into the tournament of Lonazep; and of divers jousts and matters3 min
68. LXVIIIHow Sir Tristram and his fellowship jousted, and of the noble feats that they did in that tourneying4 min
69. LXIXHow Sir Tristram was unhorsed and smitten down by Sir Launcelot, and after that Sir Tristram smote down King Arthur3 min
70. LXXHow Sir Tristram changed his harness and it was all red, and how he demeaned him, and how Sir Palomides slew Launcelot’s horse3 min
71. LXXIHow Sir Launcelot said to Sir Palomides, and how the prize of that day was given unto Sir Palomides4 min
72. LXXIIHow Sir Dinadan provoked Sir Tristram to do well2 min
73. LXXIIIHow King Arthur and Sir Lancelot came to see La Beale Isoud, and how Palomides smote down King Arthur4 min
74. LXXIVHow the second day Palomides forsook Sir Tristram, and went to the contrary part against him4 min
75. LXXVHow Sir Tristram departed of the field, and awaked Sir Dinadan, and changed his array into black3 min
76. LXXVIHow Sir Palomides changed his shield and his armour for to hurt Sir Tristram, and how Sir Launcelot did to Sir Tristram5 min
77. LXXVIIHow Sir Tristram departed with La Beale Isoud, and how Palomides followed and excused him3 min
78. LXXVIIIHow King Arthur and Sir Launcelot came unto their pavilions as they sat at supper, and of Sir Palomides3 min
79. LXXIXHow Sir Tristram and Sir Palomides did the next day, and how King Arthur was unhorsed3 min
80. LXXXHow Sir Tristram turned to King Arthur’s side, and how Palomides would not3 min
81. LXXXIHow Sir Bleoberis and Sir Ector reported to Queen Guenever of the beauty of La Beale Isoud2 min
82. LXXXIIHow Epinogris complained by a well, and how Sir Palomides came and found him, and of their both sorrowing3 min
83. LXXXIIIHow Sir Palomides brought Sir Epinogris his lady; and how Sir Palomides and Sir Safere were assailed4 min
84. LXXXIVHow Sir Palomides and Sir Safere conducted Sir Epinogris to his castle, and of other adventures4 min
85. LXXXVHow Sir Tristram made him ready to rescue Sir Palomides, but Sir Launcelot rescued him or he came3 min
86. LXXXVIHow Sir Tristram and Launcelot, with Palomides, came to joyous Gard; and of Palomides and Sir Tristram5 min
87. LXXXVIIHow there was a day set between Sir Tristram and Sir Palomides for to fight, and how Sir Tristram was hurt2 min
88. LXXXVIIIHow Sir Palomides kept his day to have foughten, but Sir Tristram might not come; and other things3 min

BOOK XI

1. IHow Sir Launcelot rode on his adventure, and how he holp a dolorous lady from her pain, and how that he fought with a dragon3 min
2. IIHow Sir Launcelot came to Pelles, and of the Sangreal, and of Elaine, King Pelles’ daughter3 min
3. IIIHow Sir Launcelot was displeased when he knew that he had lain by Dame Elaine, and how she was delivered of Galahad3 min
4. IVHow Sir Bors came to Dame Elaine and saw Galahad, and how he was fed with the Sangreal4 min
5. VHow Sir Bors made Sir Pedivere to yield him, and of marvellous adventures that he had, and how he achieved them2 min
6. VIHow Sir Bors departed; and how Sir Launcelot was rebuked of Queen Guenever, and of his excuse2 min
7. VIIHow Dame Elaine, Galahad’s mother, came in great estate unto Camelot, and how Sir Launcelot behaved him there3 min
8. VIIIHow Dame Brisen by enchantment brought Sir Launcelot to Dame Elaine’s bed, and how Queen Guenever rebuked him2 min
9. IXHow Dame Elaine was commanded by Queen Guenever to avoid the court, and how Sir Launcelot became mad3 min
10. XWhat sorrow Queen Guenever made for Sir Launcelot, and how he was sought by knights of his kin3 min
11. XIHow a servant of Sir Aglovale’s was slain, and what vengeance Sir Aglovale and Sir Percivale did therefore3 min
12. XIIHow Sir Pervivale departed secretly from his brother, and how he loosed a knight bound with a chain, and of other doings3 min
13. XIIIHow Sir Percivale met with Sir Ector, and how they fought long, and each had almost slain other3 min
14. XIVHow by miracle they were both made whole by the coming of the holy vessel of Sangreal1 min

BOOK XII

1. IHow Sir Launcelot in his madness took a sword and fought with a knight, and leapt in a bed3 min
2. IIHow Sir Lancelot was carried in an horse litter, and how Sir Launcelot rescued Sir Bliant, his host2 min
3. IIIHow Sir Launcelot fought against a boar and slew him, and how he was hurt, and brought unto an hermitage3 min
4. IVHow Sir Launcelot was known by Dame Elaine, and was borne into a chamber and after healed by the Sangreal3 min
5. VHow Sir Launcelot, after that he was whole and had his mind, he was ashamed, and how that Elaine desired a castle for him2 min
6. VIHow Sir Launcelot came into the joyous Isle, and there he named himself Le Chevaler Mal Fet2 min
7. VIIOf a great tourneying in the Joyous Isle, and how Sir Pervivale and Sir Ector came thither, and Sir Percivale fought with him3 min
8. VIlI. How each of them knew other, and of their great courtesy, and how his brother Sir Ector came unto him, and of their joy1 min
9. IXHow Sir Bors and Sir Lionel came to King Brandegore, and how Sir Bors took his son Helin le Blank, and of Sir Launcelot3 min
10. XHow Sir Launcelot with Sir Percivale and Sir Ector came to the court, and of the great joy of him1 min
11. XIHow La Beale Isoud counselled Sir Tristram to go unto the court, to the great feast of Pentecost2 min
12. XIIHow Sir Tristram departed unarmed and met with Sir Palomides, and how they smote each other, and how Sir Palomides forbare him2 min
13. XIIIHow that Sir Tristram gat him harness of a knight which was hurt, and how he overthrew Sir Palomides2 min
14. XIVHow Sir Tristram and Sir Palomides fought long together, and after accorded, and how Sir Tristram made him to be christened3 min

BOOK XIII

1. IHow 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 her3 min
2. IIHow the letters were found written in the Siege Perilous and of the marvellous adventure of the sword in a stone3 min
3. IIIHow Sir Gawaine assayed to draw out the sword, and how an old man brought in Galahad2 min
4. IVHow the old man brought Galahad to the Siege Perilous and set him therein, and how all the knights marvelled2 min
5. VHow King Arthur shewed the stone hoving on the water to Galahad, and how he drew out the sword2 min
6. VIHow King Arthur had all the knights together for to joust in the meadow beside Camelot or they departed1 min
7. VIIHow the queen desired to see Galahad; and how after, all the knights were replenished with the Holy Sangreal, and how they avowed the enquest of the same3 min
8. VIIIHow great sorrow was made of the king and the queen and ladies for the departing of the knights, and how they departed4 min
9. IXHow Galahad gat him a shield, and how they sped that presumed to take down the said shield3 min
10. XHow Galahad departed with the shield, and how King Evelake had received the shield of Joseph of Aramathie3 min
11. XIHow Joseph made a cross on the white shield with his blood, and how Galahad was by a monk brought to a tomb2 min
12. XIIOf the marvel that Sir Galahad saw and heard in the tomb, and how he made Melias knight3 min
13. XIIIOf the adventure that Melias had, and how Galahad revenged him, and how Melias was carried into an abbey3 min
14. XIVHow Sir Galahad departed, and how he was commanded to go to the Castle of Maidens to destroy the wicked custom2 min
15. XVHow Sir Galahad fought with the knights of the castle, and destroyed the wicked custom4 min
16. XVIHow Sir Gawaine came to the abbey for to follow Galahad, and how he was shriven to a hermit4 min
17. XVIIHow Sir Galahad met with Sir Launcelot and Sir Percivale, and smote them down, and departed from them2 min
18. XVIIIHow Sir Launcelot, half sleeping and half waking, saw a sick man borne in a litter, and how he was healed with the Sangreal2 min
19. XIXHow a voice spake to Sir Launcelot, and how he found his horse and his helm borne away, and after went afoot2 min
20. XXHow Sir Launcelot was shriven, and what sorrow he made and of the good ensamples which were shewed him3 min

BOOK XIV

1. IHow Sir Percivale came to a recluse and asked counsel, and how she told him that she was his aunt2 min
2. IIHow Merlin likened the Round Table to the world, and how the knights that should achieve the Sangreal should be known2 min
3. IIIHow Sir Percivale came into a monastery, where he found King Evelake, which was an old man2 min
4. IVHow Sir Percivale saw many men of arms bearing a dead knight, and how he fought against them3 min
5. VHow a yeoman desired him to get again an horse, and how Sir Percivale’s hackney was slain, and how he gat an horse2 min
6. VIOf the great danger that Sir Percivale was in by his horse, and how he saw a serpent and a lion fight3 min
7. VIIOf the vision that Sir Percivale saw, and how his vision was expounded, and of his lion3 min
8. VIIIHow Sir Percivale saw a ship coming to him-ward, and how the lady of the ship told him of her disheritance3 min
9. IXHow Sir Percivale promised her help, and how he required her of love, and how he was saved from the fiend2 min
10. XHow Sir Percivale for penance rove himself through the thigh; and how she was known for the devil2 min

BOOK XV

1. IHow Sir Launcelot came to a chapel, where he found dead, in a white shirt, a man of religion, of an hundred winter old2 min
2. IIOf a dead man, how men would have hewn him, and it would not be, and how Sir Launcelot took the hair of the dead man3 min
3. IIIOf an advision that Sir Launcelot had, and how he told it to an hermit, and desired counsel of him2 min
4. IVHow the hermit expounded to Sir Launcelot his advision, and told him that Sir Galahad was his son2 min
5. VHow Sir Launcelot jousted with many knights, and how he was taken2 min
6. VIHow Sir Launcelot told his advision to a woman, and how she expounded it to him3 min

BOOK XVI

1. IHow Sir Gawaine was nigh weary of the quest of the Sangreal, and of his marvellous dream2 min
2. IIOf the advision of Sir Ector, and how he jousted with Sir Uwaine les Avoutres, his sworn brother4 min
3. IIIHow Sir Gawaine and Sir Ector came to an hermitage to be confessed, and how they told to the hermit their advisions3 min
4. IVHow the hermit expounded their advision2 min
5. VOf the good counsel that the hermit gave to them2 min
6. VIHow Sir Bors met with an hermit, and how he was confessed to him, and of his penance enjoined to him2 min
7. VIIHow Sir Bors was lodged with a lady, and how he took upon him for to fight against a champion for her land2 min
8. VIIIOf an advision which Sir Bors had that night, and how he fought and overcame his adversary3 min
9. IXHow 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 of a maid which should have been devoured2 min
10. XHow Sir Bors left to rescue his brother, and rescued the damosel; and how it was told him that Lionel was dead3 min
11. XIHow Sir Bors told his dream to a priest, which he had dreamed, and of the counsel that the priest gave to him3 min
12. XIIHow the devil in a woman’s likeness would have had Sir Bors to have lain by her, and how by God’s grace he escaped2 min
13. XIIIOf the holy communication of an Abbot to Sir Bors, and how the Abbot counselled him2 min
14. XIVHow Sir Bors met with his brother Sir Lionel, and how Sir Lionel would have slain Sir Bors3 min
15. XVHow Sir Colgrevance fought against Sir Lionel for to save Sir Bors, and how the hermit was slain3 min
16. XVIHow Sir Lionel slew Sir Colgrevance, and how after he would have slain Sir Bors1 min
17. XVIIHow there came a voice which charged Sir Bors to touch him not, and of a cloud that came between them2 min

BOOK XVII

1. IHow Sir Galahad fought at a tournament, and how he was known of Sir Gawaine and Sir Ector de Maris3 min
2. IIHow Sir Galahad rode with a damosel, and came to the ship whereas Sir Bors and Sir Percivale were in3 min
3. IIIHow Sir Galahad entered into the ship, and of a fair bed therein, with other marvellous things, and of a sword3 min
4. IVOf the marvels of the sword and of the scabbard3 min
5. VHow King Pelles was smitten through both thighs because he drew the sword, and other marvellous histories3 min
6. VIHow Solomon took David’s sword by the counsel of his wife, and of other matters marvellous3 min
7. VIIA wonderful tale of King Solomon and his wife3 min
8. VIIIHow Galahad and his fellows came to a castle, and how they were fought withal, and how they slew their adversaries, and other matters3 min
9. IXHow the three knights, with Percivale’s sister, came unto the same forest, and of an hart and four lions, and other things3 min
10. XHow they were desired of a strange custom, the which they would not obey; wherefore they fought and slew many knights2 min
11. XIHow Sir Percivale’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 ship3 min
12. XIIHow Galahad and Percivale found in a castle many tombs of maidens that had bled to death1 min
13. XIIIHow Sir Launcelot entered into the ship where Sir Percivale’s sister lay dead, and how he met with Sir Galahad, his son3 min
14. XIVHow a knight brought unto Sir Galahad a horse, and bade him come from his father, Sir Launcelot2 min
15. XVHow Sir Launcelot was to-fore the door of the chamber wherein the Holy Sangreal was3 min
16. XVIHow Sir launcelot had lain four-and-twenty days and as many nights as a dead man, and other divers matters4 min
17. XVIIHow Sir Launcelot returned towards Logris, and of other adventures which he saw in the way2 min
18. XVIIIHow Galahad came to King Mordrains, and of other matters and adventures3 min
19. XIXHow Sir Percivale and Sir Bors met with Sir Galahad, and how they came to the castle of Carbonek, and other matters3 min
20. XXHow Galahad and his fellows were fed of the Holy Sangreal, and how Our Lord appeared to them, and other things3 min
21. XXIHow Galahad anointed with the blood of the spear the Maimed King, and of other adventures3 min
22. XXIIHow they were fed with the Sangreal while they were in prison, and how Galahad was made king3 min
23. XXIIIOf the sorrow that Percivale and Bors made when Galahad was dead: and of Percivale how he died, and other matters2 min

BOOK XVIII

1. IOf the joy King Arthur and the queen had of the achievement of the Sangreal; and how Launcelot fell to his old love again3 min
2. IIHow the queen commanded Sir Launcelot to avoid the court, and of the sorrow that Launcelot made2 min
3. IIIHow at a dinner that the queen made there was a knight enpoisoned, which Sir Mador laid on the queen3 min
4. IVHow Sir Mador appeached the queen of treason, and there was no knight would fight for her at the first time3 min
5. VHow the queen required Sir Bors to fight for her, and how he granted upon condition; and how he warned Sir Launcelot thereof4 min
6. VIHow at the day Sir Bors made him ready for to fight for the queen; and when he would fight how another discharged him3 min
7. VIIHow Sir Launcelot fought against Sir Mador for the queen, and how he overcame Sir Mador, and discharged the queen4 min
8. VIIIHow the truth was known by the Maiden of the Lake, and of divers other matters3 min
9. IXHow Sir Launcelot rode to Astolat, and received a sleeve to wear upon his helm at the request of a maid4 min
10. XHow the tourney began at Winchester, and what knights were at the jousts; and other things3 min
11. XIHow Sir Launcelot and Sir Lavaine entered in the field against them of King Arthur’s court, and how Launcelot was hurt4 min
12. XIIHow Sir Launcelot and Sir Lavaine departed out of the field, and in what jeopardy Launcelot was4 min
13. XIIIHow Launcelot was brought to an hermit for to be healed of his wound, and of other matters4 min
14. XIVHow Sir Gawaine was lodged with the lord of Astolat, and there had knowledge that it was Sir Launcelot that bare the red sleeve3 min
15. XVOf the sorrow that Sir Bors had for the hurt of Launcelot; and of the anger that the queen had because Launcelot bare the sleeve4 min
16. XVIHow Sir Bors sought Launcelot and found him in the hermitage, and of the lamentation between them3 min
17. XVIIHow Sir Launcelot armed him to assay if he might bear arms, and how his wounds brast out again3 min
18. XVIIIHow Sir Bors returned and told tidings of Sir Launcelot; and of the tourney, and to whom the prize was given3 min
19. XIXOf the great lamentation of the Fair Maid of Astolat when Launcelot should depart, and how she died for his love5 min
20. XXHow the corpse of the Maid of Astolat arrived to-fore King Arthur, and of the burying, and how Sir Launcelot offered the mass-penny4 min
21. XXIOf great jousts done all a Christmas, and of a great jousts and tourney ordained by King Arthur, and of Sir Launcelot3 min
22. XXIIHow Launcelot after that he was hurt of a gentlewoman came to an hermit, and of other matters2 min
23. XXIIIHow Sir Launcelot behaved him at the jousts, and other men also5 min
24. XXIVHow King Arthur marvelled much of the jousting in the field, and how he rode and found Sir Launcelot4 min
25. XXVHow true love is likened to summer2 min

BOOK XIX

1. IHow Queen Guenever rode a-Maying with certain knights of the Round Table and clad all in green3 min
2. IIHow Sir Meliagrance took the queen and her knights, which were sore hurt in fighting3 min
3. IIIHow Sir Launcelot had word how the queen was taken, and how Sir Meliagrance laid a bushment for Launcelot3 min
4. IVHow Sir Launcelot’s horse was slain, and how Sir Launcelot rode in a cart for to rescue the queen3 min
5. VHow Sir Meliagrance required forgiveness of the queen, and how she appeased Sir Launcelot; and other matters4 min
6. VIHow Sir Launcelot came in the night to the queen and lay with her, and how Sir Meliagrance appeached the queen of treason4 min
7. VIIHow Sir Launcelot answered for the queen, and waged battle against Sir Meliagrance; and how Sir Launcelot was taken in a trap3 min
8. VIIIHow Sir Launcelot was delivered out of prison by a lady, and took a white courser and came for to keep his day2 min
9. IXHow Sir Launcelot came the same time that Sir Meliagrance abode him in the field and dressed him to battle5 min
10. XHow Sir Urre came into Arthur’s court for to be healed of his wounds, and how King Arthur would begin to handle him3 min
11. XIHow King Arthur handled Sir Urre, and after him many other knights of the Round Table5 min
12. XIIHow Sir Launcelot was commanded by Arthur to handle his wounds, and anon he was all whole, and how they thanked God3 min
13. XIIIHow there was a party made of an hundred knights against an hundred knights, and of other matters2 min

BOOK XX

1. IHow Sir Agravaine and Sir Mordred were busy upon Sir Gawaine for to disclose the love between Sir Launcelot and Queen Guenever3 min
2. IIHow Sir Agravaine disclosed their love to King Arthur, and how King Arthur gave them licence to take him3 min
3. IIIHow Sir Launcelot was espied in the queen’s chamber, and how Sir Agravaine and Sir Mordred came with twelve knights to slay him3 min
4. IVHow Sir Launcelot slew Sir Colgrevance, and armed him in his harness, and after slew Sir Agravaine, and twelve of his fellows3 min
5. VHow Sir Launcelot came to Sir Bors, and told him how he had sped, and in what adventure he had been, and how he had escaped4 min
6. VIOf the counsel and advice that was taken by Sir Launcelot and his friends for to save the queen4 min
7. VIIHow Sir Mordred rode hastily to the king, to tell him of the affray and death of Sir Agravaine and the other knights4 min
8. VIIIHow Sir Launcelot and his kinsmen rescued the queen from the fire, and how he slew many knights3 min
9. IXOf the sorrow and lamentation of King Arthur for the death of his nephews and other good knights, and also for the queen, his wife3 min
10. XHow King Arthur at the request of Sir Gawaine concluded to make war against Sir Launcelot, and laid siege to his castle called Joyous Gard3 min
11. XIOf the communication between King Arthur and Sir Launcelot, and how King Arthur reproved him4 min
12. XIIHow the cousins and kinsmen of Sir Launcelot excited him to go out to battle, and how they made them ready2 min
13. XIIIHow Sir Gawaine jousted and smote down Sir Lionel, and how Sir Launcelot horsed King Arthur4 min
14. XIVHow the Pope sent down his bulls to make peace, and how Sir Launcelot brought the queen to King Arthur4 min
15. XVOf the deliverance of the queen to the king by Sir Launcelot, and what language Sir Gawaine had to Sir Launcelot3 min
16. XVIOf the communication between Sir Gawaine and Sir Launcelot, with much other language3 min
17. XVIIHow Sir Launcelot departed from the king and from Joyous Gard over seaward, and what knights went with him4 min
18. XVIIIHow Sir Launcelot passed over the sea, and how he made great lords of the knights that went with him2 min
19. XIXHow King Arthur and Sir Gawaine made a great host ready to go over sea to make war on Sir Launcelot4 min
20. XXWhat message Sir Gawaine sent to Sir Launcelot; and how King Arthur laid siege to Benwick, and other matters4 min
21. XXIHow Sir Launcelot and Sir Gawaine did battle together, and how Sir Gawaine was overthrown and hurt3 min
22. XXIIOf the sorrow that King Arthur made for the war, and of another battle where also Sir Gawaine had the worse4 min

BOOK XXI

1. IHow Sir Mordred presumed and took on him to be King of England, and would have married the queen, his father’s wife4 min
2. IIHow after that King Arthur had tidings, he returned and came to Dover, where Sir Mordred met him to let his landing; and of the death of Sir Gawaine4 min
3. IIIHow after, Sir Gawaine’s ghost appeared to King Arthur, and warned him that he should not fight that day3 min
4. IVHow by misadventure of an adder the battle began, where Mordred was slain, and Arthur hurt to the death4 min
5. VHow King Arthur commanded to cast his sword Excalibur into the water, and how he was delivered to ladies in a barge4 min
6. VIHow Sir Bedivere found him on the morrow dead in an hermitage, and how he abode there with the hermit2 min
7. VIIOf the opinion of some men of the death of King Arthur; and how Queen Guenever made her a nun in Almesbury1 min
8. VIIIHow when Sir Lancelot heard of the death of King Arthur, and of Sir Gawaine, and other matters, he came into England3 min
9. IXHow Sir Launcelot departed to seek the Queen Guenever, and how he found her at Almesbury3 min
10. XHow Sir Launcelot came to the hermitage where the Archbishop of Canterbury was, and how he took the habit on him3 min
11. XIHow Sir Launcelot went with his seven fellows to Almesbury, and found there Queen Guenever dead, whom they brought to Glastonbury2 min
12. XIIHow Sir Launcelot began to sicken, and after died, whose body was borne to Joyous Gard for to be buried3 min
13. XIIIHow Sir Ector found Sir Launcelot his brother dead, and how Constantine reigned next after Arthur; and of the end of this book3 min

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