[Le morte darthur]

¶Capitulum xj

THenne kynge Arthur loked vpon sire Vrre. and the kynge thoughte he was a ful lykely man whanne he was hole / and thenne kynge Arthur made hym to be take doune of the lytter and layd hym vpon the erthe / and there was layd a cusshyn fo gold that he shold knele vpon / And thenne noble Arthur sayd fayr knyghte me repenteth of thy hurte / and for to courage alle other noble Knyghtes / I wille praye the softly to suffre me to handle your woundes / Moost noble crystned kynge sayd Vrre doo as ye lyste / for I am at the mercy of god and at your commaundement / ¶So thenne Arthur softely handelyd hym / and thenne somme of his woundes renewed vpon bledynge / Thenne the kynge Clary∣aunce of Northumberland serched and it wold not be / And thenne sir Baraunt le apres that was called the Kyng with the honderd Knyghtes he assayed and fayled / and so dyd ky∣nge Vryence of the land of Gore / Soo dyd Kynge Anguys∣saunce of Irland / Soo dyd Kynge Nentres of Garboth / So dyd Kyng Carados of Scotland / Soo dyd the duke Gala∣halt the haute prynce / Soo dyd Constantyn that was sir Ca¦rados sone of Cornewail / Soo dyd duke Challyns of Clara∣unce / Soo dyd the Erle Vlbause / Soo dyd the Erle Lambaile Soo dyd the erle Arystause

Thenne came in syr Gawayne with his thre sones sir Gynga∣lyn / syr Florence / & sir Louel / these two were begoten vpon sir

dyd the erle Lambayle / Soo dyd the Erle Arystause

¶Thenne came in syre Gawayne with his thre sones syr gan¦galayne / syr Florence and syr Louel these two were goten vp on syr Brandyles syster / and al they fayled / Thenne cam in syr Agrauayne / syr Gaherys / syr Mordred / & the good knyʒt sir Gareth that was of veray knyghthode worth al the brethe∣ren / Soo came knyghtes of Launcelots kynne / but syr laun∣celot was not that tyme in the courte / for he was that tyme vp on his aduentures / Thenne syr Lyonel / syr Ector de marys / syr Bors de ganys / syr Blamor de ganys / syr Bleoberis de ganys / syr Gahalantyne / syr Galyhodyn / syr Menadeuke / syr Vyllyars the valyaunt / syr Hebes le renoumes / Al these we¦re of syr launcelots kynne / and alle they fayled / ¶Thenne came in syr Sagramore le desyrus / syr Dodynas le saueage syr Dynadan / syr Bruyn le noyre / that syr kap named la co∣te male tayle and syr Kay the Seneschal / syr Kay de straū∣ges / syr Melyot de Logrys / syr Petypase of wynchelsee / syre Galleron of Galway / syr Melyon of the montayne / syr Car∣dok / syr Vwayne les aduoultres / and syr ozanna le cure har¦dy / Thenne came in syr Astamor & syr Gromere grummors so∣ne / syr Crosselme / Sir Seruause le breuse that was callyd a passynge stronge knyghte / for as the book sayth the chyef lady of the lake feested syr launcelot and syr Seruause le breuse / And whan she had feested hem bothe at sondry tymes she pra∣yd hem to gyue her a bone / and they graunted it her / and then¦ne she prayd syr Seruause that he wold promyse her neuer to doo batail ageynst syr launcelot du lake / & in the same wyse she prayd syr Launcelot neuer to doo batail ageynst syr Ser∣uause / and soo eyther promysed her / For the Frensshe book sa¦yth / that sir Seruause had neuer courage nor lust to doo batail ageynst no man but yf it were ageynst gyaunts & ageynste dragons and wylde beestes / Soo we passe vnto them that att the kynges request made hem alle that were there at that hyʒ feest as of the knyʒtes of the table round for to serche sir Tur∣re / to that entente the kynge dyd hit / to wete whiche was the noblest knyghte amonge them

¶Thenne came sir Aglouale / sire Durnore / sir Tor that was bygoten vpon Aryes the couherdes wyf / but he was begoten

afore Aryes wedded her / and Kynge Pellenor begatte hem all / fyrst syre Tor / syre Aglouale / syr Durnore / syre Lamorak the moost noblest knyghte one that euer was in Arthurs da∣yes / as for a worldly knyghte / and syre Percyual that was pyerles excepte syre Galahad in holy dedes / but they dyed in the quest of the Sancgreal / Thenne cam syr Gryflet le fyse de dieu / Sir Lucan the botteler / syre Bedeue•• his broder / syr bran¦dyles / syr Constantyne / syr Cadores sone of Cornewayl that was kynge after Arthurs dayes / and syre Clegys / syre Sa∣dok / syr Dynas le Seneschal of Cornewaile / syre Fergus / syr Drya••n•• / syr Lambegus / syre Clarrus of Cleremont / syr Cloddrus / syre Hectymere / syre Edward of Canaruan / syre Dynas / syre Pryamus that was crystned by syr Tristram the noble Knyghte / and these thre were bretheren syr Hellayne de blank that was sone to syre Bors / he begat hym vpon kyng Brandegorys doughter and syre Bryan de lystynoyse / Syre Gautere / syr Reynold / syr Gyllemere were thre bretheren that syre launcelot wanne vpon a brydge in syre Kayes armes / sir Guyart le petyte / syre Bellangere le beuse that was sone to the good knyghte syr Alysander le orphelyn that was slayne by the treason of Kynge Marke / ¶Also that traytour kyng slewe the noble Knyghte syre Trystram as he sat harpyng a fore his lady la Beale Isoud with a trenchaunt glayue / for whos deth was moche bewaylynge of euery knyghte that euer were in Arthurs dayes / there was neuer none so bewailed as was syre Tristram and syr lamorak / for they were traytours∣ly slayne / syr Trystram by kynge Marke / and syr lamorak by syr Gawayne and his bretheren / And this syre Bellangere reuenged the deth of his fader Alysander and syr Tristram sle¦we Kynge Marke and la Brale Isoud dyed swounyng vp on the crosse of syr Tristram wherof was grete pyte / And alle that were with Kyng Marke that were consentynge to the deth of syr Tristram were slayne as syre Andred and many other / Thenne came syr Hebes / syr Morganore / syr Sentrayle / Syre Suppynabylis / Sire Bellangere le orgulous that the good Knyghte syr lamorak wonne in playne batail syr Nerouens / & syr Plenorius two good knyʒtes that syr launcelot wan / sir Darras / sir Harre le fyse lake / sir ermynyde broder to kyng

Hermaunce for whome syre Palomydes foughte att the reed cyte with two bretheren / & syr Selyses of the dolorous toure / sir Edward of Orkeney / syre Ironsyde that was called the no∣ble knyʒte of the reed laundes that syre Gareth wanne for the loue of dame Lyones / syr Arrok de greuaunt / syr Degrane sa∣unce velany that foughte with the gyaunt of the black lowe / Syr Epynogrys that was the kynges sone of Northūberland Sir Pelleas that loued the lady Ettard / and he had dyed for her loue had not ben one of the ladyes of the lake / her na∣me was dame Nymue / and she wedded sire Pelleas / and she saued hym that he was neuer slayne / and he was a ful noble knyghte / and sire Lamyel of Cardyf that was a grete louer / Sir Playne de fors / sire Mellcaus de lyle / sir Bobart le cure hardy that was kynge Arthurs sone / sir Mador de la porte / sir Colgreuaunce / sir Heruyse de la forest saueage / sir Marrok the good knyghte that was bitrayed with his wyf / for she ma∣de hym seuen yere a werwolf / sir Persaunt / sire Pertilope his broder that was called the grene knyght / and sir Perymones broder to them bothe / that was called the reed knyght / that sir Gareth wanne whan he was called Beaumayns / Alle these honderd knyghtes and ten serched syr Vrres woundes by the commaundement of kynge Arthur