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... knight of Sir Launcelot , and after overtook the damsel . and slew Chap . v . How Sir Beaumains fought two knights at a passage . How Beaumains fought with the knight Chap . vi . of the black lands , and fought with him till he fell ...
... knight of Sir Launcelot , and after overtook the damsel . and slew Chap . v . How Sir Beaumains fought two knights at a passage . How Beaumains fought with the knight Chap . vi . of the black lands , and fought with him till he fell ...
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... knight , and justed with a knight . THOU art full young and tender of age , said Arthur , for to take so high an order on thee . Sir , said Griflet , I beseech you make me knight . Sir , said Merlin , it were great pity to lose Griflet ...
... knight , and justed with a knight . THOU art full young and tender of age , said Arthur , for to take so high an order on thee . Sir , said Griflet , I beseech you make me knight . Sir , said Merlin , it were great pity to lose Griflet ...
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... knight gat a spear , and therewith they ran together that Arthur's spear all to - shivered . But the other knight hit him so hard in midst of the shield that horse and man fell to the earth , and therewith Arthur was eager , and pulled ...
... knight gat a spear , and therewith they ran together that Arthur's spear all to - shivered . But the other knight hit him so hard in midst of the shield that horse and man fell to the earth , and therewith Arthur was eager , and pulled ...
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... Knight , hold thy hand , for and thou slay that knight thou puttest this realm in the greatest damage that ever was realm : for this knight is a man of more wor- ship than thou wotest of . Why , who is he ? said the knight . It is king ...
... Knight , hold thy hand , for and thou slay that knight thou puttest this realm in the greatest damage that ever was realm : for this knight is a man of more wor- ship than thou wotest of . Why , who is he ? said the knight . It is king ...
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... knight , pulled out the sword , which afterward was cause of his death . THEN fell it so that time there was a poor knight with king Arthur , that had been prisoner with him half a year and more , for slaying of a knight the which was ...
... knight , pulled out the sword , which afterward was cause of his death . THEN fell it so that time there was a poor knight with king Arthur , that had been prisoner with him half a year and more , for slaying of a knight the which was ...
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Accolon adventure afore alight anon Balin battle Beale Isoud Beaumains castle celot CHAP Cote Male Taile dame damsel death departed earth Ector de Maris espied fair fell fight fought hand hath haut prince heard helm hight hundred knights king Arthur king Lot king Mark knight Sir lady Launcelot du Lake lord Sir marvel Merlin mides Morgan le Fay name is Sir never nigh noble knight passing pray queen Guenever ride Round Table Sancgreal shame shield Sir Bleoberis Sir Bors Sir Dinadan Sir Ector Sir Gaheris Sir Galahad Sir Gareth Sir Gawaine Sir Kay Sir knight Sir Lamorak Sir Laun Sir Launcelot Sir Lavaine Sir Marhaus Sir Mordred Sir Pala Sir Palamides Sir Pelleas Sir Percivale Sir Tris Sir Tristram Sir Uwaine slain slay slew sore sorrow spear squire stroke sword Table Round tell thee told tram wherefore wist wit ye worship wounded wroth
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Page v - Christendom. There I read it in the oath of every knight, that he should defend to the expense of his best blood, or of his life, if it so...
Page v - Next, (for hear me out now, readers,) that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered ; I betook me among those lofty fables and romances,* which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown over all Christendom.
Page 462 - Then Sir Bedivere cried: Ah my lord Arthur, what shall become of me, now ye go from me and leave me here alone among mine enemies? Comfort thyself...
Page xxxvi - But love, first learned in a lady's eyes, Lives not alone immured in the brain; But, with the motion of all elements, Courses as swift as thought in every power, And gives to every power a double power, Above their functions and their offices.
Page 9 - When Sir Ector beheld the sword he returned again and came to the church, and there they...
Page 469 - Morte d'Arthur. — SIR THOMAS MALORY'S BOOK OF KING ARTHUR AND OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. The original Edition of CAXTON, revised for Modern Use. With an Introduction by Sir EDWARD STRACHEY, Bart. pp. xxxvii., 509. ' 'It is with perfect confidence that we recommend this edition of the old romance to every class of readers.
Page 468 - Launcelot, he said, thou were head of all Christian knights, and now I dare say, said Sir Ector, thou Sir Launcelot, there thou liest, that thou were never matched of earthly knight's hand.
Page 462 - Bedivere, take thou Excalibur, my good sword, and go with it to yonder water side, and when thou comest there, I charge thee throw my sword in that water, and come again, and tell me what thou there seest. My lord, said Bedivere, your commandment shall be done, and lightly bring you word again.
Page xxxi - ... every man will say it is a great cruelty to put to death such honest persons, who by their own wills put themselves into your grace to save their company.
Page xxiii - Hath been derived down to us, and received In a succession for the noblest way Of breeding up our youth, in letters, arms, Fair mien, discourses, civil exercise, And all the blazon of a gentleman ? Where can he learn to vault, to ride, to fence, To move his body gracefuller, to speak His language purer, or to tune his mind Or manners more to the harmony of nature, Than in these nurseries of nobility?