¶Capitulū Primū
SOo after these questys of Syr Gawyne / Syre Tor / and kynge Pellinore / It felle so that Mer¦lyn felle in a dottage on the damoisel that kyng Pellinore broughte to Courte / and she was o∣ne of the damoysels of the lake that hyʒte Ny∣neue / But Merlyn wold lete haue her no rest but alweyes he wold be with her / And euer she maade Merlyn good chere tyl she had lerned of hym al maner thynge that she desyred and he was assoted vpon her that he myghte not be from her / Soo on a tyme he told kynge Arthur that he sholde not dure longe but for al his craftes he shold be put in the erthe quyck and