[Le morte darthur]

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Title
[Le morte darthur]
Author
Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent.
Publication
Enprynted and fynysshed in thabbey Westmestre :: [Caxton?],
the last day of Juyl the yere of our lord M.CCCC.lxxxv [1485]
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Subject terms
Arthur, -- King.
Arthurian romances.
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"[Le morte darthur]." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A21703.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 5, 2024.

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¶Capitulum xxvj

SYr said sire Gawayne wille ye stande with me / and we wille see the malyce of these thyrtty knyghtes / syr said sir tristram goo ye to hem / and hit please you / and ye shal see I wille not fayle you / for hit is not long a go syn I and a felawe mette with thyrtty knyʒtes of that quenes felauship

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And god spede vs soo that we may wynne worship / So thē∣ne sir Gawayne and sire tristram rode toward the castel where Morgan le fay was / and euer sir Gawayne demed wel that he was sire tristram de lyones by cause he herd that two kn∣yghtes had slayne and beten thyrtty knyghtes / And whanne they came afore the castel sir Gawayn spak on hyghe / and sa∣id Quene Morgan le fay sende oute youre knyghtes / that ye haue leyd in a watche for sir laūcelot & for sir tristram / Now said sir Gawayne I knowe your fals treason / and thorou all places where that I ryde men shall knowe of your fals trea∣son / and now lete see sir Gawayn / whether ye dare come out of your castel ye thyrtty knyghtes / thenne the quene spak and al the thyrtty knyghtes attones / and said / sir Gawayne ful wel wetest thou what thou dost and saist / For by god we knowe the passynge wel / But alle that thou spekest / and dost / thow saist hit vpon pryde of that good Knyghte that is there with the / For there be somme of vs that knowen full wel the han∣des of that knyght ouer alle wel / And wete thou wel sir ga∣wayne / hit is more for his sake than for thyn that we wylle not come oute of this castel / For wete ye wel sir Gawayne the Knyght that bereth the armes of Cornewaile / we knowe hym / and what he is / thenne sir Gawayne and sir tristram de¦parted and rode on their wayes a day or two to gyders / and there by aduenture they met with syr Kay and syr Sagramor le desyrus / And thenne they were glad of syr gawayne / and he of them / but they wiste not what he was with the shelde of Corne Waile / but by demynge / And thus they rode to gyders a daye or two / And thenne they were ware of syr Breuse saū∣ce pyte chacynge a lady for to haue slayne her / for he had slayn her peramour afore / Hold you all stylle said syr Gawayne & shewe none of you forthe / and ye shalle see me reward yonder fals Knyght / for and he aspye you he is so wel horsed that he wille escape awey / And thenne syre Gawayne rode betwix syr Breuse and the lady / and said fals knyghte leue her / and ha∣ue adoo with me / whan syr Breuse sawe no moo but syre ga∣yne he feutryd his spere / and syr Gawayne ageynst hym / and there syr Breuse ouerthrewe syr Gawayne / and thenne he rode ouer hym / & ouerthwart hym twenty tymes to haue destroyed

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hym / and whan sire Tristram sawe hym doo soo vylaynous a dede / he hurled oute ageynste hym / And whan syr Breuse sa∣we hym with the shelde of Cornewaile / he knewe hym well / that it was syre Tristram / and thenne he fledde / and sir Tris∣tram folowed after hym / and syr Breuse saunce pyte was so horsed that he wente his waye quyte / and sir Tristram folowed hym longe / for he wold fayne haue ben auengyd vpon hym / And soo whanne he hadde longe chaced hym / he sawe a fayre welle / and thyder he rode to repose hym / and teyed his hors til a tree /

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