¶Now leue we this story and speke of Galahad Capitulum xviij
NOw saith the story Galahad rode many Iourneyes in∣vayne / And at the last he cam to the Abbay where ky∣ng Mordrayns was / And whan he herd that he thouʒte he wold abyde to see hym / And vpon the morne whanne he had herd masse Galahad came vnto kyng Mordrayns / And anon the kynge sawe hym the whiche had leyne blynd of long tyme And thenne he dressid hym ageynst hym / and said Galahad the seruaunt of Ihesu cryste whos comynge I haue abyden so longe / Now enbrace me and lete me reste on thy brest / So that I may reste bitwene thyn armes / for thow arte a clene vyr∣gyn aboue all knyghtes as the floure of the lyly / in whome vyrgynyte is sygnefyed / and thou arte the rose the whiche is the floure of al good vertu / & in coloure of fyre / For the fyre of the holy ghoost is take so in the / that my flesshe which was al dede of oldenes / is become yonge ageyne / Thenne Galahad herd his wordes thenne he enbraced hym & alle his body /