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ОглавлениеContents Corresponding to William Caxton’s Edition
Book I
1 How Uther Pendragon sent for the Duke of Cornwall and his wife Igraine, and of their sudden departure
2 How Uther Pendragon made war on the Duke of Cornwall, and how with the help of Merlin he lay by the Duchess and Arthur was conceived
3 Of King Arthur’s birth and upbringing
4 Of the death of King Uther Pendragon
5 How Arthur became king and the marvel of the sword in the stone
6 How King Arthur pulled out the sword many times
7 How King Arthur was crowned and named his officers
8 How King Arthur held a great feast at Pentecost, which many kings and lords attended
9 Of the first war that Arthur had and how he won the field
10 How Merlin counseled Arthur to send for King Ban and King Bors, and of their counsel concerning war
11 Of a great tournament made by King Arthur and King Ban and King Bors, and how they went over the sea
12 How the eleven kings gathered a great host against King Arthur
13 Of a dream of the King with the Hundred Knights
14 How the eleven kings with their host fought against Arthur and his host and many great feats of the war
15 Yet of the same battle
16 More of the same battle
17 Yet more of the same battle, and how Merlin ended it
18 How King Arthur, King Ban, and King Bors rescued King, Leodegranz and other incidents
19 How Arthur rode to Caerleon, had a dream, and saw the Questing Beast
20 How King Pellinore took Arthur’s horse and followed the Questing Beast, and how Merlin met with Arthur
21 How Ulphius accused Queen Igraine of treason, and how a knight came desiring to avenge the death of his master
22 How Grifflet was knighted and jousted with a knight
23 How twelve knights came from Rome and asked Arthur for tribute for his lands, and how Arthur fought with a knight
24 How Merlin saved Arthur’s life and threw an enchantment on King Pellinore that caused him to sleep
25 How by Merlin’s means Arthur got his sword Excalibur from the Lady of the Lake
26 How tidings came to Arthur that King Rience had overcome eleven kings, and how he desired Arthur’s beard to decorate his mantle
27 How all the children were sent for that were born on May-day, and how Mordred was saved
Book II
1 Of a damsel who came girt with a sword to find a man of such virtue he could pull it out of the scabbard
2 How Balin, arrayed like a poor knight, pulled out the sword, which afterward was the cause of his death
3 How the Lady of the Lake demanded the knight’s head who had won the sword, or the maiden’s head
4 How Merlin told the adventure of a damsel
5 How Balin was pursued by Sir Lanceor, a knight of Ireland, and how he jousted and slew him
6 How a damsel, who was Lanceor’s lover, killed herself for love, and how Balin met with his brother Balan
7 How a dwarf reproved Balin for the death of Lanceor, and how King Mark of Cornwall found them, and made a tomb over them
8 How Merlin prophesied that two of the best knights of the world would fight there: Sir Lancelot and Sir Tristram
9 How Balin and his brother, by the counsel of Merlin, took King Rience and brought him to King Arthur
10 How King Arthur had a battle against King Nero and King Lot of Orkney, and how King Lot was deceived by Merlin, and how twelve kings were slain
11 Of the interment of twelve kings, and of the prophecy of Merlin how Balin should give the Dolorous Stroke
12 How a sorrowful knight came before Arthur, and how Balin fetched him, and how that knight was slain by a knight invisible
13 How Balin and the damsel met with a knight who was likewise slain, and how the damsel bled for the custom of the castle
14 How Balin met that knight named Garlon at a feast, and there he slew him to have his blood to heal the son of his host
15 How Balin fought with King Pellam, and how his sword broke, and how he got a spear wherewith he smote the Dolorous Stroke
16 How Balin was delivered by Merlin, and saved a knight who would have slain himself for love
17 How 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 life
18 How Balin met with his brother Balan, and how each of them slew the other unknown, till they were wounded to death
19 How Merlin buried them both in one tomb, and of Balin’s sword
Book III
1 How King Arthur took a wife, and wedded Guenevere, daughter to King Leodegranz, king of the land of Camelard, from whom he had the Round Table
2 How the knights of the Round Table were ordained and their seats blessed by the Archbishop of Canterbury
3 How a poor man riding upon a lean mare desired of King Arthur to make his son a knight
4 How Sir Tor was known for a son of King Pellinore, and how Gawain was made a knight
5 How at the feast of the wedding of King Arthur to Guenevere, a white hart came into the hall, and thirty pairs of hounds, and how a brachet pinched the hart which was taken away
6 How Sir Gawain rode for to fetch again the hart, and how two brethren fought against each other for the hart
7 How the hart was chased into a castle and there slain, and how Gawain slew a lady
8 How four knights fought against Sir Gawain and Gaheris, and how they were overcome, and their lives saved at the request of four ladies
9 How Sir Tor rode after the knight with the brachet, and of his adventure by the way
10 How Sir Tor found the brachet with a lady, and how a knight assailed him for the said brachet
11 How Sir Tor overcame the knight, and how he lost his head at the request of a lady
12 How 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 first one at the first stroke
13 How King Pellinore got the lady and brought her to Camelot to the court of King Arthur
14 How on the way he heard two knights, as he lay in a vale and of other adventures
15 How when he came to Camelot he was sworn upon a book to tell the truth of his quest
Book IV
1 How 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 died
2 How five kings came into this land to war against King Arthur, and what counsel Arthur had against them
3 How King Arthur had ado with them and overthrew them, and and slew the five kings and made the remnant to flee
4 How the battle was finished before he came, and how the king founded an abbey where the battle was
5 How Sir Tor was made a knight of the Round Table, and how Bagdemagus was displeased
6 How King Arthur, King Uriens, and Sir Accolon of Gaul chased a hart, and of their marvelous adventure
7 How Arthur took upon him to fight to be delivered out of prison, and also for to deliver twenty knights that were in prison
8 How Accolon found himself by a well, and he took upon him to do battle against Arthur
9 Of the battle between King Arthur and Accolon
10 How King Arthur’s sword that he fought with broke, and how he recovered from Accolon his own sword Excalibur, and overcame his enemy
11 How Accolon confessed the treason of Morgan le Fay, King Arthur’s sister, and how she would have slain him
12 How Arthur accorded the two brethren, and delivered the twenty knights, and how Sir Accolon died
13 How Morgan would have slain Sir Uriens her husband, and how Sir Uwain her son saved him
14 How Queen Morgan le Fay made great sorrow for the death of Accolon, and how she stole away the scabbard from Arthur
15 How Morgan le Fay saved a knight that should have been drowned, and how King Arthur returned home again
16 How the Damsel of the Lake saved King Arthur from a mantle which should have burnt him
17 How Sir Gawain and Sir Uwain met with twelve fair damsels, and how they complained of Sir Marhalt
18, 19 How Sir Marhalt jousted with Sir Gawain and Sir Uwain and overthrew them both
20 How Sir Marhalt, Sir Gawain, and Sir Uwain met the damsels, and each of them took one
21 How a knight and a dwarf strove for a lady
22 How King Pelleas suffered himself to be taken prisoner because he would have the sight of his lady, and how Sir Gawain promised him for to get to him the love of his lady
23 How Sir Gawain came to the Lady Ettard and lay by her, and how Sir Pelleas found them sleeping
24 How Sir Pelleas loved no more Ettard by means of the Damsel of the Lake, whom he loved ever after
25 How Sir Marhalt rode with the damsel
26 How Sir Marhalt fought with the duke and his six sons and made them yield to him
27 How Sir Uwain rode with the damsel of sixty years of age, and how he got the prize in tourneying
28 How Sir Uwain fought with two knights and overcame them
29 How at the year’s end all three knights with their three damsels met at the fountain
Book V
1 How twelve aged ambassadors of Rome came to King Arthur to demand tribute for Britain
2 How the kings and lords promised to King Arthur aid and help against the Romans
3 How King Arthur held a parliament at York, and how he ordained how the realm should be governed in his absence
4 How King Arthur being shipped and lying in his cabin had a marvelous dream and of the exposition thereof
5 How a man of the country told to him of a marvelous giant, and how he fought and conquered him
6 How King Arthur sent Sir Gawain and others to Lucius, and how they were assaulted and escaped with worship
7 How Lucius sent certain spies in an ambush for to have taken his knights being prisoners, and how they were prevented
8 How a senator told to Lucius of their discomfiture, and also of the great battle between Arthur and Lucius
9 How Arthur, after he had achieved the battle against the Romans, entered into Germany, and so into Italy
10 Of a battle done by Gawain against a Saracen, which after yielded and became a Christian
11 How the Saracens came out of a wood for to rescue their beasts, and of a great battle
12 How Sir Gawain returned to King Arthur with his prisoners, and how the king won a city, and how he was crowned emperor
Book VI
1 How Sir Lancelot and Sir Lionel departed from the court for to seek adventures, and how Sir Lionel left him sleeping and was taken
2 How Sir Ector followed for to seek Sir Lancelot, and how he was taken by Sir Tarquin
3 How four queens found Lancelot sleeping, and how by enchantment he was taken and led into a castle
4 How Sir Lancelot was delivered by the means of a damsel
5 How a knight found Sir Lancelot lying in his lover’s bed, and how Sir Lancelot fought the knight
6 How Sir Lancelot was received of King Bagdemagus’ daughter, and he made his complaint to her father
7 How Sir Lancelot behaved in a tournament, and how he met Sir Tarquin leading Sir Gaheris
8 How Sir Lancelot and Sir Tarquin fought together
9 How Sir Tarquin was slain and how Sir Lancelot asked Sir Gaheris to free all the prisoners
10 How Sir Lancelot rode with the damsel and slew a knight who distressed all ladies, and also a villain who guarded a bridge
11 How Sir Lancelot slew two giants and made a castle free
12 How Sir Lancelot rode disguised in Sir Kay’s armor, and how he smote down a knight
13 How Sir Lancelot jousted against four knights of the Round Table and overthrew them
14 How Sir Lancelot followed a brachet into a castle, where he found a dead knight, and how after he was required by a damsel to heal her brother
15 How Sir Lancelot came to the Chapel Perilous and got there a piece of cloth from a dead corpse
16 How Sir Lancelot at the request of a lady recovered a falcon, and how he was deceived
17 How Sir Lancelot overtook a knight who was chasing his wife in order to slay her, and what he said to him
18 How Sir Lancelot came to King Arthur’s court, and how there he recounted all his noble feats and acts
Book VII
1 How Beaumains came to King Arthur’s court and demanded three petitions of Arthur
2 How Sir Lancelot and Sir Gawain were wroth because Sir Kay mocked Beaumains, and of a damsel which desired a knight to fight for a lady
3 How Beaumains desired the battle, and how it was granted to him, and how he desired to be made a knight by Sir Lancelot
4 How Beaumains departed, and how he got from Sir Kay a spear, and how he jousted and fought with Sir Lancelot
5 How Beaumains told to Sir Lancelot his name, and how he was dubbed knight of Sir Lancelot, and after overtook the damsel
6 How Beaumains fought and slew two knights at a passage
7 How Beaumains fought with the Knight of the Black Lands, and fought with him until he fell down and died
8 How the brother of the knight who was slain met with Beaumains and fought with Beaumains until he yielded
9 How the damsel ever rebuked Beaumains, and would not suffer him to sit at her table, but called him “kitchen boy”
10 How the third brother, called the Red Knight, jousted and fought against Beaumains, and how Beaumains overcame him
11 How Sir Beaumains suffered great rebukes of the damsel, and he suffered it patiently
12 How Beaumains fought with Sir Persaunt of India and made him yield
13 Of the goodly communication between Sir Persaunt and Beaumains, and how he told him his name was Sir Gareth
14 How the lady who was besieged had word from her sister how she had brought a knight to fight for her, and what battles he had achieved
15 How the damsel and Beaumains came to the siege, and came to a sycamore tree, and there Beaumains blew a horn, and then the Red Knight of the Red Lands came to fight with him
16 How the two knights met together, and of their talking, and how they began their battle
17 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 to the lady
18 How the knight yielded him, and how Beaumains made him go to Arthur’s court and cry mercy of Sir Lancelot
19 How Beaumains came to the lady, and when he came to the castle the gates were closed against him, and of the words the lady said to him
20 How Sir Beaumains rode after to rescue his dwarf, and came to the castle where he was
21 How Sir Gareth, otherwise called Beaumains came to the presence of his lady, and how they took acquaintance, and of their love
22 How at night came an armed knight, and fought with Sir Gareth, and he, sore hurt in the thigh, smote off the knight’s head
23 How 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 to King Arthur
24 How King Arthur pardoned them, and demanded of them where Sir Gareth was
25, 26 How the Queen of Orkney came to the feast of Pentecost, and Sir Gawain and his brethren came to ask her blessing
27 How King Arthur sent for the Lady Lyonesse, and how she announced a tournament at her castle, to which many knights came
28 How King Arthur went to the tournament with his knights, and how the lady received him worshipfully, and how the knights encountered
29 How the knights bore themselves in battle
30 Yet of the said tournament
31 How Sir Gareth was espied by the heralds, and how he escaped out of the field
32 How Sir Gareth came to a castle where he was well lodged, and he jousted with a knight and slew him
33 How Sir Gareth fought with a knight that held within his castle thirty ladies, and how he slew him
34 How Sir Gawain and Sir Gareth fought against each other, and how they knew each other by the damsel Lyonette
35 How Sir Gareth acknowledged that they loved each other to King Arthur, and of the appointment of their wedding
36 Of the great royalty, and what officers were made at the feast of the wedding, and of the jousts at the feast
Book VIII
1 How Sir Tristram de Lyones was born, and how his mother died at his birth, wherefore she named him Tristram
2 How the stepmother of Sir Tristram had ordained poison for to have poisoned Sir Tristram
3 How Sir Tristram was sent into France, and had one to govern him named Governale, and how he learned to harp, hunt, and hawk
4 How Sir Marhalt came out of Ireland to ask tribute from Cornwall, or else he would fight therefore
5 How Tristram accepted the battle to fight for the tribute of Cornwall, and how he was made a knight
6 How Sir Tristram arrived into the island for to furnish the battle with Sir Marhalt
7 How Sir Tristram fought against Sir Marhalt and achieved his battle, and how Sir Marhalt fled to his ship
8 How Sir Marhalt after he was arrived in Ireland died of the stroke that Sir Tristram had given to him, and how Sir Tristram was hurt
9 How Sir Tristram was put to the keeping of La Beale Isode for to be healed of his wound
10 How Sir Tristram won the degree at a tournament in Ireland, and caused Sir Palomides to bear no harness for a year
11 How the queen espied that Sir Tristram had slain her brother Sir Marhalt by his sword, and in what jeopardy he was
12 How Sir Tristram departed from the king and La Beale Isode out of Ireland for to come to Cornwall
13 How Sir Tristram and King Mark hurt each other for the love of a knight’s wife
14 How Sir Tristram lay with the lady, how her husband fought with Sir Tristram
15 How Sir Bleoberis demanded the fairest lady in King Mark’s court, whom he took away, and how he was foughten with
16 How Sir Tristram fought with two knights of the Round Table
17 How Sir Tristram fought with Sir Bleoberis for a lady, and how the lady was given a choice as to with whom she would go
18 How the lady forsook Sir Tristram and abode with Sir Bleoberis, and how she desired to go to her husband
19 How King Mark sent Sir Tristram to Ireland for La Beale Isode, and how by fortune he arrived in England
20 How King Anguishaunce of Ireland was summoned to come to King Arthur’s court for treason
21 How Sir Tristram rescued a shield from a knight, and how Governale told him of King Anguishaunce
22 How Sir Tristram fought for Sir Anguishaunce and overcame his adversary, and how his adversary would never yield him
23 How Sir Blamore desired Sir Tristram to slay him, and how Sir Tristram spared him, and how they took appointment
24 How Sir Tristram demanded La Beale Isode for King Mark, and how Sir Tristram and Isode drank the love drink
25 How Sir Tristram and Isode were in prison, and how he fought for her beauty and struck off another lady’s head
26 How Sir Tristram fought with Sir Brewnor and at the last smote off his head
27 How Sir Galahalt fought with Sir Tristram and how Sir Tristram yielded him and promised fellowship with Lancelot
28 How Sir Lancelot met with Sir Carados bearing away Sir Gawain, and of the rescue of Sir Gawain
29 Of the wedding of King Mark to La Beale Isode, and of Brangwine her maid, and of Palomides
30 How Palomides demanded Queen Isode, and how Lambegus rode after to rescue her, and of the escape of Isode
31 How Sir Tristram rode after Sir Palomides, and how he found him and fought with him, and by the mean of Isode the battle ceased
32 How Sir Tristram brought Queen Isode home, and of the debate between King Mark and Sir Tristram
33 How Sir Lamorak jousted with thirty knights and Sir Tristram at the request of King Mark smote his horse down
34 How Sir Lamorak sent a horn to King Mark in despite of Sir Tristram, and how Sir Tristram was driven into a chapel
35 How Sir Tristram was helped by his men, and of Queen Isode who was put in a leper’s hut, and Tristram was hurt
36 How Sir Tristram served King Howell of Brittany in a war, and slew his adversary in the field
37 How Sir Suppinables told Sir Tristram how he was defamed in the court of King Arthur, and of Sir Lamorak
38 How Sir Tristram and his wife arrived in Wales, and how he met there with Sir Lamorak
39 How Sir Tristram fought with Sir Nabon, and overcame him, and made Sir Segwarides lord of the isle
40 How Sir Lamorak departed from Sir Tristram, and how he met with Sir Froll, and after with Sir Lancelot
41 How Sir Lamorak slew Sir Froll, and of the courteous fighting with Sir Belliance, his brother
Book IX
1 How a young man came into the court of King Arthur, and how Sir Kay called him, in scorn, ‘La Cote Mal Taille’
2 How a damsel came into the court and desired a knight to take on a quest, which La Cote Mal Taille accepted
3 How La Cote Mal Taille overthrew Sir Dagonet, the king’s fool, and of the rebuke that he had from the damsel
4 How La Cote Mal Taille fought against an hundred knights, and how he escaped by means of a lady
5 How Sir Lancelot came to the court and heard of La Cote Mal Taille, and how he followed after him, and how La Cote Mal Taille was prisoner
6 How Sir Lancelot fought with six knights and after with Sir Brian, and how he delivered the prisoners
7 How Sir Lancelot met with the damsel named Maledisant, and named her the damsel Bienpensante
8 How La Cote Mal Taille was taken prisoner, and after rescued by Sir Lancelot, and how Sir Lancelot overcame four brothers
9 How Sir Lancelot made La Cote Mal Taille lord of the castle Pendragon, and after was made knight of the Round Table
10 How La Beale Isode sent letters to Sir Tristram by her maid Brangwine, and of diverse adventures of Sir Tristram
11 How Sir Tristram met and fought with Sir Lamorak of Wales, and how they fought, and after accorded never to fight together
12 How Sir Palomides followed the Questing Beast, and smote down Sir Tristram and Sir Lamorak with one spear
13 How Sir Lamorak met with Sir Meleagant and they fought together for the beauty of Dame Guenevere
14 Yet more of the same tale
15 How Sir Kay met Sir Tristram, and after of the shame spoken of the knights of Cornwall, and how they jousted
16 How King Arthur was brought into the Forest Perilous, and how Sir Tristram saved his life
17 How Sir Tristram came to La Beale Isode, and how Kehydyns began to love La Beale Isode, and of a letter that Tristram found
18 How Sir Tristram departed from Tintagel, and how he sorrowed and was so long in a forest until he was out of his mind
19 How Sir Tristram soused Dagonet in a well, and how Palomides sent a damsel to seek Tristram and how Palomides met with King Mark
20 How it was noised that Sir Tristram was dead, and how La Beale Isode would have slain herself
21 How King Mark found Sir Tristram naked and caused him to be brought home to Tintagel, and how he was there recognized by a brachet
22 How King Mark, by the advice of his council, banished Sir Tristram out of Cornwall for the term of ten years
23 How a damsel sought help to help Sir Lancelot against thirty knights, and how Sir Tristram fought with them
24 How Sir Tristram and Sir Dinadan came to a lodging where they had to joust with two knights
25 How Sir Tristram jousted with Sir Kay and Sir Sagramore le Desirous, and how Sir Gawain turned Sir Tristram from Morgan le Fay
26 How Sir Tristram and Sir Gawain rode to have fought against the thirty knights, but they dared not come out
27 How Dame Brangwine found Tristram sleeping by a well, and how she delivered letters to him from La Beale Isode
28 How Sir Tristram had a fall of Sir Palomides, and how Lancelot overthrew two knights
29 How Sir Lancelot jousted with Sir Palomides and overthrew him, and after he was assailed with twelve knights
30 How Sir Tristram behaved the first day of the tournament, and there he had the prize
31 How Sir Tristram returned against King Arthur’s party because he saw Sir Palomides in that party
32 How Sir Tristram found Palomides by a well, and brought him with him to his lodging
33 How Sir Tristram smote down Sir Palomides, and how he jousted with King Arthur, and other feats
34 How Sir Lancelot hurt Sir Tristram, and how after Sir Tristram smote down Sir Palomides
35 How the prize of the third day was given to Sir Lancelot, and how Sir Lancelot gave it to Sir Tristram
36 How Palomides came to the castle where Sir Tristram was, and of the quest that Sir Lancelot and ten knights made for Sir Tristram
37 How Sir Tristram, Sir Palomides, and Sir Dinadan were taken and put in prison
38 How King Mark was sorry for the good renown of Sir Tristram. Some of Arthur’s knights jousted with knights of Cornwall
39 Of the treason of King Mark, and how Sir Gaheris smote him down and Andret his cousin
40 How after that Sir Tristram, Sir Palomides, and Sir Dinadan had been long in prison, they were delivered
41 How Sir Dinadan rescued a lady from Sir Breunis Sans Pité, and how Sir Tristram received a shield from Morgan le Fay
42 How Sir Tristram took with him the shield, and also how he slew the paramour of Morgan le Fay
43 How Morgan le Fay buried her paramour, and how Sir Tristram praised Sir Lancelot and his kin
44 How Sir Tristram at a tournament bore the shield that Morgan le Fay had delivered to him
Book X
1 How Sir Tristram jousted, and smote down King Arthur, because he told him not the cause why he bore that shield
2 How Sir Tristram saved Sir Palomides’ life, and how they promised to fight together within a fortnight
3 How Sir Tristram sought a strong knight who had smitten him down, and many other knights of the Round Table
4 How Sir Tristram smote down Sir Sagramore le Desirous and Sir Dodinas le Savage
5 How Sir Tristram met at the stone with Sir Lancelot, and how they fought together unknown
6 How Sir Lancelot brought Sir Tristram to the court, and of the great joy that the king and the others made of the coming of Sir Tristram
7 How to spite Sir Tristram King Mark came with two knights into England, and how he slew one of the knights
8 How the king came to a fountain where he found Sir Lamorak complaining of his love for King Lot’s wife
9 How King Mark, Sir Lamorak, and Sir Dinadan came to a castle, and how King Mark was known there
10 How Sir Berluse met with King Mark and how Sir Dinadan took his part
11 How King Mark mocked Sir Dinadan, and how they met with six knights of the Round Table
12 How the six knights sent Sir Dagonet to joust with King Mark, and how King Mark refused him
13 How Sir Palomides by adventure met King Mark fleeing, and how he overthrew Dagonet and other knights
14 How King Mark and Sir Dinadan heard Sir Palomides making great sorrow and mourning for La Beale Isode
15 How King Mark had slain Sir Amaunt wrongfully before King Arthur, and Sir Lancelot fetched King Mark for King Arthur
16 How Sir Dinadan told Sir Palomides of the battle between Sir Lancelot and Sir Tristram
17 How Sir Lamorak jousted with diverse knights of the castle wherein was Morgan le Fay
18 How Sir Palomides would have jousted for Sir Lamorak with the knights of the castle
19 How Sir Lamorak jousted with Sir Palomides and hurt him seriously
20 How it was told Sir Lancelot that Dagonet chased King Mark and how a knight overthrew him and six knights
21 How King Arthur announced a joust, and how Sir Lamorak came in and overthrew Sir Gawain and many others
22 How King Arthur made King Mark reconcile with Sir Tristram, and how they departed for Cornwall
23 How Sir Perceval was made knight by King Arthur, and how a mute maid spoke and brought him to the Round Table
24 How Sir Lamorak lay with King Lot’s wife, and how Sir Gaheris slew her which was his own mother
25 How Sir Aggravain and Sir Mordred met with a fleeing knight, and how they were both overthrown, and of Sir Dinadan
26 How King Arthur, the queen, and Lancelot received letters from Cornwall, and of the answer in return
27 How Sir Lancelot was angry at the letter he received from King Mark, and of Dinadan, who composed a lay about King Mark
28 How Sir Tristram was hurt, and of a war waged on King Mark, and of Sir Tristram and how he promised to rescue him
29 How Sir Tristram overcame the battle and how Elias desired a man to fight body for body
30 How Sir Elias and Sir Tristram fought together for the tribute, and how Sir Tristram slew Sir Elias in the field
31 How at a great feast that King Mark made a harper came and sang the lay that Sir Dinadan had made
32 How King Mark slew by treason his brother Baldwin, for good service he had done to him
33 How Angelides, Baldwin’s wife, escaped with her young son Alexander the Orphan, and came to the castle of Arundel
34 How Angelides gave the bloody doublet to Alexander, her son, the same day that he was made a knight, and then charge she then gave him
35 How it was told to King Mark of Alexander, and how he would have slain Sir Sadok for saving of his life
36 How Sir Alexander won the prize at a tournament, and of Morgan le Fay; and how he fought with Sir Malagrin and slew him
37 How Queen Morgan le Fay had Alexander in her castle, and how she healed his wounds
38 How Alexander was delivered from Queen Morgan le Fay by means of a damsel
39 How Alexander met with Alice La Beale Pilgrim, and how he jousted with two knights, and after of him and Sir Mordred
40 How Sir Galahalt announced a joust at Surluse, and Queen Guenevere’s knight were to joust against all who would come
41 How Sir Lancelot fought in the tournament, and how Sir Palomides there fought for a damsel
42 How Sir Galahalt and Palomides fought together, and of Sir Dinadan and Sir Galahalt
43 How Sir Archade accused Sir Palomides of Treason, and how Sir Palomides slew him
44 Of the third day, and how Sir Palomides jousted with Sir Lamorak, and other things
45 Of the fourth day, and of many great feats of arms
46 Of the fifth day, and how Sir Lamorak behaved himself
47 How Sir Palomides fought with Sir Corsabrine for a lady, and how Sir Palomides slew Sir Corsabrine
48 Of the sixth day, and what was then done
49 Of the seventh battle, and how Sir Lancelot, disguised as a maid, smote down Sir Dinadan
50 How by treason Sir Tristram was brought to a tournament to have been slain, and how he was put in prison
51 How King Mark made counterfeit letters from the Pope, and how Sir Perceval delivered Sir Tristram out of prison
52 How Sir Tristram and La Beale Isode came into England, and how Sir Lancelot brought them to Joyous Gard
53 How by the counsel of La Beale Isode Sir Tristram rode armed, and how he met with Sir Palomides
54 Of Sir Palomides, and how he met with Sir Bleoberis and with Sir Ector, and of Sir Perceval
55 How Sir Tristram met with Sir Dinadan, and of their devices, and what he said to Sir Gawain’s brethren
56 How Sir Tristram smote down Aggravain and Sir Gaheris, and Sir Dinadan was sent for by La Beale Isode
57 How Sir Dinadan met with Sir Tristram, and with jousting with Sir Palomides, Sir Dinadan knew him
58 How they approached the Castle Lonezep, and of other devices. Of the death of Sir Lamorak
59 How they came to the bank of the Humber, and how they found a ship there, wherein lay the body of King Hermaunce
60 How Sir Tristram with his fellowship came and were with an host which fought afterward with Sir Tristram; and other matters
61 How Palomides went for to fight with two brethren for the death of King Hermaunce
62 The copy of the letter written for to revenge the king’s death, and how Sir Palomides fought for to have the battle
63 Of the preparation of Sir Palomides and the two brethren that should fight against him
64 Of the battle between Sir Palomides and the two brethren, and how the two brethren were slain
65 How Sir Tristram and Sir Palomides met Breunis Sans Pité, and how Sir Tristram and La Beale Isode went to Lonezep
66 How Sir Palomides jousted with Sir Galyhodyn, and after with Sir Gawain, and smote them down
67 How Sir Tristram and his fellowship came to the Tournament at Lonezep; and of divers jousts and matters
68 How Sir Tristram and his fellowship jousted, and of the noble feats that they did in that tourneying
69 How Sir Tristram was unhorsed and smitten down by Sir Lancelot, and after that Sir Tristram smote down King Arthur
70 How Sir Tristram changed his harness and it was all red, and how he demeaned him, and how Sir Palomides slew Sir Lancelot’s horse
71 How Sir Lancelot said to Sir Palomides, and how the prize of the day was given to Sir Palomides
72 How Sir Dinadan provoked Sir Tristram to do well
73 How King Arthur and Sir Lancelot came to see La Beale Isode, and how Palomides smote down King Arthur
74 How the second day Palomides forsook Sir Tristram and went to the contrary party against him
75 How Sir Tristram departed out of the field, and awoke Sir Dinadan, and changed his array to black
76 How Sir Palomides changed his shield and armor for to hurt Sir Tristram, and how Sir Lancelot did to Sir Tristram
77 How Sir Tristram departed with La Beale Isode, and how Palomides followed and excused him
78 How King Arthur and Sir Lancelot came into their pavilions as they sat at supper, and of Palomides
79 How Sir Tristram and Sir Palomides did the next day, and how King Arthur was unhorsed
80 How Sir Tristram turned to King Arthur’s side, and how Sir Palomides would not
81 How Sir Bleoberis and Sir Ector reported to Queen Guenevere of the beauty of La Beale Isode
82 How Epinogrous complained by a well, and how Sir Palomides came and found him, and of their both sorrows
83 How Sir Palomides brought Sir Epinogrous his lady
84 How Sir Palomides and Sir Saphir were assailed
85 How Sir Tristram made him ready to rescue Sir Palomides, but Sir Lancelot rescued him before he came
86 How Sir Tristram and Sir Lancelot, with Sir Palomides, came to Joyous Gard. Of Palomides and Sir Tristram
87 How there was a day set between Sir Tristram and Sir Palomides for to fight, and how Sir Tristram was hurt
88 How Sir Palomides kept his day for to have foughten, but Sir Tristram might not come; and other things
Book XI
1 How Sir Lancelot rode on his adventure, and how he helped a dolorous lady with her pain, and how he fought with a dragon
2 How Sir Lancelot came to King Pelles, and of the Sangrail, and how he begat Galahad on Elaine, King Pelles’ daughter
3 How Sir Lancelot was displeased when he knew that he had lain by Elaine, and how she was delivered of Galahad
4 How Sir Bors came to Dame Elaine and saw Galahad, and how he was fed from the Holy Grail
5 How Sir Bors made Sir Pedivere to yield him, and of marvelous adventures that he had, and how he achieved them
6 How Sir Bors departed; and how Sir Lancelot was rebuked by Queen Guenevere, and of his excuse
7 How Dame Elaine, Galahad’s mother, came in great estate to Camelot, and how Lancelot behaved there
8 How Dame Brusen by enchantment brought Sir Lancelot to Dame Elaine’s bed, and how Queen Guenevere rebuked him
9 How Dame Elaine was commanded by Queen Guenevere to leave the court, and how Sir Lancelot went mad
10 What sorrow Queen Guenevere made for Sir Lancelot, and how he was sought by knights of his kin
11 How a servant of Sir Agglovale was slain, and what vengeance Sir Agglovale and Sir Perceval did therefore
12 How Sir Perceval departed secretly from his brother, and how he loosed a knight who was bound with a chain, and other things
13 How Sir Perceval met with Sir Ector, and how they fought long, and each had almost slain the other
14 How by miracle they were both made whole by the coming of the holy vessel of the Grail
Book XII
1 How Sir Lancelot in his madness took a sword and fought with a knight and leapt into a bed
2 How Sir Lancelot was carried in an horse litter, and after, Sir Lancelot rescued Sir Bliant, his host
3 How Sir Lancelot fought against a boar and slew him, and how he was hurt, and brought to an hermitage
4 How Sir Lancelot was known by Dame Elaine, and was borne into a chamber and after healed by the Holy Grail
5 How Sir Lancelot, after he was whole and had his mind, was ashamed, and how that Elaine desired a castle for him
6 How Sir Lancelot came into the Joyous Isle, and there he named himself Le Chevalier Malfete
7 Of a great tourneying in the Joyous Isle, and how Sir Perceval and Sir Ector came thither, and Sir Perceval fought with him
8 How each of them knew the other, and of their courtesy, and how his brother Ector came to him, and of their joy
9 How Sir Bors and Sir Lionel came to King Brandegoris, and how Sir Bors took his son Helin le Blanc, and of Sir Lancelot
10 How Sir Lancelot with Sir Perceval and Sir Ector came to court, and of the great joy of him
11 How La Beale Isode counseled Sir Tristram to go to court, to the great feast of Pentecost
12 How Sir Tristram departed unarmed and met with Sir Palomides, and how they smote each other, and how Sir Palomides forbore him
13 How Sir Tristram got himself armor from a knight who was hurt, and how he overthrew Sir Palomides
14 How Sir Tristram and Sir Palomides fought long together, and after accorded, and Sir Tristram made him to be christened
Book XIII
1 How at the vigil of Pentecost entered into the hall before King Arthur a damsel who desired Sir Lancelot for to come and dub a knight, and how he went with her
2 How the letters were found written in the Seat Perilous, and of the marvelous adventure of a sword in a stone
3 How Sir Gawain attempted to draw out the sword, and how an old man brought in Galahad
4 How the old man brought Galahad to the Seat Perilous and set him therein, and how all the knights marveled
5 How King Arthur showed the stone floating on the water to Galahad, and how he drew out the sword
6 How King Arthur had all the knights together for to joust in the meadow beside Winchester before they departed
7 How the queen desired to see Galahad; and after, all the knights were replenished with the Holy Grail, and how they all vowed to follow the same quest
8 How great sorrow was made by the king and ladies for the departing of the knights, and how they departed
9 How Galahad got himself a shield, and how they sped who presumed to take down the said shield
10 How Galahad departed with the shield, and how King Evelake had received the shield from Joseph of Arimathea
11 How Joseph made a cross on the white shield with his blood, and how Galahad was brought by a monk to his tomb
12 Of the marvel that Sir Galahad saw and heard in the tomb, and how he made Melias knight
13 Of the adventure that Melias had, and how Galahad avenged him, and how Melias was carried to an abbey
14 How Galahad departed, and how he was commanded to go to the Castle of Maidens to destroy the wicked custom
15 How Sir Galahad fought with the knights of the castle, and destroyed the wicked custom
16 How Sir Gawain came to the abbey for to follow Galahad, and how he was shriven by a hermit
17 How Sir Galahad met with Sir Lancelot and with Sir Perceval, and smote them down, and departed from them
18 How Sir Lancelot, half sleeping and half waking, saw a sick man borne in a litter, and how he was healed by the Holy Grail
19 How a voice spoke to Sir Lancelot, and how he found his horse and helm borne away, and after went afoot
20 How Sir Lancelot was confessed, and what sorrow he made, and of good examples which were showed to him
Book XIV
1 How Sir Perceval came to a recluse and asked her counsel, and how she told him that she was his aunt
2 How Merlin likened the Round Table to the world, and how the knights who would achieve the Holy Grail would be known
3 How Sir Perceval came to a monastery, where he found King Evelake, who was an old man
4 How Sir Perceval saw many men of arms bearing a dead knight, and how he fought against them
5 How a yeoman desired him to get again a horse, and how Sir Perceval’s hackney was slain, and how he got a horse
6 Of the great danger Sir Perceval was in by his horse, and how he saw a serpent and lion fight
7 Of that vision Sir Perceval saw, and how his vision was expounded, and of the lion
8 How Sir Perceval saw a ship coming toward him, and how the lady of the ship told of her disinheritance
9 How Sir Perceval promised her help, and how he required her of love, and how he was saved from the fiend
10 How Sir Perceval for penance wounded himself in the thigh, and how she was known for the devil
Book XV
1 How Sir Lancelot came into a chapel, where he found dead, in a white shirt, a man of religion, a hundred winters old
2 Of a dead man, how men would have hewn him, and it would not be, and how Sir Lancelot took the hairshirt of the dead man
3 Of a vision that Sir Lancelot had, and how he told it to a hermit, and desired counsel of him
4 How the hermit expounded to Sir Lancelot his vision and told him that Sir Galahad was his son
5 How Sir Lancelot jousted with many knights, and he was taken
6 How Sir Lancelot told his vision to a woman, and how she expounded it to him
Book XVI
1 How Sir Gawain was weary of the quest for the Holy Grail, and of his marvelous dream
2 Of the vision of Sir Ector, and how he jousted with Sir Uwain, his sworn brother
3 How Sir Gawain and Sir Ector came to a hermitage to be confessed, and how they told the hermit their visions
4 How the hermit expounded their vision
5 Of the good counsel the hermit gave to them
6 How Sir Bors met with a hermit, and how he was confessed to him, and of the penance enjoined to him
7 How Sir Bors was lodged with a lady, and how he took on him for to fight against a champion for her land
8 Of a vision which Sir Bors had that night, and how he fought and overcame his adversary
9 How the lady had her lands returned to her after the battle of Sir Bors, and of his departing, and how he met Sir Lionel taken and beaten with thorns, and also a maid which should have been devoured
10 How Sir Bors left to rescue his brother, and rescued the damsel; and how it was told to him that Sir Lionel was dead
11 How Sir Bors told his dream that he had dreamed to a priest, and of the counsel the priest gave him
12 How the devil in a woman’s likeness would have had Sir Bors to have lain by her, and how by God’s grace he escaped
13Of the holy communication of an abbot to Sir Bors, and how the abbot counseled him
14 How Sir Bors met with his brother Sir Lionel, and how Sir Lionel would have slain Sir Bors
15 How Sir Colgrevance fought against Sir Lionel to save Sir Bors, and how the hermit was slain
16 How Sir Lionel slew Sir Colgrevance, and how after he would have slain Sir Bors
17 How there came a voice which ordered Sir Bors not to touch him, and of a cloud that came between them
Book XVII
1 How Sir Galahad fought at a tournament, and how he was known by Sir Gawain and Sir Ector de Maris
2 How Sir Galahad rode with a damsel, and came to the ship where Sir Bors and Sir Perceval were
3 How Sir Galahad entered the ship, and of a fair bed therein, with other marvelous things, and of a sword
4 Of the marvels of the sword and of the scabbard
5 How King Pelles was smitten through both thighs because he drew the sword, and other marvelous histories
6 How Solomon took David’s sword by the counsel of his wife, and of other marvelous matters
7 A wonderful tale of King Solomon and his wife
8 How Galahad and his fellows came to a castle, and how they fought before the castle, and how they slew their adversaries, and other matters
9 How the three knights, with Perceval’s sister, came into the waste forest, and of a hart and four lions, and other things
10 How they were asked to participate in a strange custom, which they would not obey, wherefore they fought and slew many knights
11 How Sir Perceval’s sister bled a dish full of blood for to heal a lady, wherefore she died; and how that body was put in a ship
12 How Galahad and Perceval found in a castle many tombs of maidens who had bled to death
13 How Sir Lancelot entered into the ship where Sir Perceval’s sister lay dead, and how he met with Sir Galahad, his son
14 How a knight brought to Sir Galahad a horse, and bade him come from his father, Sir Lancelot
15 How Sir Lancelot went before the door of the chamber where the Holy Grail was
16 How Sir Lancelot had lain four and twenty days and as many nights as a dead man, and other diverse matters
17 How Sir Lancelot returned toward Logres, and of other adventures he had along the way
18 How Galahad came to King Mordrains, and of other matters and adventures
19 How Sir Perceval and Sir Bors met with Sir Galahad, and how they came to the Castle Corbenic, and other matters
20 How Galahad and his fellows were fed by the Holy Grail, and how Our Lord appeared to them, and other things
21 How Galahad anointed with the blood of the spear the maimed king, and of other adventures
22 How they were fed by the Holy Grail while they were in prison, and how Galahad was made king
23 Of the sorrow that Perceval and Bors made when Galahad was dead; and of Perceval, how he died, and other matters
Book XVIII
1 Of the joy King Arthur and the queen had of the achievement of the Holy Grail; and how Lancelot fell to his old love again
2 How the queen commanded Sir Lancelot to avoid the court, and of the sorrow that Lancelot made
3 How at a dinner that the queen made there was a knight poisoned, which Sir Mador laid on the queen
4 How Sir Mador accused the queen of treason, and there was no knight who would fight for her at the first time
5 How the queen asked Sir Bors to fight for her and how he granted this to her upon condition; and how he warned Sir Lancelot thereof
6 How at the day Sir Bors made him ready to fight for the queen; and when he would fight how another discharged him
7 How Sir Lancelot fought against Sir Mador for the queen, and how he overcame Sir Mador, and discharged the queen
8 How the truth was known by the Maiden of the Lake, and of diverse other matters
9 How Sir Lancelot rode to Astolat and received a sleeve to bear upon his helm at the request of a maid
10 How the tourney began at Winchester, and what knights were at the jousts, and other things
11 How Sir Lancelot and Sir Lavane entered the field against those on King Arthur’s side, and how Lancelot was hurt
12 How Sir Lancelot and Sir Lavane departed out of the field, and in what jeopardy Lancelot was
13 How Lancelot was brought to a hermit for to be healed of his wound, and of other matters
14 How Sir Gawain was lodged with the lord of Astolat, and there had knowledge that it was Sir Lancelot that bore the red sleeve
15 Of the sorrow that Sir Bors had for the hurt of Lancelot; and of the anger the queen had because Lancelot bore the sleeve
16 How Sir Bors sought Lancelot and found him in the hermitage, and of the lamentation between them
17 How Sir Lancelot armed him to assay if he might bear arms, and how his wounds burst open again
18 How Sir Bors returned and told tidings of Sir Lancelot; and of the tourney, and to whom the prize was given
19 Of the great lamentation of the Fair Maid of Astolat when Lancelot should depart, and how she died for his love
20 How the corpse of the Maid of Astolat arrived before King Arthur, and of the burying, and how Sir Lancelot offered the mass-offering
21 Of great jousts done all a Christmas, and of a great joust and tourney ordained by King Arthur, and of Sir Lancelot
22 How Sir Lancelot after he was hurt by a gentlewoman came to a hermit, and of other matters
23 How Sir Lancelot behaved at the joust, and other men also
24 How King Arthur marveled much at the jousting in the field, and how he rode and found Sir Lancelot
25 How true love is likened to summer
Book XIX
1 How Queen Guenevere rode a-maying with certain knights of the Round Table clad all in green
2 How Sir Meleagant took the queen and all her knights, who were seriously hurt in the fighting
3 How Sir Lancelot had word how the queen was taken, and how Sir Meleagant laid an ambush for him
4 How Sir Lancelot’s horse was slain, and how Sir Lancelot rode in a cart for to rescue the queen
5 How Sir Meleagant required forgiveness of the queen, and how she appeased Sir Lancelot, and other matters
6 How Sir Lancelot came in the night to the queen and lay by her, and how Sir Meleagant accused the queen of treason
7 How Sir Lancelot answered for the queen, and waged battle against Sir Meleagant; and how Sir Lancelot was taken in a trap
8 How Sir Lancelot was delivered out of prison by a lady, and took a white courser and came for to keep the appointed day
9 How Sir Lancelot came the same time that Sir Meleagant waited for him in the field and prepared himself for battle
10 How Sir Urry came to King Arthur’s court to be healed of his wounds, and how King Arthur handled him
11 How King Arthur handled Sir Urry, and after him many other knights of the Round Table
12 How Sir Lancelot was commanded by Arthur to handle his wounds, and anon he was all whole, and how they thanked God
13 How there was a party made of a hundred knights against a hundred knights; and of other matters
Book XX
1 How Sir Aggravain and Sir Mordred were busy upon Sir Gawain for to disclose the love between Sir Lancelot and Queen Guenevere
2 How Sir Aggravain disclosed their love to King Arthur, and how King Arthur gave them license to take him
3 How Sir Lancelot was spied in the queen’s chamber, and how Sir Aggravain and Sir Mordred came with twelve knights to slay him
4 How Sir Lancelot slew Sir Colgrevance and armed him in his harness, and after slew Sir Aggravain, and twelve of his fellows
5 How Sir Lancelot came to Sir Bors, and told him how he had sped, and in what adventure he had been, and how he had escaped
6 Of the counsel and advice which was taken by Sir Lancelot and by his friends for to save the queen
7 How Sir Mordred rode hastily to the king to tell him of the affray and death of Sir Aggravain and the other knights
8 How Sir Lancelot and his kinsmen rescued the queen from the fire, and how he slew many knights
9 Of the sorrow and lamentation of King Arthur for the death of his nephews and other good knights, and also for the queen, his wife
10 How King Arthur at the request of Sir Gawain concluded to make war against Sir Lancelot, and laid siege to his castle called Joyous Gard
11 Of the communication between King Arthur and Sir Lancelot, and how King Arthur reproved him
12 How the cousins and kinsmen of Sir Lancelot encouraged him to go out to battle, and how they made them ready
13 How Sir Gawain jousted and smote down Sir Lionel, and how Sir Lancelot horsed King Arthur
14 How the pope sent down his bulls to make peace, and how Sir Lancelot brought the queen to King Arthur
15 Of the deliverance of the queen to the king by Sir Lancelot, and what language Sir Gawain had for Sir Lancelot
16 Of the communication between Sir Gawain and Sir Lancelot, and much other language
17 How Sir Lancelot departed from the king and from Joyous Gard over the sea, and what knights went with him
18 How Sir Lancelot passed over the sea, and how he made great lords of the knights that went with him
19 How King Arthur and Sir Gawain made a great host ready to go over the sea and make war on Sir Lancelot
20 What message Sir Gawain sent to Sir Lancelot, and King Arthur laid siege to Benwick, and other matters
21 How Sir Lancelot and Sir Gawain did battle together, and how Sir Gawain was overthrown and hurt
22 Of the sorrow that King Arthur made for the war, and of another battle where also Sir Gawain had the worse
Book XXI
1 How Sir Mordred presumed and took on him to be king of England, and would have married the queen, his father’s wife
2 How 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 Gawain
3 How after, Sir Gawain’s ghost appeared to King Arthur, and warned him that he should not fight that day
4 How by misadventure of an adder the battle began, where Mordred was slain, and Arthur hurt to the death
5 How King Arthur commanded his sword Excalibur to be cast into the water, and how he was delivered to ladies in a barge
6 How Sir Bedevere found himself in the morning dead in a hermitage, and how he abode there with the hermit
7 Of the opinion of some men of the death of King Arthur; and how Queen Guenevere made her a nun at Amesbury
8 How Sir Lancelot heard of the death of King Arthur, and of Sir Gawain, and other matters, and how he came into England
9 How Sir Lancelot departed to seek the queen Guenevere, and how he found her at Amesbury
10 How Sir Lancelot came to the hermitage where the Archbishop of Canterbury was, and how he took the habit on him
11 How Sir Lancelot went with his seven fellows to Amesbury, and found there Queen Guenevere dead, whom they brought to Glastonbury
12 How Sir Lancelot began to sicken, and after died, whose body was borne to Joyous Gard
13 How Sir Ector found Sir Lancelot his brother dead, and how Constantine reigned next after Arthur; and of the end of this book
