¶Now torne we to the tw•• felawes / ¶Capitulum xij
NOw saith the story that al nyght Galahad and Per¦cyual were in a chappel in her prayers for to saue sir Bors / ¶Soo on the morowe they dressid hem in theire har∣neis toward the Castel to wete whatwas fallen of them there in / And when they cam there / they fond neyther man ne wo∣man that he ne was dede by the vengeaunce of oure lord / with that they herd a voyce that sayd / this vengeaunce is for blood shedynge of maydens / Also they fonde atte ende of the chappel a Chirche yerd / and therin myght they see a thre score fair tom¦bes / and that place was soo fayre and soo delectable that it se∣med hem there had ben none tempest / For there lay the body∣es of alle the good maydens whiche were martred for the se∣ke ladyes sake / Also they fond the names of eueryche / and of what blood they were come / and alle were of kynges blood & twelue of them were kynges doughters / Thenne they depar∣ted and wente in to a foreste / Now said Percyual vnto Ga∣lahad we must departe / soo pray we oure lord that we maye mete to gyders in short tyme / thenne they dyd of their helmes and kyssed to gyder / and wepte at their departynge