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ANd soo he felle on slepe and half wakynge and sle∣pyng he sawe come by hym two palfreyes alle fayr & whyte / the whiche bare a lytter / therin lyenge a seke knyghte / And whanne he was nyghe the crosse / he there abode stylle / Alle this syr launcelot sawe / and beheld for he slepte not veryly / and he herd hym saye / O swe•••• lord whanne shal
this sorowe leue me / And whanne shalle the holy vessel come by me / where thurgh I shalle be blessid / For I haue endured thus longe / for lytyl toespace / a ful grete whyle complayned the knyght thus / and alweyes syr launcelot herd it / With that syr launcelot sawe the Candelstyk with the syxe tapers come be¦fore the Crosse / and he sawe no body that brought it ¶ Also there came a table of syluer and the holy vessel of the Sancgre¦al whiche launcelot had sene afore tyme in kynge Pescheours hows / And there with the seke knyghte sette hym vp / & helde vp bothe his handes / and said Faire swete lord whiche is he∣re within this holy vessel / take hede vnto me that I may be ho¦le of this maladye / And ther with on his handes and on his knees he wente soo nyghe that he touched the holy vessel / and kyste hit / and anone he was hole / and thenne he sayd lord god I thanke the / for I am helyd of this sekenesse / So whanne the holy vessel had ben there a grete whyle hit wente vnto the Chappel with the chaundeler and the lyght / soo that launcelot wyst not where it was become for he was ouertaken with syn∣ne that he had no power to ryse ageyne the holy vessel / wher∣for after that many men said of hym shame / but he took repen¦taunce after that / Thenne the seke knyght dressid hym vp / & kyssed the crosse / anone his squyer brought hym his armes / and asked his lord how he dyd / Certes sayd he I thanke god ryghte wel thurgh the holy vessel I am helyd / But I haue merueil of this slepynge knyghte that had no power to awa∣ke whanne this holy vessel was brought hyder / I dare ryʒt wel saye / sayd the squyer that he dwelleth in some dedely syn∣ne wherof he was neuer confessid / By my feythe said the kn∣yght what someuer he be / he is vnhappy / for as I dome he is of the felauship of the round table / the whiche is entryd in to the quest of the Sancgreal / Sire said the squyer here I haue brought yow alle your armes sauf your helme and your su∣erd / and therfor by myn assente now maye ye take this knyʒ¦tes helme and his suerd and so he dyd / And whan he was clene armed / he took syr laūcelots hors / for he was better than his and soo departed they from the Crosse /