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Le Morte Darthur / by Syr Thomas Malory ; the original edition of William Caxton now reprinted and edited with an introduction and glossary by H. Oskar Sommer ; with an essay on Malory's prose style by Andrew Lang

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Le Morte Darthur / by Syr Thomas Malory ; the original edition of William Caxton now reprinted and edited with an introduction and glossary by H. Oskar Sommer ; with an essay on Malory's prose style by Andrew Lang

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Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent.

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Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491, Sommer, H. Oskar (Heinrich Oskar), b. 1861

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London: David Nutt

1889

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¶ The table or rubrysshe of the contente of chapytres shortly of the fyrst book of kyng Arthur /

Fyrst how vtherpendragon sente for the duke of cornewayl & Igrayne his wyf & of their departyng sodeynly ageyn ca primo
How Vtherpendragon made warre on the duke of cornewayl and how by the moyane of Merlyn he laye by the duchesse & gate Arthur Capitulo ij
Of the byrthe of kyng arthur and of his nouryture / & of the deth of kyng vtherpendragon / and how Arthur was chosen kyng and of wondres and meruaylles of a swerde taken out of a stone by the sayd Arthur capitulo iij iiij & v
How kyng arthur pulled oute the swerde dyuers tymes vj
How kyng arthur was crowned & how he made offycers vij
How kyng Arthur helde in wales at a pentecost a grete feest and what kynges and lordes came to his feste viij
Of the fyrst warre that kyng Arthur had and how he wanne the felde Capitulo ix
How Merlyn counceylled kyng arthur to sende for kyng ban & kyng bors & of theyr counceyl taken for the warre x
Of a grete tornoye made by kynge arthur & the ij kynges ban and bors and how they wente ouer the see Capitulo xj
How xj kynges gadred a grete hoost ayenst kyng Arthur xij
Of a dreme of the kyng wyth the hondred knyghtes xiij
How the xj kynges wyth theyr hoost fought ayenst arthur & his hoost and many grete feates of the warre capitulo xiiij
Yet of the same batayll Capitulo xv
[The table of contents does not contain an entry for chapter xvj, book one, though the chapter exists in the text.] Yet more of the said batayl & how it was ended by merlyn xvij
How Kyng Arthur kyng ban & kyng bors rescowed Kyng Leodegraunce and other Incydentes xviij
How Kyng arthur rode to Garlyon and of his dreme / & how he sawe the questyng beest capitulo xix
How kyng Pellynore took arthurs hors & folowed the questyng beest and how Merlyn mette wyth Arthur xx
How vlfyus apeched quene Igrayne Arthurs moder of treason / and how a knyght came and desyred to haue the deth of hys mayster reuengyd capitulo xxj
How gryflet was made knyght & Iusted with a knyȝt xxij

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How xij knyghtes came from Rome & axed truage for thys londe of arthur / and how arthur faught wyth a Knyght xxiij
How Merlyn saued Arthurs lyf & threwe an enchauntement vpon Kyng Pellynore and made hym to slepe xxiiij
How Arthur by the meane of Merlyn gate Excalybur hys swerde of the lady of the lake Capitulo xxv
How tydynges cam to arthur that kyng ryons had ouercome xj kynges & how he desyred arthus berde to purfyl his mantel Capitulo xxvij
¶ How al the chyldren were sente sore / that were borne on may day . & how Mordred was saued xxviij

¶ The second book

Of a damoysel whyche came gyrde wyth a swerde for to fynde a man of suche vertue to drawe it oute of the scabard ca primo
How balen arayed lyke a poure Knyght pulled out the swerde whyche afterward was cause of his deth capitulo ij
How the lady of the lake demaunded the Knyȝtes heed that had wonne the swerde / or the maydens hede iij
How merlyn tolde thaduenture of this damoysel capitulo iiij
How balyn was pursyewed by syr Launceor Knyght of Irelonde / and how he Iusted and slewe hym v
How a damoysel whiche was loue to Launceor slewe hyr self for loue / and how balyn mette wyth his brother balan vj
How a dwarfe repreuyd Balyn for the deth of Launceor / & how Kyng Marke of Cornewayl founde them and maad a tombe ouer them capitulo vij
How Merlyn prophecyed that two the best Knyghtes of the world shold fyght there / whyche were Syr Launcelot and syr Trystram Capitulo viij
How balyn and his broder by the counceyl of Merlyn toke Kyng ryons and brought hym to Kyng Arthur ix
How Kyng arthur had a bataylle ayenst Nero and Kyng loth of orkeney / and how Kyng loth was deceyued by merlyn and how xij Kynges were slayne capitulo x
Of the entyerement of xij Kynges / & of the prophecye of merlyn / how balyn shold gyue the dolorous stroke xj
How a sorouful knyȝt cam tofore arthur & how balyn fet hym & how that Knyght was slayn by a knyght Inuysyble xij
How balyn & the damoysel mette wyth a Knyght whych was

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[leaf 4v] in lyke wyse slayn / & how the damoysel bledde for the custom of a castel Capitulo xiij
Ho balyn mette wyth that knyght named garlon at a feest & there he slewe hym to haue his blood / to hele therwith the sone of his hoost Capitulo xiiij
How Balyn fought wyth kyng Pelham / & how his swerde brake / and how he gate a spere wherewyth he smote the dolorous stroke capitulo xv
How balyn was delyuerd by Merlyn / and sauyd a knyght that wold haue slayn hym self for loue capitulo xvj
How that knyght slewe his loue & a knyght lyeng by hyr / & after how he slewe hym self wyth his owne swerde / & how balyn rode toward a castel where he lost his lyf Capitulo xvij
How balyn mette wyth his brother balen & how eche of theym slewe other vnknowen tyl they were wounded to deth xviij
How merlyn buryed hem bothe in one tōbe / & of balyns swerd capitulo xix

¶ Hrre folowen the chapytres of the thyrd book

How kyng arthur took a wyf and wedded gueneuer doughter to leodegran kyng of the londe of Camelerd wyth whome he had the rounde table Capitulo primo
How the knyghtes of the rounde table were ordeyned & theyr syeges blessyd by the bysshop of caunterburye capitulo ij
How a poure man rydyng vpon a lene mare / and desyred of kyng Arthur to make his sone knyght Capitulo iij
How syr Tor was knowen for sone of kyng Pellynore / and how Gawayn was made knyght capitulo iiij
How atte feste of the Weddyng of kyng arthur to gueneuer a Whyte herte came in to the halle & thyrty couple houndes / & how a brachet pynched the herte whiche was taken awaye v
How syr Gawayn rode for to fetche ageyn the herte / & how ij brethern fought eche ageynst other for the herte Capitulo vj
How the herte was chaced in to a castel and there slayn / and how Gauwayn slewe a lady Capitulo vij
How iiij knyȝtes faught ayenst sir gawayn & gaheryse & how they were ouercom & her lyues saued atte request of iiij ladyes capitulo viij
¶ How syr Tor rode after the knyght wyth the brachet & of his aduenture by the waye capitulo ix
How syr Tor fonde the brachet wyth a lady / & how a knyght

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[leaf 5r] assaylled hym for the sayd brachet capitulo x
How syr Tor ouercame the knyght / and how he losth ys heed at the requeste of a lady capitulo xj
How kyng pellenore rode after the lady and the knyght that ladde her awaye / & how a lady desyred helpe of hym and how he faught wyth ij knyghtes for that lady of whome he slewe that one at the fyrst stroke capitulo xij
How kyng Pellynore gate the lady & brought hyr to Camelot to the courte of kyng arthur capitulo xiij
How on the waye he herde two knyghtes as he laye by nyght in a valeye & of other aduentures capitulo xiiij
How whan he was comen to Camelot he was sworne vpon a book to telle the trouthe of his queste capitulo xv

¶ Here folowen the chapytres of the fourth book

How merlyn was assotted & dooted on one of the ladyes of the lake / and how he was shytte in a roche vnder a stone and there deyed capitulo primo
How v kynges came in to this londe to warre ayenst kyng Arthur / & what counceyl arthur had ayenst them capitulo ij
How kyng arthur had adoo with them & ouerthrewe them & slewe the v kynges & made the remenaunte to flee iij
How the batayl was fynysshed or he came / & how the kyng founded an abbay where the batayl was capitulo iiij
How syr Tor was made knyght of the rounde table and how badgemagus was dyspleased capitulo v
How kyng Arthur / kyng Vryens & Syr Accolon of gaule chaced an hert & of theyr meruayllous aduenture vj
How Arthur took vpon hym to fyght to be delyuerd oute of pryson / & also for to delyuer twenty knyghtes that were in pryson Capitulo vij
How accollon fonde hym self by a welle / & he toke vpon hym to doo bataylle ayenst Arthur capitulo viij
Of the bataylle bytwene kyng Arthur & Accolon ix
How kyng arthurs swerde that he faught wyth brake / & how he recouerd of accolon his owne swerde excalibur and ouercame his enemye Capitulo x
How accolon confessyd the treason of Morgan le fay Kyng arthurs syster & how she wold haue doon slee hym ca xj

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How Arthur accorded the two brethern / and delyuerd the xx knyghtes / & how syr Accolons deyed capitulo xij
How Morgan wold haue slayn syr vryens hyr husbond / & how syr Ewayn hir sone saued hym Capitulo xiij
How quene Morgan le fay made grete sorowe for the deth of accolon / & how she stale awaye the scawbard fro arthur xiiij
How Morgan le fay saued a knyght that shold haue be drowned / & how kyng Arthur retorned home ageyn capitulo xv
How the damoysel of the lake saued Kynge Arthur from a mantel which shold haue brente hym capitulo xvj
How syr Gawayn & syr Ewayn mette with xij fayr damoyselles / & how they compleyned on syr Marhaus ca xvij
How syr Marhaws Iusted with syr Gawayn & syr Ewayn and ouerthrewe them bothe capitulo xviij and xix
How syr Marhaus syr Gawayn & syr Ewayn mette the damoyselles & eche of them toke one capitulo xx
How a knyght & a dwarf stroof for a lady capitulo xxj
How kyng Pelleas suffred hym self to be taken prysoner by cause he wolde haue a syght of his lady / & how syr Gawayn promysed hym for to gete to hym the loue of his lady xxij
How syr Gawayn came to the lady Ettard and laye by hyr & how syr Pelleas fonde them slepyng capitulo xxiij
How syr Pelleas loued nomore ettard by the moyan of the damoysel of the lake whome he loued euer after ca xxiiij
How syr marhaus rode with the damoysel and how he came to the duke of the south marchis Capitulo xxv
How syr Marhaus faught wyth the duke and his vj sones and made them to yelde them capitulo xxvj
How syr Ewayn rode wyth the damoysel of lx yere of age / & how he gate the prys at tornoyeng capitulo xxvij
How syr Ewayn fauȝt with ij knyȝtes & ouercam hem xxviij
How at the yeres ende alle thre knyghtes wyth theyr thre damoyselles metten at the fontayne capitulo xxix

¶ Of the fyfthe book the chapytres folowen

How xij aged Ambassyatours of rome came to kyng Arthur to demaunde truage for brytayne capitulo primo
How the kynges and lordes promysed to kyng Arthur ayde and helpe ageynst the Romayns capitulo ij

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How kyng Arthur helde a parlement at yorke & how he ordeyned how the royame shold be gouerned in his abscence iij
How kyng Arthur beyng shypped & lyeng in his caban had a meruayllous dreme / & of thexposycion therof capitulo iiij
How a man of the contreye tolde to hym of a meruayllous geaunte / & how he faught & conquerd hym Capitulo v
How kyng Arthur sente syr gawayn & other to lucius / & how they were assaylled & escaped wyth worshyp Capitulo vj
How Lucius sente certeyn espyes in a busshement for to haue taken hys knyghtes beyng prysonners / and how they were letted capitulo vij
How a senatour tolde to Lucius of their dyscomfyture / & also of the grete batayl betwene Arthur & Lucius capitulo viij
How Arthur after he had achyeued the batayl ayenst the Romayns entred in to almayn & so in to ytalye Capitulo ix
Of a bataylle doon by Gauwayn ayenst a sarasyn / whiche after was yelden & became crysten Capitulo x
How the Sarasyns came oute of a wode for to rescowe theyr beestys / and of a grete bataylle Capitulo xj
How syr Gauwayn retorned to kyng Arthur wyth his prysoners / And how the kyng wanne a Cyte / and how he was crowned emperour capitulo xij

¶ Here folowen the chappytres of the vj book

How syr Launcelot and syr Lyonel departed fro the courte for to seek auentures / and how syr Lyonel lefte hym slepyng and was taken Capitulo primo
How syr Ector folowed for to seek syr Launcelot / & how he was taken by syr Turquyne Capitulo ij
How iiij quenes fonde Launcelot slepyng / & how by enchauntement he was taken & ledde in to a castel capitulo iij
How syr Lancelot was deliuerd by the meane of a damosel iiij
How a knyght founde syr Launcelot lyeng in his lemmans bedde / & how syr Launcelot faught with the knyght ca v
How sir Launcelot was receyued of kyng bagdemagus doughter / & he made his complaynte to hir fader Capitulo vj
How syr Launcelot byhaued hym in a tournement / & how he mette wyth syr Turquyn ledyng syr Gaheris capitulo vij
How syr Launcelot & sy Turquyn faught to gyders ca viij

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How syr Turquyn was slayn / & how syr Launcelot bad syr gaheris delyuer al the prysoners capitulo ix
How syr Launcelot rode with the damoysel & slewe a knyght that distressid al ladyes / & also a vylayn þ^t kept a bridge x
How syr launcelot slewe ij geauntes & made a castel free xj
How syr Launcelot rode dysguysed in Syr kayes harnoys / & how he smote doun a knyght Capitulo xij
How syr Launcelot Iusted ayenst four knyȝtes of the rounde table and ouerthrewe theym capitulo xiij
How syr Launcelot folowed a brachet in to a castel where he fonde a dede knyght & how he after was requyred of a damoysel to hele hir brother capitulo xiiij
How sir Launcelot cam in to the chapel peryllous & gate there of a dede corps a pyece of the cloth & a swerde capitulo xv
How syr Launcelot at the request of a lady recouerd a fawcon by whiche he was deceyued capitulo xvj
How syr Launcelot ouertoke a knyght which chased hys wyf to haue sleyn hyr / & how he sayd to hym capitulo xvij
How syr Launcelot came to kyng arthurs court / & how there were recounted al his noble feates & actes capitulo xviij

¶ Here folowen the chappytres of the seuenth boook

How beaumayns came to kyng arthurs courte & demaunded thre petycyons of kyng Arthur Capitulo primo
How syr Launcelot & syr Gauwayn were wroth by cause syr kaye mocqued beaumayns / & of a damoysel whyche desyred a knyght to fyght for a lady Capitulo ij
How beawmayns desyred the batayl / & how it was graunted to hym / & how he desyred to be made knyȝt of sir Launcelot iij
How beaumayns departed & how he gate of syr Kaye a spere and a shelde / and how he Iusted and faughte wyth Syr Launcelot Capitulo iiij
How beaumayns tolde to syr Launcelot his name and how he was dubbed knyght of Syr Launcelot / and after ouertooke the damoysel Capitulo v
How beaumayns fought & slewe ij knyghtes at a passage vj
How beaumayns faught with the knyght of the blacke laundes / & faught with hym tyl he fyl doun & deyed capitulo vij
How the brother of the knyght that was slayn mette wyth

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[leaf 7r] beaumayns / & fauȝt with beaumayns tyl he wos yelden viij
How the damoysel euer rebuked beaumayns / & wold not suffre hym to syt at hir table / but callyd hym kychyn boye ix
How the iij brother callyd the rede knyght Iusted & faughte ayenst beaumayns / & how beaumayns ouercame hym ca x
How syr beaumayns suffred grete rebukes of the damoysel / & he suffred it pacyently capitulo xj
How beaumayns faughte wyth Syr Persaunt of ynde / and made hym to be yelden capitulo xij
Of the godelye comynycacyon bytwene syr Persaunt & beaumayns / & how he tolde hym that his name was syr gareth xiij
How the lady that was bysyeged had worde fro hyr syster how she had brought a knyght to fyght for hyr / and what bataylles he had achyeued Capitulo xiiij
How the damoysel & beaumayns came to the syege / & came to a Sykamor tree / & there beaumayns blewe an horne / & thenne the knyȝt of the rede laundes cam to fyght wyth hym ca xv
How the two knyghtes mette to gyders and of their talkyng and how they began theyr batayl Capitulo xvj
How after longe fyghtyng beaumayns ouercame the knyght & wold haue slayn hym / but atte request of the lordes he saued his lyf & made hym to yelde hym to the lady capo. xvij
How the knyȝt yelded hym / & how beaumayns made hym to goo vnto kyng arthurs court & to crye sir lancelot mercy xviij
How Beaumayns came to the lady . & whan he came to the castel / the yates were closed ageynst hym / & of the wordes that the lady sayd to hym Capitulo xix
How syr beaumayns rode after to rescowe his dwarfe / and came in to the castel where he was capitulo xx
How syr gareth otherwyse callyd beaumayns cam to þ^e presence of his lady & how they toke acqueyntance / & of their loue xxj
How at nyght cam an armed knyght & faught with sir gareth & he sore hurt in the thyghe smote of the knyghtes heed ca xxij
How the sayd knyght came ageyn the next nyght & was beheded ageyn / & how at the feste of pentecost al the knyȝtes that syr gareth had ouercome cam & yelded hem to kyng arthur xxiij
How kyng Arthur pardoned them / and demaunded of them where syr Gareth was Capitulo xxiiij

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How the quene of Orkeney came to this feste of pentecoste / & sir gawayn & his brethern cam to aske hir blessyng xxv xxvj
How kyng Arthur sente for the lady Lyonas / & how she lete crye a tournoye at hir castel / where as came many knyghtes Capitulo xxvij
How kyng Arthur wente to the tornoyment with his knyghtes / and how the lady receyued hym worshypfully / & how the knyghtes encountred Capitulo xxviij
How the knyghtes bare them in the batayl capitulo xxix
Yet of the sayd tornoyment capitulo xxx
How syr Gareth was espyed by the herowdes / and how he escaped oute of the felde capitulo xxxj
How syr Gareth came to a castel where he was wel lodged & he Iusted with a knyght & slewe hym Capitulo xxxij
How syr Gareth fought wyth a knyght that helde within his castel xxx ladyes & how he slewe hym capitulo xxxiij
How syr gawayn & syr Gareth fought eche ayenst other / and how they knewe eche other by the damoysel Lynet ca xxxiiij
How syr Gareth knowleched that they loued eche other to kyng Arthur / & of thappoyntement of their weddyng xxxv
Of the grete ryalte & what offycers were made at the feste of the weddyng & of the Iustes at the feest Capitulo xxxvj

¶ Here folowen the chappytres of the eyght book

How syr Trystram de Lyones was borne and how his moder deyed at his byrthe / wherfore she named hym Tristram primo
How the stepmoder of syr Trystram had ordeyned poyson for to haue poysened Syr Trystram Capitulo ij
How Syr Trystram was sente in to Fraunce and had one to gouerne hym named Gouernayle / and how he lernyd to harpe / hawke and hunte capitulo iij
How syr Marhaus came out of Irelonde for to aske trewage of Cornewayle or ellys he wold fyght therefor capitulo iiij
How Trystram enterprysed the bataylle to fyght for the trewage of Cornwayl / & how he was made knyght Capitulo v
How Syr Trystram arryued in to the Ilond for to furnysshe the bataylle wyth syr Marhaus Capitulo vj
hoow syr Tristram faught ayenst Syr Marhaus & achyeued his batayl / & how syr Marhaus fledde to his shyppe ca vij

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How Syr Marhaus after that he was arryued in Irelonde dyed of the stroke that syr Trystram had gyuen to hym / and how Trystram was hurte capitulo viij
How syr Trystram was put to the kepyng of la bele ysoude fyrst for to be helyd of hys wounde Capitulo ix
How syr Trystram wanne the degree at a tornoyment in Irelonde / & there made palomydes to bere no harnoys in a yere x
How the quene espyed that syr Tristram had slayn hir broder syr Marhaus by his swerde & in what Ieopardye he was xj
How Syr Trystram departed fro the kyng & la bele Isoude out of Irelonde for to come in to cornewayl capitulo xij
How syr Trystram and Kyng Marke hurted eche other for the loue of a knyghtes wyf capitulo xiij
How syr Trystram laye wyth the lady . and how her husbond faught wyth syr Trystram Capitulo xiiij
How syr bleoberis demaunded the fayrest lady in kyng marks court whom he toke awaye & how he was fouȝten with xv
How syr Trystram faught wyth two knyghtes of the rounde table capitulo xvj
How Syr tristcum [sictristram] faught with syr bleoberis for a lady / and how the lady was put to choyse to whome she wold goo xvij
How the lady forsoke syr tristram & abode with Syr bleoberis and how she desyred to goo to hyr husbond ca xviij
How kyng mark sent syr trystram for la bele Isoude toward Irelond & how by fortune he arryued in to englond xix
How kyng Anguysshe of Irelonde was somoned to come to Kyng Arthurs courte for treason Capitulo xx
How syr Trystram rescowed a chylde fro a knyght / and how gouernayle tolde hym of Kyng Anguysshe ca xxj
How syr trystram faught for syr anguysshe & ouercame hys aduersarye & how his aduersarye wold neuer yelde hym xxij
How syr blamor desyred trystram to slee hym / & how syr tristram spared hym & how they took appoyntement xxiij
How syr tristram demaunded la bele Isoude for kynge mark & how syr trystram & Isoude dronken the loue drynke xxiiij
How syr Tristram & Isoude were in pryson / & how he faughte for hir beaute / & smote of another ladyes hede capitulo xxv
How syr Trystram faught wyth syr breunor / and atte laste

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How syr galahad faught wyth syr Tristram / & how syr tristram yelded hym & promysed to felaushyp with lancelot xxvij
How syr Launcelot mette with syr Carados beryng awaye sir gawayn / & of the rescows of syr Gawayn Capitulo xxviij
Of the weddyng of Kyng Marke to la bele Isoude / and of brangwayn hyr mayde and of Palamydes xxix
How Palamydes demaunded quene Isoude / & how lambegus rode after to rescowe hyr / and of thescape of Isoude xxx
How syr Trystram rode after Palamydes and how he fonde hym and faught wyth hym / and by the moyne of Isoude the batayl seced Capitulo xxxj
How syr Trystram brought quene Isoude home / and of the debate of kyng Marke and Syr Trystram capitulo xxxij
How syr Lamerok Iusted wyth xxx knyghtes / & syr Tristram atte requeste of kyng mark smote his hors doun xxxiij
How syr Lamerok sente an horne to kyng Marke in despyte of syr Trystram / And how syr Trystram was dryuen in to a chapel capitulo xxxiiij
How Syr tristram was holpen by his men / & of quene Isoude which was put in lazaroote / & how tristrā was hurt xxxv
How syr Trystram serued in warre the kyng howel of brytayn and slewe hys aduersarye in the felde xxxvj
How syr Suppynabyles tolde syr Trystram how he was deffamed in the courte of kyng Arthur / & of syr lamerok xxxvij
How syr Trystram and his wyf arryued in wales and how he mette there wyth syr Lamerok Capitulo xxxviij
How syr Trystram faught wyth Syr Nabon / and ouercame hym / and made syr Lamerok lord of the yle xxxix
How syr Lamerok departed fro syr Trystram / & how he mette wyth syr frolle and after wyth syr Launcelot capitulo xl
How syr Lamerok slewe syr frolle / and of the curtoyse fyghtyng wyth syr belleaunce hys brother Capitulo xlj

¶ here folowen the chapytres of the ix book

How a yonge man came in to the courte of kyng arthur / and how syr Kaye called hym in scorne la cote male tayle primo
How a damoysel came in to the courte & desyred a knyght to take on hym an enquest which la cote male tayle emprised ij

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How le cote male tayle ouerthrewe syr Dagonet the Kynges fole / and of the rebuke that he had of the damoysel ca iij
How le cote male tayle fought ayenst an hondred knyghtes / & how he esscaped by the meane of a lady Capitulo iiij
How syr Launcelot cam to the courte and herde of la cote male tayle / and how he folowed after hym / and how la cote male tayle was prysoner Capitulo v
How syr Launcelot faught wyth vj knyghtes / & after wyth syr bryan / and how he delyuerd the prysonners vj
How syr Launcelot mette wyth the damoysel named maledysaunt / and named hyr the damoysel bien pensaunt vij
How le cote male tayle was taken prysoner / & after rescowed by syr launcelot / & how syr launcelot ouercam iiij brethern viij
How Syr Launcelot maad le cote mayle lord of the castel of Pendragon & after was made knyght of the rounde table ix
How la bele Isoude sente letters to syr Trystram by hir mayde brangwayn and of dyuers auentures of syr Trystram x
How syr Tristram mette with syr lamerok de gales / and how they faught & after accorded neuer to fyght to gyders xj
How syr palomydes folowed the questyng beest & smote doun syr Trystram and syr Lamerock wyth one spere Capitulo xij
[An entry for chapter xiij does not occur in the table of contents but the chapter exists in the text.] How syr lamerok mette wyth syr Melleagaunce / & faught to gydre for the beaulte of dame Gueneuer capitulo xiiij
How Syr Kaye mette wyth Syr Trystram / and after of the shame spoken of the knyghtes of Cornewayl / and how they Iusted capitulo xv
How Kyng Arthur was brought in to the forest peryllous / & how syr Trystram saued his lyf capitulo xvj
How syr Trystram came to la bele Isoude / & how kehydyous began to loue bele Isoude & of a letter that tristram fonde xvij
How syr Tristram departed fro tyntagyl & how he sorowed & was so longe in a forest tyl he was out of his mynde xviij
How syr Trystram sowsed dagonet in a welle / & how Palamydes sente a damoysel to seche Trystram / and how palamydes mette wyth Kyng Mark capitulo xix
How it was noysed how syr Trystram was dede and how la bele Isoude wolde haue slayn hyr self capitulo xx
How kyng Mark fonde syr Trystram naked and made hym

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[leaf 9v] to be borne home to tyntagyl and how he was there knowen by a brachet capitulo xxj
How Kyng Marke by thauys of his counceyl bannysshed syr Trystram oute of Cornewayl the terme of x yere xxij
How a damoysel souȝght helpe to helpe sir laūcelot ayenst xxx knyghtes / & how syr trystram faught with them ca xxiij
How syr Trystram & syr Launcelot came to a lodgynge where they must Iuste wyth two knyghtes capitulo xxiiij
How syr Trystram Iusted wyth syr Kaye and syr Sagramor le desyrous / and how syr Gawayn torned Syr Trystram fro Morgan le fay Capitulo xxv
How syr Trystram and syr Gauwayn rode to haue foughten ayenst the xxx knyghtes / but they durst not come oute xxvj
How damoysel brangwayn fonde trystram slepyng by a welle & how she delyuerd letters to hym fro bele Isoude ca xxvij
How syr Trystram had a falle of syr Palomydes / and how Launcelot ouerthrewe two knyghtes capitulo xxviij
How syr Launcelot Iusted with Palomydes and ouerthrewe hym / & after he was assaylled with xij knyghtes xxix
How syr Trystram byhaued hym the fyrst day of the tournement / and there he had the prys Capitulo xxx
How syr Trystram retourned ayenst kyng arthurs partye by cause he sawe syr Palomydes on that partye capitulo xxxj
How Syr Trystram fonde Palomydes by a welle / & broughte hym wyth hym to his lodgyng Capitulo xxxij
How syr Trystram smote doun syr Palomydes / and how he Iusted wyth kyng Arthur and other feates xxxiij
How syr Launcelot hurte syr Trystram / and how after syr Trystram smote doun syr Palomydes capitulo xxxiiij
How the prys of the thyrd day was gyuen to Syr Launcelot and syr Launcelot gaf it to syr Trystram ca xxxv
How Palomydes came to the castel where syr Trystram was And of the queste that syr Launcelot & x knyghtes made for syr Trystram Capitulo xxxvj
How syr Trystram / syr Palomydes / and Syr dynadan were taken and put in pryson Capitulo xxxvij
How Kyng marke was sory for the good renommee of syr Tristram / somme of arthurs knyghtes Iusted wyth knyghtes

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[leaf 10r] of Cornewayl Capitulo xxxviij
Of the treason of kyng Marke / and how syr Gaheris smote hym doun / and Andred / his cosyn capitulo xxxix
How after that syr Trystram / syr Palomydes / and syr Dynadan had be longe in pryson / they were delyuerd ca xl
How syr Dynadan rescowed a lady fro syr breuse sauns pyte & how syr Trystram receyued a shelde of Morgan le fay xlj
How syr Trystram took wyth hym the shelde / and alfo how he slewe the paramour of Morgan le fay capitulo xlij
How Morgan le fay buryed hyr paramour / and how syr tristram preysed syr Launcelot and hys kynne ca xliij
How syr Trystram at a tornoyment bare the shelde that Morgan le fay delyuerd to hym capitulo xliiij

¶ Here folowen the chapytres of the tenth book

How syr Trystram Iusted and smote doun Kyng Arthur / bycause he tolde hym not the cause why he bare that shelde ca j
How syr Trystram saued syr Palomydes lyf / & how they promysed to fyght to gyder wythin fourtenyght capitulo ij
How syr Trystram sought a stronge knyght that had smyton hym doun & many other knyghtes of the rounde table iij
How syr Trystram smote doun syr Sagramor le desyrous / & syr Dodynas le sauage capitulo iiij
How syr Trystram mette at the perron wyth syr Launcelot / & how they faught to gyder vnknowen Capitulo v
How syr Launcelot brought syr Trystram to the courte / and of the Ioye that the kyng and other made for the comyng of syr Trystram Capitulo vj
How for despyte of syr Trystram kyng Mark came wyth ij knyghtes in to englond and how he slewe one of the knyghtes Capitulo vij
How the kyng came to a fontayne where he fonde syr Lamerock complaynyng for the loue of Kyng lots wyf viij
How kyng marke / syr Lamerok / and syr dynadan came to a castel / and how Kyng Marke was knowen there capitulo ix
How syr Berluses mette wyth Kyng marke / and how Syr dynadan toke his partye ca x
¶ How kyng marke mocked syr dynadan / & how they mette wyth vj knyȝtes of the rounde table xj ¶
How the vj knyȝtes sente sir dagonet to Iuste with

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[leaf 10v] kyng marke & how Kyng marke refused hym ca xij
How syr Palomydes by aduenture mette kyng Marke fleyng & how he ouerthrewe dagonet / and other knyghtes xiij
How kyng marke & syr Dynadan herde syr palomydes makyng grete sorowe & mornyng for la bele Isoude xiiij
How the kyng had slayn amant wrongfully tofore kyng arthur / & syr launcelot fette kyng marke to kyng arthur xv
How syr dynadan tolde syr palamydes of the batayl betwene Syr Launcelot and syr Trystram Capitulo xvj
How syr Lamerok Iusted wyth dyuers knyghtes of the castel / wherin was Morgan le fay capitulo xvij
How syr Palamydes wold haue Iusted for syr Lamerock wyth the knyghtes of the castel Capitulo xviij
How syr Lamerock Iusted wyth syr Palomydes and hurte hym greuously capitulo xix
How it was tolde syr Launcelot that Dagonet chaced kyng marke / & how a knyght ouerthrewe hym & vj knyghtes xx
How Kyng Arthur lete do crye a Iustes / & how syr Lamorak came in and ouerthrewe syr Gawayn & many other xxj
How Kyng Arthur made Kyng marke to be accorded with syr Trystram & how they departed toward Cornewayll xxij
How syr Percyuale was made knyght of kyng arthur / and how a dombe mayde spack & brouȝt hym to the roūde table xxiij
How syr Lamerock laye wyth king lots wyf / and how syr Gaheris slewe hir whiche was his owne moder ca xxiiij
How syr agrauayn & syr Mordred mette wyth a knyght fleyng / and how they bothe were ouerthrowen and of Syr Dynadan Capitulo xxv
How Kyng Arthur / the quene & Launcelot receyued letters oute of Cornewayle / & of the ansuer ageyn ca xxvj
How Syr Launcelot was wrothe wyth the letter that he receyued from kyng Marke / and of Dynadan whiche made a laye of kyng Marke capitulo xxvij
How Syr Trystram was hurte / and of a warre maad to Kynge Marke / And of Syr Trysstram how he promysed to rescowe hym Capitulo xxviij
How syr Trystram ouercame the batayl / & how Elyas desyred a man to fyght body for body capitulo xxix

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How syr Elyas & syr Trystram faught to gyder for the truage / & how syr trystram slewe Elyas in the felde xxx
How at a grete feste that kyng Marke made / an harper came and sange the lay that dynadan had made capitulo xxxj
How kyng Marke slewe by treason his brother bowdyn for good seruyce that he had done to hym Capitulo xxxij
How anglydes boudyns wyf escaped with hir yonge sone alisaunder le orphelyn & came to the castel of arondel xxxiij
How anglydes gaf the blody doblet to alysaunder hir sone the same day that he was made knyȝt & the charge withal xxxiiij
How it was tolde to kyng marke of Alysaunder . and how he wold haue slayn syr Sadok for sauyng of his lyf xxxv
How syr Alysaunder wanne the pryce at a tournoyment and of Morgan le fay / And how he faught wyth Syr Maulgryn and slewe hym capitulo xxxvj
How quene Morgan le fay had alysaunder in hyr castel / and how she heelyd his woundes capitulo xxxvij
How Alysaunder was delyuerd fro the quene Morgan le fay by the moyane of a damoysel capitulo xxxviij
How alysaunder mette wyth alys la beale pylgrym / and how he Iusted wyth two knyghtes / And after of hym and of Syr Mordred capitulo xxxix
How sir galahalt dyd do crye a Iustes in surluse / & quene gueneuers knyȝtes shold Iuste ayenst all that wold come xL
How syr Lancelot fought in the tournoyment / & how syr palomydes dyd armes there for a damoysell Ca xlj
How syr Galahault & syr Palomydes faught to gyder / and of syr dynadan and syr Galahault Capitulo xlij
How syr archade appeled syr Palamydes of treason & how syr palamydes slewe hym Capitulo xliij
Of the thyrd day & how syr Palomydes Iusted wyth syr Lamerok and other thynges capitulo xliiij
Of the iiij day & of many grete feates of armes ca xlv
Of the v day & how syr Lamerok byhaued hym ca xlvj
How palamydes fought wyth Corsabryn for a lady / & how Palamydes slewe corsabryn xlvij
Of the vj day & what was thenne doon ca xlviij
Of the vij batayll / and how Syr Launcelot beyng desguysed

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[leaf 11v] lyke a mayde smote doun syr dynadan capitulo xlix
How by treson syr Tristram was brought to a tournoyment for to haue be slayn / and how he was put in pryson L
How Kyng Marke lete do counterfete letters from the pope & how syr percyual delyuerd syr Tristram oute of pryson lj
How syr Trystram & la bele Isoude came in to englond / & how syr Launcelot brought them to Ioyous garde capitulo lij
How by the counceyl of bele ysoude Trystram rode armed and how he mette wyth syr Palomydes capitulo liij
Of syr Palomydes and how he mette wyth syr bleoberys & wyth syr Ector and of syr Percyuale Capitulo liiij
How syr Trystram mette wyth syr dynadan & of their deuyses & what he sayd to syr Gauwayns brethern lv
How syr Trystram smote doun syr agrauayn & syr gaheris & how syr Dynadan was sente fore by la bele Isoude lvj
How syr Dynadan mette wyth syr Trystram / & wyth Iustyng wyth syr Palamydes syr Dynadan knewe hym lvij
How they approched the castel Lonaȝep and of other deuyses of the deth of syr Lamerok Capitulo lviij
How they came to humberbanke / & how they fonde a shyppe there wherin laye the body of Kyng Hermaunce lix
How syr Trystram wyth his felawshyp came and were with an hoost whyche after faught wyth Syr Trystram and other maters capitulo lx
How Palamydes wente for to fyght wyth two brethern for the deth of kyng Hermaunce Capitulo lxj
The copye of the letter wryton for to reuenge the kynges deth and how syr palamydes faught for to haue the bataylle lxij
Of the preparacyon of syr Palamydes & the ij brethern that shold fyght wyth hym Capitulo lxiij
Of the batayl betwene syr Palamydes & the two brethern and how the two brethern were slayn capitulo lxiiij
How syr Trystram and syr Palamydes mette Breuce sauns pyte and how Syr Tristram and la beale ysoude wente vnto Lonaȝep Capitulo lxv
How syr Palamydes Iusted wyth syr Galyhodyn / & after wyth syr Gawayn & smote them doun lxvj
How syr Trystram & his felaushyp cam vnto the tournement

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[leaf 12r] of loneȝep and of dyuers Iustes and maters capitulo lxvij
How syr Trystram and hys felaushyp Iusted & of the noble feates that they dyd in that tournoyeng lxviij
How syr Trystram was vnhorsed & smyten doun by syr launcelot / & after that syr Tristram smote doun kyng arthur lxix
How syr Trystram chaunged his harnoys & it was al reed and how he demenyd hym and how Syr Palamydes slewe Launcelottes hors Capitulo lxx
How syr Launcelot sayd to syr Palamydes / & how the prys of that day was gyuen to syr Palamydes lxxj
How syr dynadan prouoked syr Trystram to do wel lxxij
How kyng Arthur & syr Launcelot came to see la bele ysoude & how Palamydes smote doun kyng arthur Capitulo lxxiij
How the second day Palamydes forsoke syr Trystram / and wente to the contrarye partye ayenst hym capitulo lxxiiij
How syr Trystram departed out of the felde & awaked Sir Dynadan and chaunged his araye in to blacke ca lxxv
How syr Palamydes chaunged his shelde & armour for to hurte sir tristram / & how syr Launcelot dyd to sir tristram lxxvj
How syr Trystram departed wyth la bele Isoude / & how Palomydes folowed and excused hym capitulo lxxvij
How kyng arthur and syr Launcelot came in to theyr pauelyons as they satte at souper / and of Palomydes lxxviij
How syr Trystram and syr Palamydes dyd the nexte day and how kyng Arthur was vnhorsed capitulo lxxix
How syr Trystram torned to kynge Arthurs syde / and how Syr Palomydes wolde not capitulo lxxx
How syr bleoberis & syr Ector reported to quene Gueneuer of the beaute of la bele Isoude capitulo lxxxj
How Palomydes complayned by a welle / & how Epynogris came and fonde hym / and of theyr bothe sorowes lxxxij
How syr palomydes brouȝt to syr epynogris his lady / & how sir palomydes & syr safer were assayled ca lxxxiij & lxxxiiij
How syr Trystram made hym redy to rescowe Syr Palomydes but syr Launcelot rescowed hym or he came capitulo lxxxv
How syr Trystram and syr Launcelot wyth palomydes came to Ioyous garde / of Palomydes and syr Trystram ca lxxxvj
How there was a day sette bytwene syr Trystram and Syr

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[leaf 12v] palomydes for to fyght / & how sir trystram was hurte lxxxvij
How syr palomydes kepte his day for to haue foughten / but syr Trystram myght not come / & other thynges ca lxxxviij

¶ Here folowen the chapytres of the xi book

How Syr Launcelot rode on his aduenture / & how he helpe a dolorous lady fro hyr payne / and how that he faught wyth a dragon capitulo primo
How syr Launcelot came to Pelles / and of the sangreal / and how he begate galahad on Elayn kyng pelles douȝter ij
How Syr Launcelot was dyspleasyd whan he knewe that he had layen by Elayn / & how she was delyuerd of galahad iij
How syr bors came to dame Elayn & sawe galahad / & how he was fedde wyth the sangreal capitulo iiij
How syr bors made syr pedyuer to yelde hym / & of meruayllous aduentures that he had & how he achyeued them ca v
How syr bors departed / & how syr Launcelot was rebuked of the quene Gueneuer / and of his excuse capitulo vj
How dame Elayn galahads moder came in grete estate to camelot / and how Launcelot byhaued hym there Capitulo vij
How dame brysen by enchauntement brought syr Launcelotte to Elayns bedde / & how quene gueneuer rebuked hym viij
How dame Elayn was commaunded by quene Gueneuer to voyde the courte / & how syr Launcelot becam madde ix
What sorowe quene gueneuer made for Syr Launcelot / & how he was sought by knyghtes of his kynne Capitulo x
How a seruaunte of syr Aglouals was slayn / & what vengeaunce syr aglouale & syr percyuale dyd therfore xj
How syr percyuale departed secretelye fro his brother / & how he losed a knyght bounden with a chayne & other thynges xij
How syr Percyuale mette wyth sir Ector / & how they faught longe and eche had almoost slayne other capitulo xiij
How by myracle they were bothe made hole by the comyng of the holy vessel of Sangreal Capitulo xiiij

¶ Here folowen the chapytres of the xij book

How syr Launcelot in hys madnes took a swerde & faughte with a knyght and after lepte in to a bedde capitulo primo
How syr Launcelot was caryed in an hors lytter / & after syr Launcelot rescowed syr blyaunte his hoost Capitulo ij

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How syr Launcelot faught ayenste a bore & slewe hym / & how he was hurte / & brought to an hermytage capitulo iij
How syr Launcelot was knowen by dame Elayn / and was borne in to a chambre & after helyd by the sangreal iiij
How syr Launcelot after that he was hole & had his mynde he was ashamed / and how that Elayn desyred a castel for hym capitulo v
How syr Launcelot came in to the Ioyous yle / & there he named hym self le chyualer malfet capitulo vj
Of a grete tournoyeng in the Ioyous yle / and how syr Percyuale and Syr Ector came thyder and syr Percyuale fought wyth hym capitulo vij
How eche of them knewe other / & of their curtoysye / & how his brother Ector came to hym / and of theyr Ioye viij
How syr bors & syr Lyonel came to kyng brandegore / & how syr bors toke his sone helyne le blank & of sir launcelot ix
How syr Launcelot wyth syr Percyuale & syr ector came to the courte / and of the grete Ioye of hym capitulo x
How la bele ysoude counceylled syr Trystram to goo vnto the courte to the grete feste of Pentecoste capitulo xj
How syr Trystram departed vnarmed and mette with syr Palomydes / and how they smote eche other / and how Palomydes forbare hym capitulo xij
How Syr Trystram gate hym harnoys of a Knyght whyche was hurte & how he ouerthrewe syr Palomydes xiij
How syr Trystram and syr Palamydes fought longe to gyders / and after accorded / and syr Trystram maad hym to be crystened Capitulo xiiij

¶ here folowen the chapytres of the xiij book

How at the vygyle of the feste of Pentecoste entred in to the halle before Kyng Arthur a damoysel / and desyred syr launcelot for to come and dubbe a knyght / and how he wente wyth hyr capitulo primo
How the letters were founde wryton in the syege peryllous & of the meruayllous aduenture of the swerde in a stone ij
How syr Gawayn assayed to drawe oute the swerde / & how

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[leaf 13v] an olde man brought in galahad capitulo iij
How the olde man broght Galahad to the syege peryllous & sette hym therin / & how al the knyghtes meruaylled iiij
How Kyng Arthur shewed the stone houyng on the water to Galahad and how he drewe oute the swerde v
How kyng Arthur had al the knyghtes to gyder for to Iuste in the medowe besyde wynchester or they departed vj
How the quene desyred to see Galahad / & after al the knyghtes were replenysshed wyth the holy sangreal / & how all they auowed the enqueste of the same capitulo vij
How grete sorowe was made of the kyng and ladyes for the departyng of the knyghtes / & how they departed viij
How Galahad gate hym a shelde / and how they spedde that presumed to take doun the sayd shelde capitulo ix
How Galahad departed with the shelde / and how Kyng enelake had receyued thys shelde of Ioseph of armathye x
How Ioseph made a crosse on the whyte shelde with his blode & how galahad was by a monke brought to a tombe xj
Of the meruayle that syr Galahad sawe & herde in the tombe and how he made melyas knyght Capitulo xij
Of thaduenture that Melyas had / & how Galahad reuenged hym / and how melyas was caryed in to an abbey xiij
How Galahad departed / & how he was commaunded to goo to the castel of maydens to destroye the wycked custome xiiij
How syr Galahad faught wyth the knyghtes of the castel & destroyed the wycked custome capitulo xv
How syr Gawayn came to thabbey for to folowe Galahad / & how he was shryuen to an heremyte capitulo xvj
How syr Galahad mette with syr Launcelot & with syr Percyuale / and smote hem doun and departed fro them xvij
How syr Launcelot halfe slepyng and halfe wakyng sawe a seek man borne in a lytter / and how he was heled by the sangreal capitulo xviij
How a voys spake to syr Launcelot / & how he fonde his hors & his helme borne awaye / & after wente a fote xix
How syr Launcelot was shryuen & what sorowe he made / & of good ensaumples whyche were shewed to hym ca xx

¶ here folowen the chapytres of the xiiij book

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How syr Percyuale came to a recluse and asked hyr counceyl / & how she tolde hym that she was hys aunte ca primo
How Merlyn lykened the rounde table to the world / and how the knyghtes that shold achyeue the sangreal shold be knowen Capitulo ij
How syr Percyuale came in to a monasterye where he fonde Kyng Enelake whyche was an olde man capitulo iij
How syr Percyuale sawe many men of armes beryng a dede knyght and how he fauggt ageynst them capitulo iiij
How a yeman desyred hym to gete ageyn an hors / and how Syr Percyualles hakenay was slayn / and how he gate an hors capitulo v
Of the grete daunger that syr Percyual was in by hys hors and how he sawe a serpent and a Lyon fyght vj
Of the aduysyon that syr percyual sawe / and how hys aduysyon was expowned / and of hys Lyon Capitulo vij
How syr Percyuale sawe a shyppe comyng to hym warde / & how the lady of the shyppe tolde hym of hir disherytaunce viij
How syr Percyual promysed hir helpe & how he requyred hir of loue / and how he was saued fro the fende ca ix
How Syr Percyual for penaunce roof hym self thorugh the thyghe / and how she was knowen for the deuyl x

¶ here folowth the xv book whyche is of syr Launcelot

How Syr Launcelot came in to a chapel where he fonde deed in a whyte sherte a man of relygyon / of on hondred wynter olde capitulo primo
Of a dede man how men wold haue hewen / and it wolde not be / & how syr Launcelot toke the hayr of the dede man ij
Of an aduysyon that syr Launcelot had / and how he tolde it to an heremyte / and desyred counceyll of hym capitulo iij
How the heremyte expowned to syr Launcelot his advysyon & tolde hym that syr Galahad was hys sone capitulo iiij
How syr Launcelot Iusted wyth many knyghtes / & he was taken Capitulo v
How syr Launcelot tolde hys aduysyon to a woman / & how she expowned it to hym capitulo vj

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¶ here folowen the chapytres of the xvj book

How syr Gawayn was nyghe wery of the queste of sangreal and of his meruayllous dreme capitulo primo
Of the advysyon of syr Ector / and how he Iusted wyth syr Ewayn le auoultres hys sworne brother ca ij
How syr Gawayn & syr Ector cam to an hermytage to be confessyd & how they tolde to the hermyte theyr aduysyons iij
How the heremyte expowned theyr aduysyon Capitulo iiij
Of the good counceyl that the heremyte gaf to them v
How Syr Bors mette wyth an heremyte / and how he was confessyd to hym and of his penaunce enioyned to hym vj
How syr bors was lodged wyth a lady and how he took on hym for to fyght ageynst a champyon for hyr lande vij
Of a vysyon whyche Syr bors had that nyght / and how he faught and ouercame hys aduersarye capitulo viij
How the lady was restored to hyr londes by the bataylle of syr Boors / and of his departyng / and how he mette syr Lyonel taken and beten wyth thornes / and also a mayde which shold haue ben deuoured Capitulo ix
How syr boors lefte to rescowe his brother . & rescowed the damoysel / & how it was tolde hym that lyonel was dede x
How syr boors tolde his dreme to a preest / whiche he had dremed & of the counceyl that the preest gaf to hym xj
How the deuyl in a womans lykenes wold haue had Syr bors to haue layen by hir / & how by goddes grace he escaped xij
Of the holy comynycacyon of an abbot to Syr boors / and how the abbot counceylled hym capitulo xiij
How syr boors mette wyth his brother syr Lyonel / and how syr Lyonel wolde haue slayn syr boors capitulo xiiij
How syr Colgreuaunce fought ayenst syr Lyonel for to saue syr boors / and how the heremyte was slayn ca xv
How syr Lyonel slewe Syr Colgreuaunce / and how after he wold haue slayn syr boors capitulo xvj
How there came a voys whyche charged syr bors to touche not hym and of a cloude that came bytwene them capitulo xvij

¶ here folowen the chapytres of the xvij book

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How syr Galahad faught at a turnement / and how he was knowen of syr gawayn & of syr ector de marris capitulo j
How syr Galahad rode with a damoysel / & came to the shyp where as syr boors and syr Percyuale were in capitulo ij
How syr Galahad entryd in to the shyp / & of a fayr bedde therin wyth other meruayllous thynges / & of a swerde iij
Of the meruaylles of the swerde & of the scaubard iiij
How Kyng Pelles was smyton thorugh bothe thyes by cause he drewe the swerde / & other meruayllous hystoryes v
How Salomon toke dauyds swerde by the counceyl of hys wyf / and of other maters meruayllous Capitulo vj
A wonderful tale of kyng Salamon & his wyf vij
How Galahad and hys felowes came to a castel / and how they were foughten wyth al / & how they slewe theyr aduersaryes and other maters capitulo viij
How the iij knyghtes wyth Percyuales syster came in to the waste forest / & of an herte & iiij Lyons and other thynges ix
How they were desyred of a straūge custom / which they wolde not obeye / wherfore they faught & slewe many knyghtes x
How Percyuales syster bledde a dysshe ful of blood for to hele a lady wherfore she dyed / and how that the body was put in a shyppe Capitulo xj
How Galahad and percyuale fonde in a castel many tombes of maydens that had bledde to dethe capitulo xij
How Syr Launcelot entred in to the shyppe where syr Percyuales syster laye deed / and how he mette wyth Syr Galahad hys sone capitulo xiij
How a knyght brought to syr Galahad an hors / & bad hym come from his fader syr Launcelot capitulo xiiij
How Launcelot was tofore the dore of the chambre / wherin the holy sangreal was capitulo xv
How syr Launcelot had layen xiiij dayes & as many nyghtes as a dede man & other dyuers maters capitulo xvj
How syr Launcelot retorned toward logres and of other aduentures whyche he sawe in the waye capitulo xvij
How Galahad came to Kyng Mordrayns / and of other maters and aduentures Capitulo xviij
How syr Percyuale and syr boors mette wyth syr Galahad

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[leaf 15v] & how they came to the castel of carbonek & other maters xix
How Galahad & his felowes were fedde of the holy sangreal & how our lord apperyd to them and other thynges xx
How Galahad enoynted wyth the blood of the spere the maymed kyng and of other aduentures capitulo xxj
How they were fedde wyth the sangreal whyle they were in pryson / & how Galahad was made kyng capitulo xxij
Of the sorowe that Percyuale and boors made whan galahad was dede & of Percyuale how he dyed & other maters xxiij

¶ here folowen the chapytres of the xviij book

Of the Ioye of Kyng Arthur and the quene had of thachyeuement of the sangreal / and how Launcelot fyl to hys olde loue ageyn capitulo primo
How the quene comaunded syr Launcelot to auoyde the court and of the sorowe that Launcelot made capitulo ij
How at a dyner that the quene made there was a knyght enpoysoned whyche syr Mador layed on the quene iij
How syr Mador appeched the quene of treason / & there was no knyght wold fyght for hyr at the fyrst tyme iiij
How the quene requyred syr Boors to fyght for hyr / & how he graunted vpon condycyon / and how he warned syr Launcelot therof capitulo v
How at the day syr boors made hym redy for to fyght for the quene / & whan he shold fyȝt how another dyscharged hym vj
How syr Launcelot fought ayenst syr mador for the quene / & how he ouercame syr Mador & dyscharged the quene vij
How the trouthe was knowen by the mayden of the lake / and of dyuers other maters Capitulo viij
How syr Launcelot rode to astolat / & receyued a sleue to bere vpon his helme at the requeste of a mayde capitulo ix
How the tornoye began at Wynchester and what Knyghtes were at the Iustes and other thynges capitulo x
How sir Launcelot and syr Lauayn entred in the felde ayenst them of kyng Arthurs court / & how launcelot was hurte xj
How syr Launcelot & syr Lauayn departed oute of the felde and in what Ieopardye Launcelot was capitulo xij

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How Launcelot was brought to an hermyte for to be helyd of his wounde and of other maters capitulo xiij
How syr Gawayn was lodged wyth the lord of astolat / & there had knowlege that hit was Syr Launcelot that bare the rede sleue Capitulo xiiij
Of the sorowe that syr boors had for the hurte of Launcelot and of the angre that the quene had by cause Launcelot bare the sleue capitulo xv
How Syr boors sought launcelot & fonde hym in the hermytage / & of the lamentacion bytwene them Capitulo xvj
How syr Launcelot armed hym to assaye yf he myght bere armes & how his woundes brest oute ageyn capitulo xvij
How syr boors retorned & tolde tydynges of syr Launcelot / & of the tournoye and to whome the prys was gyuen xviij
Of the grete lamentacyn of the fayr made of astolat whan Launcelot shold departe & how she dyed for his loue xix
How the corps of the mayde of astolat arryued tofore kyng arthur and of the buryeng / and how syr Launcelot offryd the masse peny capitulo xx
Of grete Iustes doon alle a crystemasse / and of a grete Iustes and tournoye ordeyned by Kyng Arthur / and of Syr Launcelot Capitulo xxj
How Launcelot after that he was hurt of a gentylwoman came to an hermyte and of other maters capitulo xxij
How syr Launcelot byhaued hym at the Iustes / and other men also capitulo xxiij
How Kyng arthur meruaylled moche of the Iustyng in the felde and how he rode & fonde syr Launcelot capitulo xxiiij
How trewe loue is lykened to sommer Capitulo xxv

¶ here folowen the chapytres of the xix book

How quene gueneuer rode on mayeng with certeyn knyghtes of the rounde table and clad al in grene capitulo primo
How syr Mellyagraunce toke the quene & al hyr knyghtes whyche were sore hurte in fyghtyng capitulo ij
How syr Launcelot had word how the quene was taken / & how syr mellyagraunce layed a busshement for launcelot iij

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How syr Launcelots hors was slayn / & how syr Launcelot rode in a carte for to rescowe the quene Capitulo iiij
How syr Mellyagraunce requyred foryeuenes of the quene / & how she appeased syr Launcelot and other maters v
How syr Launcelot came in the nyght to the quene and laye wyth hyr / and how syr Melyagraunce appeched the quene of treson capitulo vj
How syr Launcelot answerd for the quene / and waged bataylle ayenst syr melyagraunce / and how syr Launcelot was taken in a trappe Capitulo vij
How syr Launcelot was delyuerd out of pryson by a lady & toke a whyt courser and came for to kepe hys day viij
How syr Launcelot cam the same tyme that syr mellyagraūce abode hym in the felde and dressyd hym to bataylle ix
How syr Vrre came in to arthurs courte for to be heled of his woundes / & how kyng arthur wold begyn to handle hym x
How Kyng arthur handled syr Vrre / and after hym many other knyghtes of the rounde table capitulo xj
How syr Launcelot was comanded by arthur to handle hys woundes & anone he was al hool / & how they thanked god xij
How there was a party made of an hondred knyghtes ayenst an hondred knyghtes / and of other maters capitulo xiij

¶ here foloweth the book of the pyteous hystorye whyche is of the morte or deth of kyng Arthur / and the chapytres of the twenty book

How syr Agrauayn & syr mordred were besy vpon syr Gawayn for to dysclose the loue bytwene Syr Launcelot & quene Gueneuer Capitulo primo
How syr Agrauayn dysclosed theyr loue to kyng Arthur / & how Kyng Arthur gaf them lycence to take hym ij
How syr Launcelot was espyed in the quenes chambre / and how Syr Agrauayn and Syr Mordred came wyth twelue knyghtes to slee hym Capitulo iij
How syr Launcelot slewe syr colgreuance & armed hym in his harnoys & after slewe syr agrauayn & xij of his felawes iiij
How Syr Launcelot came to syr bors & tolde hym how he had

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Of the counceyl and aduys whiche was taken by syr Launcelot and by hys frendes for to saue the quene Capitulo vj
How syr mordred rode hastely to the Kyng / to telle hym of thaffray & deth of syr agrauayn & the other knyghtes vij
How syr Launcelot and hys kynnesmen rescowed the quene from the fyre and how he slewe many knyghtes viij
Of the sorowe & lamentacyon for the dethe of his neuewes & other good knyghtes / & also for the quene hys wyf ix
How Kyng Arthur at the requeste of syr Gawayn concluded to make warre ayenst syr Launcelot / and layed syege to his castel called Ioyous garde capitulo x
Of the comynycacyon bytwene kyng Arthur & syr Launcelot and how Kyng Arthur repreuyd hym capitulo xj
How the cosyns & kynnesmen of syr Launcelot excyted hym to goo oute to batayl / and how they made them redy xij
How syr Gawayn Iusted and smote doun syr Lyonel / and how syr Launcelot horsed kyng Arthur ca xiij
How the Pope sent doun his bulles to make pees / & how syr Launcelot brought the quene to kyng Arthur xiiij
Of the delyueraunce of the quene to the kyng by sir launcelot & what langage syr Gawayn had to syr Launcelot xv
Of the comynycacyon bytwene syr Gawayn and syr Launcelot wyth moche other langage capitulo xvj
How syr Launcelot departed fro the kyng & fro Ioyous garde ouer see warde and what knyghtes wente wyth hym xvij
How syr Launcelot passed ouer the see / & how he made grete lordes of the knyghtes that wente wyth hym capitulo xviij
How kyng arthur & syr Gawayn made a grete hoost redy to go ouer see to make warre on syr Launcelot capitulo xix
What message syr Gawayn sente to syr Launcelot / & kynge Arthur layed syege to benwyck and other maters xx
How syr launcelot & syr Gawayn dyd batayl togyder / and how syr Gawayn was ouerthrowen and hurte capitulo xxj
Of the sorowe that kyng arthur made for the warre / & of an other batayl where also syr Gawayn had the werse xxij

¶ here folowen the chapytres of the xxj book

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How Syr Mordred presumed & toke on hym to be kyng of englond / & wold haue maryed the quene his faders wyf ca j
How after that kyng arthur had tydynges / he retorned and came to douer where syr Mordred mette hym to lette his landyng / and of the deth of Syr Gawayn Capitulo ij
How after syr Gawayns ghoost apperyd to kynge arthur & warned hym that he shold not fyght that day capitulo iij
How by mysaduenture of an adder the batayl began / where Mordred was slayn and arthur hurte to the deth iiij
How Kyng arthur comanded to caste his swerd excalybur in to the water / & how he was delyuerd to ladyes in a barge v
How syr bedwere fonde hym on the morne deed in an hermytage / and how he abode there wyth the hermyte capitulo vj
Of thoppynyon of somme men of the deth of kynge arthur / & how quene Gueneuer made hir a nonne in almesburye vij
How whan syr Launcelot herde of the deth of kyng arthur & of syr Gawayn and other maters came in to englond viij
How syr Launcelot departed to seche the quene Gueneuer and how he fonde hir at almesburye capitulo ix
How Syr Launcelot came to thermytage where tharchebysshop of caunterburye was / & how he toke thabyte on hym x
How syr Launcelot wente wyth his seuen felowes to amesburye / & fonde there quene Gueneuer deed / whom they brought to glastynburye capitulo xj
How syr Launcelot began to sekene / & after dyed / whos body was borne to Ioyous garde for to be buryed capitulo xij
How syr Ector fonde syr launcelot hys brother dede / and how Constantyn reygned next after Arthur / and of the ende of thys book capitulo xiij

¶ Explicit the table

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