The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions

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Prologue

PART I. The Chevalier of the Cart

Chapter First

Chapter Second

Chapter Third

PART II. The Story of Sir Gareth of Orkney

Chapter First

Chapter Second

Chapter Third

Chapter Fourth

Chapter Fifth

PART III. The Story of Sir Launcelot and Elaine the Fair

Chapter First

Chapter Second

Chapter Third

Chapter Fourth

Chapter Fifth

Chapter Sixth

PART IV. The Madness of Sir Launcelot

Chapter First

Chapter Second

Chapter Third

PART V. The Story of Sir Ewaine and the Lady of the Fountain

Chapter First

Chapter Second

Chapter Third

Chapter Fourth

Chapter Fifth

PART VI. The Return of Sir Launcelot

Chapter First

Chapter Second

Chapter Third

Conclusion

PART VII. The Nativity of Galahad

Chapter First

Chapter Second

Conclusion

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It befel upon a very joyous season in the month of May that Queen Guinevere was of a mind to take gentle sport as folk do at that time of the year; wherefore on a day she ordained it in a court of pleasure that on the next morning certain knights and ladies of the court at Camelot should ride with her a-maying into the woods and fields, there to disport themselves amid the flowers and blossoms that grew in great multitudes beside the river.

Of this May-party it stands recorded several times in the various histories of chivalry that the knights she chose were ten in all and that they were all Knights of the Round Table, to wit, as followeth: there was Sir Kay the Seneschal, and Sir Agravaine, and Sir Brandiles, and Sir Sagramour the Desirous, and Sir Dodinas, and Sir Osanna, and Sir Ladynas of the Forest Sauvage, and Sir Persavant of India, and Sir Ironside and Sir Percydes, who was cousin to Sir Percival of Gales. These were the ten (so sayeth those histories aforesaid) whom the Lady Guinevere called upon for to ride a-maying with her all bright and early upon the morning of the day as aforesaid.

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Then Sir Mellegrans called a messenger to him and he said: "Go down to yonder knight in the courtyard and tell him that I will not do battle with him."

So the messenger went to Sir Launcelot and delivered that message to him. But when Sir Launcelot heard what it was that the messenger said to him from Sir Mellegrans, he laughed with great scorn. Then he said to the messenger, "Doth the knight of this castle fear to meet me?" The messenger said, "Yea, Messire." Sir Launcelot said: "Then take thou this message to him: that I will lay aside my shield and my helm and that I will unarm all the left side of my body, and thus, half naked, will I fight him if only he will come down and do battle with me."

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