[Le morte darthur]

¶Capitulum Quartum

THe kynge was ryghte gladde of his wordes / and said vnto the good man / syr ye be ryghte welcome / and the yonge knyʒte with yow / Thenne the old man made the yong man to vnarme hym / / and he was in a cote of reed s••ndel / & bare a mantel vpon his sholder that was furred with ••rmyn / and put that vpon hym / And the old knyghte sayd vnto the yonge knyght / syr foloweth me / and anone he ledde hym vnto the sege peryllous / where besyde sat syr Laūcelot / and the good man lyfte vp the clothe / and fonde there letters that said thus this is the sege of Galahalt the haute prynce / Sir said thold knyghte / wete ye wel that place is yours / And thenne he sett hym doune surely in that syege / And thenne he sayd to the old man / syr ye maye now goo your way / for wel haue ye done / that ye were commaunded to doo / & recommaunde me vnto my graunt sir kynge Pelles / and vnto my lord Petchere / and say hem on my behalf I shalle come and see hem as soone as euer I may / Soo the good man departed / and there met hym xx noble squyers / and so took their horses and wente their way Thenne alle the knyghtes of the table round merueylled gre∣tely of sir Galahalt that he durst sytte there in that syege peril∣lous / and was soo tendyr of age / and wist not from whens he came but al only by god / and said this he by whome the Sāc∣greal shal be encheued / For there sat neuer none / but he / but he were mescheued / Thenne syr launcelot beheld his sone and had

grete Ioye of hym / Thenne Bors told his felawes vpon pa∣yne of my lyf this yonge knyghte shalle come vnto grete wor¦ship / this noyse was grete in alle the Courte / soo that it cam to the quene / thenne she had merueylle what knyght it myght be that durste auenture hym to sytte in the syege peryllous / ma∣ny said vnto the quene / he resembled moche vnto sire Launcelot I may wel suppose said the quene / that syr Launcelot begatte hym on kynge Pelles doughter / by the whiche he was made to lye by / by enchauntement / and his name is Galahalt / I wold fayne see hym said the quene / for he must nedes be a noble man for soo is his fader that hym begat I reporte me vnto alle the table round / So whanne the mete was done that the kynge & alle were rysen / the kynge yede vnto the syege Peryllous and lyfte vp the clothe / and fonde there the name of Galahad / & thenne he shewed hit vnto syr Gawayne / and sayd fayre ne∣uewe now haue we amonge vs syr Galahad the good kny∣ght that shalle worshippe vs alle / and vpon payne of my lyf he shal encheue the Sancgreal / ryght as sir launcelot had do∣ne vs to vnderstande / Thenne came kyng Arthur vnto Gala∣had and said syr ye be welcome / for ye shall meue many go∣od knyghtes to the quest of the Sancgreal / and ye shal enche¦ue that neuer knyghtes myght brynge to an ende / Thenne the kynge took hym by the hand and wente doune from the pale∣is to shewe Galahad the aduentures of the stone /