How Sir Ector found Sir Launcelot his brother dead. And how Constantine reigned next after Arthur, and of the end of this book.
And when Sir Ector heard such noise and light in the quire of Joyous Gard, he alight and put his horse from him, and came into the quire, and there he saw men sing and weep. And all they knew Sir Ector, but he knew not them. Then went Sir Bors unto Sir Ector, and told him how there lay his brother Sir Launcelot dead. And then Sir Ector threw his shield, sword, and helm from him; and when he beheld Sir Launcelot’s visage he fell down in a swoon. And when he awaked it were hard any tongue to tell the doleful complaints that he made for his brother. Ah, 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; and thou were the courtiest knight that ever bare shield; and thou were the truest friend to thy lover that ever bestrode horse; and thou were the truest lover of a sinful man that ever loved woman; and thou were the kindest man that ever strake with sword; and thou were the goodliest person ever came among press of knights; and thou was the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies; and thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest.
Then there was weeping and dolour out of measure. Thus they kept Sir Launcelot’s corpse on loft fifteen days, and then they buried it with great devotion. And then at leisure they went all with the bishop of Canterbury to his hermitage, and there they were together more than a month. Then Sir Constantine, that was Sir Cador’s son, of Cornwall, was chosen king of England; and he was a full noble knight, and worshipfully he ruled this realm. And then this king Constantine sent for the bishop of Canterbury, for he heard say where he was; and so he was restored unto his bishopric, and left that hermitage; and Sir Bedivere was there ever still hermit to his life’s end. Then Sir Bors de Ganis, Sir Ector de Maris, Sir Gahalantine, Sir Galihud, Sir Galihodin, Sir Blamor, Sir Bleoberis, Sir Williars le Valiant, Sir Clarrus of Cleremont; all these knights drew them to their countries. Howbeit king Constantine would have had them with him, but they would not abide in this realm; and there they lived in their countries as holy men. And some English books make mention that they went never out of England after the death of Sir Launcelot, but that was but favour of makers. For the French book maketh mention, and is authorised, that Sir Bors, Sir Ector, Sir Blamor, and Sir Bleoberis, went into the holy land, there as Jesu Christ was quick and dead, and anon as they had stablished their lands; for the book saith so Sir Launcelot commanded them for to do, or ever he passed out of this world. And these four knights did many battles upon the miscreants or Turks. And there they died upon a Good Friday, for God’s sake.
Here is the end of the whole book of king Arthur, and of his noble knights of the Round Table, that when they were whole together there was ever an hundred and forty. And here is the end of the Death of Arthur. I pray you all gentlemen and gentlewomen that read this book of Arthur and his knights from the beginning to the ending, pray for me while I am on live that God send me good deliverance, and when I am dead, I pray you all pray for my soul; for this book was ended the ninth year of the reign of king Edward the Fourth by Sir Thomas Maleore, knight, as Jesu help him for his great might, as he is the servant of Jesu both day and night.
¶ Thus endeth thys noble and Ioyous book entytled le morte Darthur / Notwithstondyng it treateth of the byrth / lyf / and actes of the sayd kynge Arthur / of his noble knyghtes of the rounde table / theyr meruayllous enquestes and aduentures / thachyeuyng of the sangreal / & in thende the dolourous deth & departyng out of thys world of them al / Whiche book was reduced in to englysshe by syr Thomas Malory knyght as afore is sayd / and by me deuyded in to xxi bookes chapytred and enprynted / and fynysshed in thabbey westmestre the last day of Iuyl the yere of our lord M/CCCC/lxxx/V/
¶ Caxton me fieri fecit.
NOTE A.
See Introduction, page xxxii. note 1.
‘Oh ye mighty and pompous lords, shining in the glory transitory of this unstable life, as in reigning over realms great, and mighty countries, fortified with strong castles and towers, edified with many a rich city. Ye also, ye fierce and mighty chivalers, so valiant in adventurous deeds of arms, behold, behold, see how this mighty conqueror Arthur, whom in his human life all the world doubted—ye also, the noble queen Guenever, that sometime sat in her chair adorned with gold, pearls, and precious stones, now lie full low in obscure foss or pit covered with clods of earth and clay. Behold also this mighty champion Launcelot, peerless of knighthood, see now how he lieth groveling on the cold mould, now being so feeble and faint that sometime was so terrible, how and in what manner ought ye to be so desirous of the mundane honour so dangerous. Therefore me thinketh this present book called La Morte Darthur is right necessary often to be read, for in it shall ye find the gracious, knightly, and virtuous war of most noble knights of the world, whereby they gat praising continual. Also me seemeth by the oft reading thereof ye shall greatly desire to accustom yourself in following of those gracious knightly deeds, that is to say, to dread God, and to love rightwiseness, faithfully and courageously to serve your sovereign prince. And the more that God hath given you the triumphal honour the meeker ye ought to be, ever fearing the unstableness of this deceivable world. And so I pass over, and turn again to my matter.’
NOTE B.
See Introduction, page xxxiv. note 3.
For those who may care to see more of the manner in which the text of the interpolated passages has been formed, I give the following specimens in detail.
The first is from the beginning of the 11th Chapter of Book XXI.
CAXTON.
‘Than syr Launcelot rose vp or day/& tolde the heremyte/It were wel done sayd the heremyte that ye made you redy/& that ye dyshobeye not the auysyon/Than syr Launcelot toke his vii felowes with hym/& on fote they yede from glastynburye to almysburye the whyche is lytel more than xxx myle/& thyder they came within two dayes for they were wayke and feble to goo/& whan syr Launcelot was come to almysburye within the Nunerye quene gweneuer deyed but halfe an oure afore/and the ladyes tolde syr Launcelot that quene Gueneuer tolde hem al or she passyd/that syr Launcelot had been preest nere a twelue monthe/& hyder he cometh as faste as he may to fetch my cors/& besyde my lord kyng Arthur he shal berye me/’
WYNKYN DE WORDE, 1498.
‘Thenne syre Launcelot rose vp or day. And tolde the heremyte. It were well doon sayd the heremyte/that ye made ye redy/and that ye dysobeye not the aduysyon. Thenē syr Launcelot toke his .vij. felowes w^t hym/& on fote they yede from Glastynbury to Almesbury. the whyche is lytyl more than .xxx. myle. And thyder they came wythin two dayes for they were weyke & feble to go. And whan syr Launcelot was come to Almesbury wythin the Nunnery/quene Gweneuer deyed but halfe an houre afore/And the ladyes tolde syr Launcelot/that quene Gweneuer tolde them all or she passyd/that syr Launcelot had be preest nere a twelue month and hither he cometh as fast as he may/to fetche my corps. And besyde my lorde kyng Arthur/he shal bury me.’
UPCOTT.
‘Than syr Launcelot rose vp or it was day, and tolde the heremyte therof. It were well done sayd the heremyte that ye made you redy, and that ye dysobeye not thys aduysyon. The[=n]e syr Launcelot toke his .vii felawes with hym, & on foote they yede from Glastynbury to Almesbury, the whyche is lytyl more than xxx myle. And thyder they came wythin two dayes for they were weyke and feble to go. And whan syr Launcelot was come to Almesbury wythin the Nonnery, quene Gweneuer deyed but halfe an houre afore. And the ladyes tolde syre Launcelot that quene Gueneuer tolde them all or she passyd, that syr Launcelot had been preest nere a twelue moneth, and hither he cometh as faste as he may for to fetche my corps. And besyde my lorde kynge Arthur he shal burye me.’
The last lines of the same Chapter are as follows:—
CAXTON.
‘For whan I remembre of hir beaulte and of hir noblesse that was bothe with hyr king & with hyr/So whan I sawe his corps and hir corps so lye togyders/truly myn herte wold not serue to susteyne my careful body/Also whan I remēbre me how by my defaut & myn orgule and my pryde/that they were bothe layed ful lowe that were pereles that euer was lyuyng of cristen people, wyt you wel sayd syr Launcelot/this remembred of there kyndnes and myn vnkyndnes sanke so to myn herte that I miȝt not susteyne myself so the frensshe book maketh mencyon.’
UPCOTT.
(Who follows Wynkyn de Worde exactly, except in the spelling, and in the insertion of ‘me’ after ‘wold not serue.’)
‘For whan I remembre & calle to mynde her beaute, bountee & noblesse, that was as wel wyth her kyng my lord Arthur as wyth her. And also whanne I saw the corses of that noble kinge & noble quene so lye to gyder in that colde graue made of erthe, that somtyme were so hyghly sette in moost honourable places, truly myn herte wolde not serue me to susteyne my wretchyd & carefull body. Also whan I remembre me how by my defawte myn orgulyte and my pride, that they were both layed full lowe whyche were pereles that euer were lyuenge of crysten peple, wyte yow wel sayd syr Launcelot, this remembred, of ther kyndnesse & of myn vnkyndnesse, sanke and enprest soo in to my herte that all my natural strengthe fayled me, so that I myghte not susteyne my selfe. Soo the frensshe boke makyth mencyon.’
The several colophons are as follows:—
CAXTON.
‘Thus endeth thys noble and Ioyous book entytled le morte Darthur/Notwithstondyng it treateth of the byrth/lyf/and actes of the sayd kynge Arthur/of his noble knyghtes of the rounde table/theyr meruayllous enquestes and aduentures/thachyeuyng of the sangreal/& in thende the dolourous deth & departyng out of thys world of them al/Whiche book was reduced in to englysshe by syr Thomas Malory knyght as afore is sayd/and by me deuyded in to xxi bookes chapytred and enprynted/and fynysshed in thabbey westmestre the last day of Iuyl the yere of our lord M/CCCC/lxxx/V/ Caxton me fieri fecit.’/
WYNKYN DE WORDE, 1498.
‘Thus endyth this noble and Ioyous boke entytled Le morte dathur. Notwythstondyng it treateth of the byrth lyf & actes of the sayd kynge Arthur of his noble knyghtes of the rounde table. theyr merueyllous enquestes & aduentures. thachyeuynge of the Sancgreall. And in the ende the dolorous deth. & depaytynge out of this worlde of them al. Whyche boke was reduced in to Englysshe by the well dysposyd knyghte afore namyd. And deuyde[d] into .xxi. bokes chapitred. & enprynt[ed] fyrst by Wylliam Caxton/on who[se] soule god haue mercy. And newel[ye] prynted. and chapitres of the sam[e ru-]brisshed at Westmestre, by Wynk[yn de] Worde y^e yere of our lord. M.C[CCC].lxxxxviij. and ended the .xxv [daye of] Marche. the same yere.’
AMES.
‘Thus endeth this noble and joyous boke, entytled La morte d’Arthur. Notwithstondyng it treateth of the byrth, lyf, and actes of the sayd Kynge Arthur, of his noble knyghts of the rounde table, theyr merueylous enquestes and aduentures, thacheuynge of the Sancgreal and in the ende the dolourous deth and depaytynge out of this worlde of them al; whyche boke was reduced into Englysshe by syr Thomas Malory, Knight, as afore is sayd, and by me devyded into xxi. bookes, chapitred and enprynted, and fynisshed in thabbey, Westmestre, the last day of Juyl, the yere of our Lord MCCCCLXXXV. Caxton me fieri fecit.’
HARLEIAN CATALOGUE.
‘The Byrth, Lyf, and Actes of Kyng Arthur; of his noble Knyghtes of the Rounde Table, theyr marvayllous Enquestes and Adventures; the Achyeviyng of the Sang real; and in the end le Morte d’Arthur, with the dolourous Deth and Departyng out of thys world of them Al. Whiche Book was reduced to the Englysshe, by Syr Thomas Malory Knyght, and by me (W. Caxton) devyded into 21 bookes, chaptyred and emprynted, and fynyshed in th’ Abbey Westmestre, the last day of July, the yere of our Lord 1485.’
UPCOTT.
‘Thus endeth this noble & joyous booke entytled La Mort dathur. Notwythstanding it treateth of the byrth, lyf & actes of the sayd Kynge Arthur, & of his noble knyghtes of the Rounde Table, theyr marueyllous Enquestes & aduentures, thacheyuyng of the Sang real, and in the ende le Morte darthur with the dolourous deth and departyng out of thys worlde of them al. Whiche booke was reduced in to Englysshe by Syr Thomas Malory knyght as afore is sayd, and by me deuyded in to xxi bookes chaptyred and emprynted and fynysshed in thabbey Westmestre the last day of July the yere of our lord MCCCCLXXXV. Caxton me fieri fecit.’
On a comparison of these colophons we see that the article La is only in Ames: the spelling of dathur is peculiar to Wynkyn de Worde, who has it also in another passage; the words le Morte darthur with are in the Harleian Catalogue only: as afore is said is in neither of these, but it is in Ames: the peculiar mode of writing Sang real, and the spelling of chaptyred, emprynted, July, are those of the Harleian Catalogue: the & introduced after Arthur in the second line is only in Upcott. Caxton me fieri fecit is in Ames, but not in the Harleian Catalogue.
When I say in Ames or the Harleian Catalogue only, it will be understood that I include with the colophon of the former its modernised copy in Dibdin; and with that of the latter its copies in Herbert and the Biographia Britannica; the references to all which I have given in the passage of the Introduction to which this is a Note. The first words of the colophon are omitted in the Harleian Catalogue, which gives it as the title of the book, as do the Biographia Britannica and Herbert. The framer of the Catalogue probably quotes directly, though inaccurately, from the Harleian (now the Osterley) Morte Darthur: and Ames must have made his extract independently from the same volume. Dibdin attributes both the Harleian Catalogue and the article in the Biographia Britannica to Oldys.
‘A braver soldier never couched lance,
A gentler heart did never sway in court.’
First part of Henry VI. iii. 2.
Le Morte Darthur, edited from the Harleian MS. 2252, in the British Museum, by F. T. Furnivall, 1864.
The council of devils seems to have suggested that in Paradise Lost.
Geoffrey of Monmouth afterwards Bishop of St. Asaph wrote, or as he tells us, translated from a work in the British tongue his Historiae Brithonum early in the 12th century.
Itinerary, ii. pp. 38, 39; Hearne, 1711.
Somersetshire Illustrated, by John Strachey, MS. 1736.
Polyolbion, 3rd Song.
Camelot: a Lecture delivered in 1889 by the Rev. J. H. Bennett. See also Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archæological Society, 1890.
Gervasii Tilburiensis Otia Imperialia, Decisio ii. cap. xii, de Insulis Mediterranei, in vol. I of ‘Scriptores Rerum Brunsvicensium Illustrationi inservientes: Cura G. G. Leibnitzii, Hanov. MDCCVII.’ Gervase of Tilbury wrote about the beginning of the thirteenth century. He was at the Peace of Venice in 1177 A. D.; was Chancellor and Marshall of the kingdom of Arles about the year 1200; and died in 1235.
‘Renaissance in Italy,’ by J. A. Symonds, iv. 17.
The passage, which also recounts the names of Ewaine, Gawaine, and Launcelot du Lac, is found in a charming episode in ‘The Complaynt of Scotland’ (written in 1548, and edited in 1801 by G. J. Leyden), in which the author tells how he went into the country to refresh his weary mind and body, and there fell in with a party of shepherds and shepherds’ wives and servants, who amused themselves with telling a number of stories, classical and romantic, of which he gives the names. It is a prose idyll, which reminds us of the Canterbury Tales, and the Vision of Piers Plowman, in the love of nature and the love of story-telling which it displays. Here, and in the passage from Gervase, I quote from the originals; but my attention was first directed to these by Sir George Webb Dasent’s quotations in his ‘Popular Tales from the Norse,’ p. xxix.
Roquefort, Glossaire de Langue Romane, art. ‘Graal:’ where are also given the original passages from the first three romances named in the text.
Caffari Annales Genuenses in Muratori’s Italicarum Rerum Scriptores, Tom. VI: Bent’s Genoa; and Dunlop’s History of Fiction, edited by H. Wilson, Vol. I, Supplementary Note on the Sangreal.
‘Pall Mall Gazette’ of June 23, 1868.
‘The Schoolmaster,’ by Roger Ascham; Book I. The Schoolmaster was published by his widow, in 1570.
‘Oh, may my lot grant such a friend who knows
The art to crown with bays a poet’s brows,
If ever in the coming time my lay
Our native kings shall call again to-day,
Shall call up Arthur, even in worlds below
Preparing wars against the heathen foe;
Or tell of that great fellowship renown’d
The high-souled heroes of the Table Round,
And break, if God his present aid affords,
The Saxons’ serried bands with British swords.’
It is curious to note that Milton with all his learning should, like Malory and Caxton, have spoken of the Britons as English, and the Saxons as foreigners—a popular misuse of names which still makes the Lowland Scotch complain if they are called English instead of British, though they are in fact more English than the English in language and in blood.
‘There be 2 Lordshipps lyenge not very far from Ripon ... Malory hath Hutton Coniers. Thes Lands cam to their Aunciters by two Dowghtars, Heirs generall of that Coniers. Malory hath another place caullyd Highe Studly, a litle from Fountaines.’ Leland’s Itinerary, viii. 2. p. 55. Hearne, 1712.
These two dates are obligingly given me by G. W. Tomlinson, Esq., Secretary of the Yorkshire Archæological Society.
Noble’s Spanish Armada List, 1886, p. 42.
Brown’s Genesis of the United States, 1890. Vol. I, p. 211; Vol. II, p. 940.
Burton’s Description of Leicestershire, pp. 140, 262.
Kirby’s Register of the Wardens, Fellows, and Scholars of Winchester, 1888, quoted by Mr. L. Johnson in the Academy, September 20th, 1890.
Le Morte Darthur, edited by H. Oskar Sommer, Ph.D. Vol. III, p. 335.
‘The Biography and Typography of William Caxton, England’s First Printer,’ by William Blades, 8vo, 1877, p. 22. In this, and in his larger work, ‘Life and Typography of William Caxton, England’s First Printer,’ 2 vols. 4to, 1861-1863, Mr. Blades has given a very learned and complete history of Caxton and his times so far as they relate to him.
‘like a circle in the water,
Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself
Till by broad spreading it do reach the bank.’
See First part of King Henry VI, i. 2, and the Variorum notes thereon.
Englishmen, who feel shame and sorrow for the loss of the only perfect first copy of our National Epic, may yet be glad to know it has an honoured place with our worthier kinsfolk across the Atlantic, in the rich library and museum of Mr. and Mrs. Abby Pope:
‘And, so sepulchred, in such pomp doth lie,
That kings, for such a tomb, would wish to die.’
Dibdin’s Typographical Antiquities, 1810, vol. i, pp. 242, 254.
Dibdin’s Supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana, vol. ii. p. 213; or Ædes Althorpianæ, vol. vi. p. 213. I would here express my thanks to Earl Spencer for sending to the British Museum for my use his Caxton, and his unique copy of Wynkyn de Worde’s first edition of Morte Darthur, as also for favouring me with details of information respecting the former; and to the Earl of Jersey for permitting me to examine his Caxton at Osterley.
‘Caxton followed the usage of the scribes in this particular; for, with one exception only, and at the very end of his career, where the title of the book is printed alone in the centre of the first page, his books appear without any title page whatever. Wynkyn de Worde adopted the use of title-pages immediately after the death of his master.’ Biography and Typography of William Caxton, England’s first printer, p. 45. By William Blades, 1877.
As the passage is worth preserving I have given it at the end of the volume, Note A, p. 488.
Vol. i, p. xxviii.
Ibid. p. lviii.
The pages are vol. i, p. 167, line 18, to p. 169, line 17; p. 275, third line from bottom, to p. 279, line 5 from bottom; vol. ii, p. 202, line 13, to p. 204, line 14; p. 446, line 5, to end of 455.
An account of these interpolations was given by me in the Athenæum of Sept. 7 and Dec. 10, 1867, and Feb. 10, 1868.
Typographical Antiquities, by Ames and Herbert, 1785, vol. i, p. 61; Ibid. enlarged by Dibdin, 1810, vol. i, p. 253. The ‘Additions’ are at the end of vol. iii. of Herbert’s edition.
Catalogus Bibl. Harleianæ, 1744, vol. iii, no. 372.
See note B at the end of the volume, p. 488.
Even the learned M.M. Gaston Paris and Ulrich, say, in reference to editions of Le Morte Darthur, ‘La plus commode à lire, parce que le langage y est discrètement rajeuni, est l’édition donnée chez Macmillan en 1868 par Sir Edw. Strachey.’
Sybel’s History of the Crusades, English Translation, p. 11.
For this distinction I am indebted to my friend the late Rev. F. D. Maurice, whose genius lights up every subject it approaches.
Valiant.
Having gone to find adventures in Prussia with the Teutonic knights who carried on war with the still Pagan Lithuania, he had been often placed at the head of the table above the like adventurers from other nations, in compliment to his especial merit.
Ridden in arms.
Praise.
It appears from Morte Arthur, p. 474, that London was the proper place to go to, ‘to buy all manner of things that longed unto a wedding.’
For facts my principal authorities—whose words I have frequently availed myself of—are Mills’s History of Chivalry, which alone almost exhausts the subject; Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; Godwin’s Life of Chaucer; Scott’s Essay on Chivalry; Lord Berner’s Froissart; and Southey’s Introduction to Amadis of Gaul.
The division of the word indicates that the writer adopts the plausible notion that Sangreal means Real (or Royal) Blood; and no doubt in ancient as well as modern times the spelling and sound would suggest this meaning: but Roquefort shows clearly that the other is the proper explanation, both in etymology and (so to speak) historically. And Helinand, a monk of Fromont (A.D. 717), gives the Latin Gradale, which supplies the link between Graal and Crater from which Roquefort derives the former. Helinand’s words are,—‘Hoc tempore, in Britannia, cuidam eremitae monstrata est mirabilis quaedam visio per angelum de sancto Josepho decurione nobili qui corpus Domini deposuit de cruce, et de catino illo vel paropside in quo Dominus coenavit cum discipulis suis; de qua ab eodem eremita descripta est historia quae dicitur de Gradal. Gradalis autem vel Gradale dicitur Gallicè scutella lata et aliquantulum profunda in qua pretiosae dapes, cum suo jure, divitibus solent apponi, et dicitur nomine Graal.... Hanc historiam latine scriptam invenire non potui, sed tantum Gallicè scripta habetur a quibusdam proceribus, nec facile ut aiunt tota inveniri potest.’ Helinandi Historia, quoted in L’Essai Historique et Literaire sur l’Abbaye de Fécamp par Leroux de Lincy, Rouen, 1840.
GLOSSARY AND INDEX.
The following Index includes a Glossary of words now obsolete, or used with new meanings. Those proper names which in the text are spelt in more than one way, or have different epithets, are repeated in each of such forms, but without cross references. These have not been thought necessary, as their absence can hardly lead to mistake as to the identity of the names.
Abbey of La Beale Adventure, 77.
Abblasoure, place of, 359.
Abel, 395, 396.
Abelleus, 71.
Ablamor of the Marsh, 68.
Accolon of Gaul, Sir, 57; hunts with Arthur, 79; finds himself by a deep well, 80; gets Excalibur and nearly kills Arthur, 82; dies, 84; 86.
Adam, 395.
Adder stings and produces a war, 478.
Adtherp, Sir, 186, 187.
Affrike, 100.
Africa, 108.
Agente, earldom of, 469.
Aglavale, Sir, 259.
Aglovale, Sir, 152, 281, 333, 362, 448; is slain, 459.
Agravaine, Sir, 42, 56, 139, 150, 152; marries, 160; 169, 248, 250, 261, 279, 290; is open mouthed, 412; 421, 431, 434, 438, 448, 450; accuses Sir Launcelot and Guenever, 451; tries to capture Sir Launcelot and is slain, 454.
Arthur is born, 27; pulls the sword out of the stone, 29; made king, 30; fights, 32; 35, 36, 39; falls in love, 41; first sees Guenever, 41; dreams a dream, 42; wants the quest, 43; is made known to Igraine, 44; fights, 46; gets a sword, 47; 53; fights Nero, 56; is sick, 57; loves Guenever, 64; marries, 66; 74; is warned by Merlin to keep his sword and scabbard, 75; fights with five kings, 77; rides his horse to death, 79; finds himself in prison, 79; fights Sir Accolon, and is nearly killed, 81; goes to an abbey and recovers, 84; follows his sister for the scabbard, 86; 95; Roman Emperor sends to him for tribute, 98; his splendour, 100; ordains two governors to act while he goes to war with the Emperor of Rome, 101; dreams of an encounter between a boar and a dragon, ib.; giant crushes his ribs, 103; embraces his knights after battle, 105; crowned at Rome by the Pope, 110; 116, 120, 127, 133, 135, 137, 139, 145, 148; holds a tournament at Avilion, 152; 156, 161, 167, 177, 187, 196; justs with Sir Lamorak, 208; cuts off the head of the Lady, 210; 223; fights, 226; 228, 236; fights Sir Tristram, 238; 243, 251, 256, 262, 274, 279; cries a just, 286; is at Lonazep, 303; justs with Sir Dinadan, 305; visits Sir Tristram, 315; 330; Sir Launcelot returns to him, 344; sees marvels, 350; glad to see the remnant of his knights, 411; 415; holds a tourney at Winchester, 420; 425; justs, 434; 449; hears the charge against Guenever, 452; faints, 459; lays siege to Joyous Gard, 461; goes to war with Sir Launcelot, 470; his life is war and strife, 475; returns to Dover and fights, 476; has a dream, 477; kills Sir Mordred, 479; received by three queens in a barge, 480.
Arundel, castle of, 268.
Asia, 100.
Assoil, absolve, 365.
Assotted, besotted, doting, 75, 274.
Astamore, Sir, 448, 452.
Astlabor, king, 318, 320.
Astolat (town of Gilford), 419.
Astomore, Sir, 413.
Astonied, stunned, 117, 123.
Attaint, fatigued, exhausted, 384.
Avail, lower, 110.
Avaunt, boast, 447.
Avelion, Avelon, the Isle of Apples, on which Glastonbury stood, 49.
Balin le Savage, 42, 49, 52, 57; slays Garlon, 59; is slain, 62; 351.
Bamborow, 486.
Ban of Benwick, king, 32, 38, 41, 75, 224.
Bandes, king, 279.
Baptism, 280.
Barant le Apres, Sir, called king with the hundred knights, 448.
Barbers, 107.
Barbican, 103; an outwork to defend the gate of a castle, 156.
Barflete (in Flanders), 101.
Barget, a little barge, 431.
Barham Down, near Canterbury, 477. Mr. Wright says it is the site of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery, which, no doubt, suggested that a battle had been fought there.
Baronage, 265.
Barony, 96, 450.
Basdemegus, 57.
Battle, 264.
Battles, armies, battalions, 105, 265.
Baudwin of Britain, Sir, 30, 31, 101; is a surgeon, 423; 428.
Bayonne, 469.
Beale Isould, 101.
Beale-Valet, castle of, 262.
Beame, trumpet, 478.
Bearn, earl of, 469.
Beaumains (Fair-hands), 129; is called a kitchen-boy, 135; 140; beats the red knight of the red lawns, 143; 148.
Bedivere, Sir, 102, 103, 152, 421, 434, 448, 478; throws Excalibur into the water, 480; finds where Arthur is buried, 481; meets with Sir Launcelot, 484; is an hermit, 487.
Bee, ring, bracelet, or other ornament, 159.
Behest, promise, 209.
Behight, promise, 411.
Behote, promise, 168.
Belias le Orgulous, Sir, is slain, 459.
Belinus, king of Britain, 99.
Bellangere (a constable), 268.
Bellangere le Orgulous, Sir, 449.
Bellaus, 40.
Bellengerus le Beuse, 274, 421, 448, 455, 468.
Belleus, Sir, 115; wounded by Launcelot, 115; 128.
Belliance le Orgulous, Sir, 198.
Bellias of Flanders, 37.
Bendelaine, Sir, 157.
Benoye, country of, 274, 343.
Benwick, city of, 33; 34, 41; land of, 75; some call it Bayonne, 469; 471.
Berel, Sir, 104.
Berluse, Sir, 247.
Bernard of Astolat, Sir, 419, 420, 429.
Berrant le Apres, king, 295.
Bersules, Sir, 245, 251.
Bertelot, Sir, 338.
Bery, apparently meant for Bere, bier, or bear, 385.
Besaunt, a gold coin first coined at Byzantium, 95, 481.
Beseen, adorned, clothed, 51.
Bestad, Bested, beset, 476.
Betaught, recommended, 359.
Betid, happened, was; or, beat, 141, 332.
Bishop, the first, 407.
Black, all, 133.
Blamore de Ganis, Sir, 139, 173, 176, 179, 224, 230, 277, 413, 421,
448;
made a duke, 469;
484.
Bleise, 41.
Bleoberis de Ganis, Sir, 38, 139, 154, 173, 175, 177, 179, 199, 208,
223, 231, 275, 278, 287, 317, 413, 421, 435, 448;
made a duke, 469;
484.
Bliant, Sir, 338; castle of, 341.
Bloias de la Flandres, 37.
Blois de la Case, 40.
Board, deck, 370.
Bobart le Cure Hardy, Sir, Arthur’s son, 449.
Bole, trunk of a tree, 126.
Book, swear upon a, 230, 259.
Boot, help, 162.
Borre, 41.
Bors de Ganis, Sir, 89, 103, 105, 139, 152, 154, 218, 230, 328; sees a dragon, 330; 333, 343, 381; joins in the quest, 383; 387, 390, 392, 397, 401, 407; has his adventures chronicled, 411; 413, 421; finds Sir Launcelot ill, 427; 435, 448; is crowned, 469; 482.
Bors of Gaul, king, 32, 38, 41.
Boudwin, Sir, 267.
Brabant, 107.
Brachet, a small scenting dog, 66, 70, 79, 123, 165, 215.
Galagars, Sir, chosen a knight of the Table Round, 78.
Galahad, Sir, 60, 63, 75, 183, 325; is born, 328; is made a knight, 349; sits in the siege perilous, 350; his lineage, 352; takes the white shield, 355; attacks the Castle of Maidens, 360; strikes down his father, 362; 375, 381, 397; meets Sir Launcelot on board ship, 402; goes in quest of the Sancgreal, 402; dies, 410.
Galahalt, Sir, 257, 274; hates fish, 281; of the Long Isles, 293; 419, 424, 434, 448.
Galahault, Sir, 152.
Galapas (a giant), 105.
Galardoun, 241.
Galatine (Sir Gawaine’s good sword), 104, 107.
Galihodin, Sir, 152, 154, 282, 301, 413, 421, 435, 448; is made a duke, 469; 484.
Galihud, Sir, 152, 154, 230, 413, 421, 435; made an earl, 469; 484.
Galind, Sir, 118.
Galiodin, 230.
Galleron of Galway, Sir, 246, 421, 448.
Ganis, abbey and castle of, 231.
Garaunt, 270.
Gareth of Orkney, Sir (Beaumains), 42; 56, 131, 145, 150, 152, 158, 292, 296, 303, 317, 361, 413; smites down thirty knights, 435; 448; is slain, 459.
Garlon, 58.
Garlot, land of, 27.
Garnish of the Mount, 60.
Gaul, 34, 375.
Gaunter, Sir, 122, 152.
Gautere, Sir, 448; is slain, 459.
Gawaine, Sir, 27, 35.
Gawaine, Sir, (Arthur’s nephew), 42, 56, 58, 63; Arthur promises to make him a knight, 65; follows the hart, 67; kills a lady, 69; 75, 77; chosen a knight of the Table Round, 78; fights Sir Marhaus, 88; 91, 95, 96; smites off Sir Gainus’ head, 103; 107; fights with Sir Priamus, 108; 116, 123, 125, 128, 139, 145, 149, 152, 154, 158, 169, 184, 196, 219, 229; is beaten by Sir Lamorak, 258; 261, 279, 288, 302, 326, 333; tries to pull the sword out, 350; takes up the quest of the holy Graile, 353; 361, 377, 405, 413, 434, 448; asks Arthur not to be hasty in burning Guenever, 457; loses his brothers, 460; will not forgive Sir Launcelot, 467; fights, 473; writes to Sir Launcelot, and dies, 476.
Gawdelin, Sir, 334.
Genoese warriors, 100.
Gerfalcon, the finest kind of hawk, 96.
Gerin, Sir, 280.
Gerine le Grose, 272.
Germany, 106.
Gest, deed, story, 123.
Gherard, Sir, 109.
Gherard de Breusse, 139, 149.
Ghost, Holy, 352, 364, 381, 395.
Giant of St. Michael’s Mount; sits at supper gnawing a man’s limbs, twelve children are being broached on spits, 102; is killed by Arthur, 103.
Gilbert, Sir, 124, 125.
Gilford, 419.
Gillemere, Sir, 448; is slain, 459.
Gilmere, Sir, 122.
Gingalin, Sir, 211, 448, 452.
Gisarm, two-edged battle-axe, 96.
Glaive, a long blade at the end of a lance, a sword, 70.
Glasting, 287. See Questing.
Glastonbury, 475, 481, 484. See Introduction, p. xviii.
Glatisant (the questing beast), 207, 250, 256, 286, 299; is followed by Sir Palamides, 348.
Graale, holy, 327;
its entrance into the hall, 352;
401.
See Sangreal.
Gracian, 34.
Graciens le Castlein, 40.
Gramercy (written Grant mercy, 418); great thanks, 71.
Grastian, 34.
Gratian, 41.
Gree, degree, prize, 220.
Greece, Hart of, a fat deer, 323.
Greece, 100.
Griflet, Sir, 33, 36.
Griflet, le Fise de Dieu, Sir, 40, 45, 76; is chosen a knight of the Table Round, 78; 169, 249, 303, 362, 421, 435, 448; is slain, 459.
Gringamore, Sir, 144, 147, 151.
Grip, earl, 191.
Gromere, Sir, 448.
Gromore Somir Joure, Sir, 452.
Grummore Grummursum, Sir, 152.
Guenever, 41, 64; is married, 66; 74; goes with Arthur to battle, 76; 85; left in care of two governors by Arthur, 101; 102; meets Arthur at Sandwich, 111; 113, 119, 121, 122, 125, 127, 153, 187, 192, 197, 207, 225, 236, 253, 262, 274, 278; falls with laughter, 282; 285, 318, 327, 330; is angry with Sir Launcelot, 332; spends £20,000 to find Sir Launcelot, 344; sorrows over the separation of the Round Table Knights, 353; complains to Sir Launcelot, 412; is suspected of poisoning, 413; the trial, 416; is angry, 426; was a true lover, 437; goes a-Maying, 437; is captured, 438; rescued by Sir Launcelot, 441; sees Sir Launcelot at night, 443; wants her accuser killed, 446; is watched, 450; led out for judgment, 458; rescued by Sir Launcelot, 459; is given back to Arthur, 468; Sir Mordred tries to wed her, 474; makes herself a nun, 481; is found by Sir Launcelot in a nunnery, 483; dies and is buried, 485.
Guerdonless, without reward, 323.
Guiart le Petite, Sir, 448.
Guienne, king of, 469.
Gumret le Petit, 169.
Guy, Sir, 270.
Guynas de Bloy, 40.
Gwenbaus, 34.
Gwimiart de Bloi, 36.
Gwinas, Sir, 37.
Haberjon, see Hauberk. When the ‘chausses’ or mail leggings were united with the Hauberk the whole was called an Haberjon, 385.
Hackneys, 34, 178, 229.
Hair, hair-shirt, 373.
Hale and how! pull ho! the cry of sailors, 141.
Halp, Holp, helped, 95.
Halse, embrace, 178.
Handfast, betrothed, 272.
Handsel, payment, earnest-money, 174.
Hard Rock, castle of, 235.
Harlon, king, 377.
Harness, armour, 111.
Harnessed, furnished, set, 189.
Harry le Fise Lake, Sir, 287, 449, 455.
Harsouse le Berbuse, 273.
Hart, white, 66, 399.
Harvis de les Marches, 273.
Hauberk, coat or frock of mail, made of plates or chain-links sewn upon leather, 39.
Haut, high, noble, 183.
Hebes le Renoumes, Sir, 169, 448, 455, 469.
Hectimere, Sir, 448.
Hector, 108, 467.
Helake, Sir, 299.
Heleine, queen, 99.
Helin le Blank, 343, 344.
Helior le Preuse, Sir, 319.
Helius, Sir, murders King Hermance, 297, 299.
Hellaine le Blank, Sir, 448.
Hellawes (the sorceress), 125.
Hellias le Grose, 375.
Hemison, Sir, 236; dies, 237.
Herawd, lord, 104.
Herb, holy, 78.
Heringdale, lord, 104.
Herlews le Berbeus, 58.
Hermance of the Red City, king, 294, 297, 449.
Hermel, duke, 60.
Hermind, Sir, 298; is slain, 459.
Hermits, who they were, 424.
Hermonil, country of, 100.
Hernox, earl, 398.
Hervin, 388.
Hervis de Revel, Sir, 56; chosen a knight of the Table Round, 78.
Hervise de la Forest Savage, Sir, 449.
Hew de la Montaine, 222.
Hewgon, Sir, 273.
Hight, was called, 25.
Ho! halt! the word for stopping a tournament, 40, 278.
Holt, a hill with a grove on it, 480.
The ‘two holts hoar’ are described as ‘two cliffs,’ 484;
107.
Holts, 107.
Hontzlake of Wentland, 72.
Horse-litter, 27, 55, 272.
Houselled, To be, to receive the sacrament, 260.
Hove, hover, stand, 97.
Howell, Sir, Duke of Brittany (Arthur’s cousin), 102, 162, 191, 195, 434.
Hue of the Red Castle, Sir, 96.
Humber, 76, 77; bank, 294; 297.
Hungary, land of, 446.
Huntress, shoots Sir Launcelot, 433, 436.
Hurlame, king, 393.
Hurtle, dash, 138.
Ider, Sir, 99.
Idres of Cornwall, king, 35, 36, 38, 42.
Idrus, Sir, 104.
Igraine, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 42, 43, 120.
Inde, 100.
Inde, dark blue, 38, 137.
Intermeddle, intermix, 404.
Ireland, 31, 48; king of, 76; 95, 106, 151, 161; queen of, 164; 166, 168; king accused of treason, 177; 179, 246, 286.
Ironside, Sir (the red knight of the red lawns), 149, 151; is made a knight of the Table Round, 160; 413, 438, 449.
Isle of Longtainse, king of the, 76.
Isoud la Blanche Mains, 191, 194, 237.
Israel, people of, 402.
Italy, 100.
Jagent, castle of, 246.
Jerusalem, 273, 284, 365.
Jesseraunt, a sort of cuirass, of back and breast plates, 31.
Jesus, 28.
Jonas, 375.
Jordanus, Sir, 26, (Jordans) 27.
Joseph of Arimathea, 60, 326, 350, 356, 375, 406.
Joshua, duke, 108, 396.
Journey, day’s work, 268.
Joyous Gard, castle of, 177, 285, 301, 317, 321, 325, 345, 456; Guenever is taken to, 459; is besieged, 461; now Dolorous Gard, 468; some say it was Anwick, and some Bamborow, 486. See Introduction, p. xviii.
Joyous Isle, 342.
Jubance (a giant), 109.
Judgment, alike for rich and poor, 416.
Julius Cesar, 98.
Kainus le Strange, Sir, 315.
Kay, Sir, 29, 30, 34, 36, 56; kills two kings, 77; is chosen a knight of the Table Round, 78; smites off the giant’s head, 103; 105, 118; life saved by Sir Launcelot, 121; 123, 127, 129, 131, 152, 169, 205, 209, 219, 232, 243, 316, 336, 349, 413, 421, 431, 448.
Kay de Stranges, Sir, 448; is slain, 459.
Kehydius, Sir (king Howel’s son), 191, 192, 194, 205, 211.
La Beale Isoud, 168, 170, 179, 184, 186, 190, 192, 205, 211, 215, 225, 232, 236, 251, 253, 262, 266, 268; loses Sir Tristram, 283; leaves her husband, 285; jokes Sir Dinadan, 290; 304; calls Sir Palamides a felon, 314; 325, 345, 449.
La Beale Regard, castle of, 272.
La Cote Male Taile, 129, 152, 154; the evil-shapen coat, 197; 203; marries, 205; 413.
Labor, king, 393.
Ladinas, 34.
Ladinas de la Rouse, 40.
Ladinas of the Forest Savage, Sir, 438.
Ladyday, 269.
Lake, king of the, 78.
Lake, lady of the, 47, 51; buried, 52; 78, 210, 448.
Lambaile, earl of, 282, 448.
Lambegus, Sir, 186, 187, 190, 448; is slain, 459.
Lambeth, 440.
Lamerake of Wales, 47.
Lamiel of Cardiff, Sir, 449.
Lamorak de Galis, Sir, 135, 139, 140, 152, 160, 188, 190, 192, 194, 197, 206, 226, 245; fights Sir Palamides, 256; justs, 258; 278, 288; how he was murdered, 293; 334, 413, 435, 448.
Lanceor, Sir, 52, 54, 242.
Landes, earl of the, 469.
Langedok, duke of, 469.
Lardans, 37.
Largesse, bounty, 308.
Laton, a mixed metal, like brass, 57.
Launcelot de Lake, Sir, 54, 63, 64, 75, 89, 98, 99, 101, 104; is the first knight, 111; seeks Sir Lionel, 116; fights Sir Turquine, 117; slays two giants, 120; overthrows four knights, 123; climbs a tree for a falcon, 126; 129, 135, 139, 149, 152, 161, 164, 170, 176, 184, 197, 201, 208, 222; justs with Sir Tristram, 227; 230, 237, 243; fetches king Mark, 252; 258, 270, 274, 278; justs with Sir Tristram, 305; 313; is pulled from his horse, 316; 325; sees Elaine 327; ran mad two years, 332; healed by Sancgreal, 340; returns to Arthur’s court, 344; not the best knight, 352; his lineage, 352; is felled by his son, 362; hindered by his sin from doing holy things, 363; seeks the adventures of the Sancgreal, 374; meets his son on board ship, 402; 411; is forbidden the court by Guenever, 412; fights for the queen, 417; watched day and night by Elaine, 426; is like a corpse, 428; buries Elaine, and is in the queen’s favour again, 432; smites down fifty knights, 435; goes to Guenever’s relief, 440; falls into a trap, 444; slays Sir Meliagrance, 446; heals Sir Urre, 450; found in the queen’s chamber, 453; fights against Arthur and takes his queen, 459; is besieged, 461; pleads his cause before Arthur, 465; goes to France, and rewards his fellowship, 469; fights with Sir Gawaine, 473; returns to England, and finds Guenever in a nunnery, 482; buries Guenever, and why he faints, 485; his character, 486; is buried, 487.
Laurel, dame, 160.
Lavaine, Sir, 420, 430; smites Arthur to the earth, 435; 443; made a knight of the Table Round, 450; 455, 468, 469.
Lionel, Sir, 103, 111, 115, 118, 152, 230, 333, 343; said to be dead, 385; rides over Sir Bors, 388; cloud separates, 390; 405, 412, 421, 435, 448; is crowned, 469; is slain, 484.
Liones, sometimes said to be a supposed tract of country called Lionesse, between the Land’s End and the Scilly Isles, now submerged. But more probably St. Pol de Leon in Brittany is meant.
London, 28, 30, 33, 49, 64, 413; Arthur returns to, 424; tower of, besieged, 475, 477.
Longius, 60.
Loraine, 107; duke of, 108; duchy of, 110.
Loraine le Savage, 74.
Lords, 30.
Lot, king of Lothian and of Orkney, 27; 31, 35, 36, 37, 40, 56, 58, 139.
Loth, hateful, 179.
Lotless, without a share, 242.
Love, as it is and was, 437.
Lovel, Sir, 448, 452.
Lowe, hillock or tumulus, 449.
Lubber, clumsy fellow, 132.
Luca the botteler, Sir, 448, 470, 478; dies, 479.
Lucan (the butler), Sir, 230, 435.
Lucanere de Buttelere, Sir, 310, 421.
Lucas, Sir, 33, 36.
Lucius, emperor, sends to Arthur for truage, 98; 100; goes to war with Arthur, 103; is killed by Arthur, 106.
Lyly, king of, 104.
Maccabæus, 108.
Macedone, 100.
Madok de la Montaine, Sir, 222.
Mador de la Porte, Sir, 115, 116, 128, 278, 413; accuses the queen of poisoning, 414; fights with Sir Launcelot, 417; 449, 452.
Magons, traitors of, 283.
Magouns, castle of, 268.
Maidens, castle of, 219, 225, 228, 293, 359.
Maker, author, poet, 487.
Mal-ease, bad plight, 196.
Maledisant, damsel, 199; called Bienpensant, 203; called Beauvivante, 205.
Malegrine, Sir, 152.
Mal-engine, evil design, 416.
Maleore, Sir Thomas, 487.
Malgrine, Sir, 153, 270.
Manassen, 86.
Manna, 402.
Mantle, richest (burns the wearer), 87.
Manuel, 375.
Marches, 42.
Margawse, 27.
Marhalt, king of Ireland, 302.
Marhaus, Sir, 88; fights the duke and his six sons, 95; kills the giant Taulurd, 96; is killed, 98; 105, 118, 164; is beaten by Sir Tristram, 166; 179.
Mariet de la Roche, 40.
Mark, a king of Cornwall, 54, 101, 161, 164, 167, 173, 181, 184, 187, 190, 194, 213, 231, 246; runs away, 249; 252, 256; is called king Fox, 262; murders his brother, 268; plans Sir Tristram’s death, 283; is put in prison, 285; 449.
Marrok, Sir, 105, 449.
Marsil, king, 277.
Mary, Saint, 384, 396, 399.
Masauke, earl of, 469.
Mass-penny, sum of money offered, 432.
Masteries, 129.
Matchcold, having holes within the parapet of the walls for pouring stones or molten lead through, 135.
Matto le Breune, Sir, 213.
Maugre, in spite of, 72; misfortune, 461.
Maurel, Sir, 105.
May, when every lusty heart blossoms, 437; 451, 476.
May-day, 48.
Measle, disease, 400.
Meddle, mix, 294.
Meleaus, de Lile, Sir, 449.
Meliaganus, Sir, 152.
Meliagaunce, Sir (Bagdemagus’s son), 207, 275; loves Guenever, 438; fights for her, 439; accuses her of treason, 443.
Meliagrance, Sir, is smitten by Sir Launcelot, 446.
Melias de Lile, Sir, 357, 359, 455, 469.
Meliganus, 154.
Meliodas, king of Liones, 161, 165, 172.
Melion de Tartare, Sir, 333.
Melion of the mountain, Sir, 448, 452.
Meliot, castle of, 57.
Meliot de Logres, Sir, 124, 128, 152, 421, 448, 452.
Meliot of Logurs, Sir, 73.
Melot de la Roche, 36.
Menaduke, Sir, 448, 455; made an earl, 469.
Meniver, 338.
Merlin, 26; met by Ulfius, ib.; sees Uther, ib., 27; comes to Carlion, 31; 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 43, 46, 49, 52, 54; deceives king Lot, 56; 63; warns Arthur of Guenever, 64; 74; falls in a dotage on Nimue, 75; a devil’s son, ib.; is found under a stone, 78; 85, 162, 242, 299; made the Round Table in tokening of the roundness of the world, 366.
Mickle, much, 26.
Milan, 110.
Miles, 44, 74.
Minster, 349.
Minstrel, 267.
Miscreant, misbeliever, 487.
Moises land, marquis of, 109.
Mondrames, 356.
Mordrains, king, 394, 406.
Mordred, Sir, 49, 57, 115, 116, 128, 199, 229, 248, 261, 274, 279, 336, 412, 421, 435, 448; takes Arthur sad news, 457; will make trouble, 469; has the rule of Arthur’s land, 470; usurps England, and tries to wed Guenever, 474; is beaten by Arthur, 476; is killed, 479.
Morgan le Fay (Arthur’s sister), 27, 44, 57, 78, 80, 83; wishes to slay her husband, 85; shapes herself, horse and man, unto a stone, 86; 113, 189, 193, 220, 235, 237, 263, 270, 326, 328; takes Arthur, 481.
Morganore, king, 38, 449.
Morganore, Sir, 37, 177.
Morgawse, queen (Arthur’s sister), 56, 139; the fairest, 208.
Morians, 40.
Moris, Sir, 105.
Moris de la Roche, 37.
Morris, forest of, 232.
Mortaise, water of, 149; 371, 401.
Mountenance, extent, 131, 256.
Nabon le Noire, Sir, 192.
Nacien (the hermit), 352; says how the quest should be made, 353; 375; interprets dreams, 380; 394.
Nanowne le Petite, Sir, 192.
Nappus, 375.
Naram, 48.
Nauntes, city of, 42.
Navy, 101, 267, 475.
Ne, nor, 99.
Nentres, of Garlot, king, 27, 31, 35, 36, 42, 448.
Nero, 42, 55.
Neroreneus, Sir, 455, 469.
Nerovens de Lile, Sir, 201, 202, 449.
Nigramous, lady of the castle, 125.
Nigromancy, 27.
Nimue, 73;
Merlin falls in a dotage on, 75;
94, 210, 418, 449, 481.
Ozana le Cure Hardy, Sir, 248, 250, 421, 438, 484.
Pageant, 316.
Palamides the Saracen, Sir, 43, 139, 152, 168, 179, 185, 199, 207, 225, 227, 234, 240; follows the questing beast, 250; 253, 256, 275, 287; hates Sir Tristram, 292; slays two knights, 299; 304; justs with Sir Ector, 305; is a traitor, 312; his woe, 318; sees his faded visage in a well, 323; 345, 413, 421, 434, 455, 468; made a duke, 469.
Paltock (paletot), a coat with sleeves, 108.
Pampoille, country of, 100.
Paradise, 108, 395.
Pardiak, earl of, 469.
Paris, 104, 105, 108.
Parliament is called, 469, 474.
Pase, earl of, 272.
Passe-Brewel (Tristram’s horse), 220.
Patrise, Sir, is poisoned, 413; 418.
Pavia, 110.
Payarne, country of, 33.
Paynim, 231, 280, 356.
Pedivere, Sir, cuts his wife’s head off, 127; 329.
Pellam of Listengise, king, 59, 63.
Pellandris, 204.
Pelleas, Sir, 89; smites down ten knights, 90; 98, 122, 418, 435, 438, 449.
Pelles, king, 326, 330, 351, 375, 395, 404, 407.
Pellinore, king, 43, 46, 48, 56, 66, 72, 75; sent for by Arthur to go with him to fight, 76; 193, 218, 256, 334, 393.
Pellogris, 204.
Pellounes, Sir, 221.
Pelownes, castle of, 321.
Pelowres, Pillers, men who fight for pillage, 281.
Percivale de Galis, Sir, 47, 139, 152, 259; seeks Sir Tristram, 284; 287, 333; prays, 337; 342, 350, 362; comes to a recluse, 365; one of the men that most believed in Christ, 369; punishes his own flesh, 372; 393, 398; lays his dead sister in a barge, 401; dies, 410; 448.
Perclose, enclosure, 367.
Perdy (per Dieu), truly, 144, 155.
Perigot (peregrine), a kind of falcon, 125.
Perigot, earl of, 469.
Perimones, Sir (the red knight), 138, 148, 153, 160, 449; is slain, 459.
Saint Michael’s mount, a famous place of pilgrimage in Normandy, 102.
Saint Stephen’s, church of, 56, 66.
Salisbury, 57, 411, 477.
Samite, rich silk sometimes interwoven with gold or silver, 370.
Sanam, earl, 41.
Sandwich, 100, 101, 111, 467.
Sangreal (Sancgreal, the holy greal, graale, or grail. See Introduction, p. xviii.), 57, 58; quest of, 60; book of, 63; adventures of, 64; 78, 98; quest of, 262; 326; is seen, 327; 329; what it is, 337; 340; Sir Galahad is to achieve it, 351; 361, 363, 366, 370, 379; appears not to sinners, 381; 403, 407, 409, 411; quest of, 483; its etymology, 491.
Sewer, the officer who set on the dishes and tasted them, 160.
Shaftmon, a measure from the top of the extended thumb to the other end of the fist or palm, about six inches, 147.
Shawe, thicket, 233.
Shend, damage, 470.
Shenship, 346.
Shent, confounded, disgraced, 141.
Sherwood, forest of, 41.
Shield, 236, 237.
Ship, 79.
Shrew, rascal, scamp, 280.
Shrewd, evil, 217.
Siege Perilous, 66, 326; sat in by Galahad, 348; 349; taken by Sir Galahad, 350; 366.
Siege, seat, 65, 78, 137.
Simeon, 406.
Sith, since, 361.
Sithen, since, 118.
Slade, 132.
Slake, ditch, ravine, 114.
Soil, To go to, hunting term for taking to the water, 433.
Soleise, king of, 76.
Solomon, 395, 397.
Sondes, sendings, messages, 475.
Sorceress, 447.
Sorhaute, 42.
Sorlouse of the Forest, 67.
Soul, how it left the body, 280.
Southfolk, 477.
South Marches, duke of, 95.
Southsex, 268, 477.
Sowdan of Surrey, 106.
Spain, 446.
Spaniards, 100.
Spere, ask, 362.
Spolute, 110.
Stalk, a hunting term, 433.
Stole, part of a priest’s dress, worn round the neck, 373.
Stonied, stunned, 132.
Stour, battle, 383, 463.
Straight Marches, king of the, 307.
Straked, blew a horn, 215.
Sue, follow, 361.
Suffragan, 347.
Supper, 79.
Suppinabiles, Sir, 191, 449.
Suppings, 215.
Surgeons, 106, 167.
Surlat, earldom of, 469.
Surluse, country of, 203, 234, 274, 280, 286, 293, 302.
Surrey, 477.
Surrie, country of, 100.
Sword, 28, 29; in the red stone, 349; 393.
Swough, sound, 100.
Table Round, 30, 41, 64, 66, 77, 78, 95, 98, 100, 101, 106, 109, 111, 112, 115, 117, 118; one hundred and fifty the complement of, 128; 149, 152, 154, 158, 164, 173, 195, 202; feast of, 241; 258, 282, 287, 304, 315; is to be broken, 327; 350; Arthur’s fear of, 353; is entered into the quest, 363; 389; more than half the knights are slain, 405; the remnant meets again, 411; 423, 434, 438; the knights’ names, 448; fellowship of the, broken for ever, 457; 469, 487.
Taches, qualities, disposition, 163.
Tallages, taxes, 99.
Tarce, country of, 100.
Taulas, 96.
Tauleas (a giant), 214.
Taulurd (a giant), 96.
Teen, grief, 107.
Terrabil, castle of, 25, 26, 53, 56.
Thames, river, 431, 440.
Thrall, 361.
Thring, push, press, 459.
Thrull, pierce, 200.
Tintagil,
duke of, 25;
26;
castle of (a castle in Cornwall, the ruins of which still exist),
26;
120, 164, 167, 172, 213, 233, 262, 283.
Tirre, Sir, 420, 425, 430.
To brast, To-shiver, &c., break to pieces, 331.
Tolleme la Feintes, king, 356.
Tor (the cowherd’s son), 65, 69, 75;
is chosen a knight of the Table Round, 78;
152;
(called) Sir Tor le Fise de Vayshoure, 209;
259, 448;
is slain, 459.
Tor le Fise Aries, Sir, 247.
Tournament, 153, 168, 223, 283, 385, 434.
Trasing and rasing, dodging and striking, 117.
Travers, At, coming across them, 407.
Treason, 177; what it included, 414; its punishment, 457.
Tremble, port of, 110.
Trent, 30, 35.
Trest, 433; a term of hunting, the technical meaning of which I cannot find: but the word is in Romance the participle of Trere, tirer, trahere.
Trian, Sir, 246.
Trinity, Holy, 356, 409.
Tristram de Liones, Sir, 54, 89, 96; kills Sir Marhaus, 98; 101, 122, 135, 139, 152, 160; why he was so named, 162; book of, 163; overcomes Sir Marhaus, 166; calls himself Tramtrist, 168; 171, 175, 178; kills Sir Brunor and his lady, 183; 187, 190; marries, 191; 194, 205, 209; goes mad, 212; recounts his adventures, 216; is a devil and no man, 224; justs with Sir Launcelot, 227; is imprisoned, 231; 234, 238, 244, 252, 258; at Tintagil, 264; fights Sir Elias, 266; attempt to kill, 283; is the best chaser and horn-blower: all good terms of venery and hunting came from, 286, 291; sees the dead knight with a letter, 294; justs at Lonazep, 304; Sir Palamides envies, 313; smites down Arthur, 316; has a wound six inches deep, 325; 345, 448.
Troilus, 467.
Truage, tribute, 98.
Truss, take up, pack up, make ready, 369, 469.
Turkey, country of, 100.
Turks, 487.
Turnance, Isle of, 394.
Turquine, Sir, 112; is killed by Sir Launcelot, 118; 127, 152.
Umberere, the part of the helmet which shaded the eyes, 197.
Underne, Undorne, nine in the morning, 144, 463.
Unhappy, causing ill luck, 479.
Unnethe, scarcely, 92.
Unwimple, to uncover, to show, 273.
Unwrast, untwisted, unbound, 190.
Urbine, city of, 110.
Urein, 310.
Urience of the land of Gore, king, 448.
Uriens, king (Arthur’s brother-in-law), 27, 31, 35, 37, 42, 57; chosen a knight of the Table Round, 78; 79; his wife wants to kill him, 85; 87, 152, 379, 434.
Urre, Sir, 446; made a knight of the Table Round, 450; 455, 468, 469.
Utas, eighth day of a festival, 100.
Utas of Hilary, 100.
Uther Pendragon, sends for Tintagil, lays siege to Terrabil, 25; sees Merlin, 26; marries Igraine, 27; dies, 28; 30, 31, 43, 44, 64, 121.
Utterance, uttermost (outrance), 199.
Uwaine le Blanchemains, Sir (king Uriens’ son), 85; suspected and sent from court 87; fights Sir Marhaus, 88; smites thirty knights, 96; 97, 99, 123, 127, 152, 230, 232, 238, 248, 256, 279, 302, 333, 355.
Winchester
(i. e. Camelot), 63;
127, 344, 418, 427, 474.
Windesan, city of, 42.
Windsor, 412; forest of, 433.
Wisshard, Sir, 107, 108.
Witch, 31.
Witchcraft, 51.
Wood, mad, 332.
Worship, honour, 197, 415.
Worts, herbs, 379.
Wrake, wrack, destruction, 451.
York, parliament held at, 100.
Yule, Christmas, 108.
When italics were used in the original book, the corresponding text has been surrounded by underscores. Superscripted letters have been preceded by ^, and the letter n with a macron above it has been represented as [=n].
love for her whom he does not know to he his sister (p. xi) love for her whom he does not know to be his sister
mediaeval (p. xiv) mediæval
Marte phalanges. (p. xxv)
Marte phalanges.’
matters, came into England. (p. 23) matters, he came into England.
Now turn me unto Sir Launcelot (p. 127)
Now turn we unto Sir Launcelot
said sir Tristram (p. 178) said Sir Tristram
wheresover (p. 207) wheresoever
Paymin (p. 280)
Paynim
(based on 10 occurrences of p/Paynim(s) and on the fact that the alternate spelling would significantly change the pronunciation)
seige (p. 326) siege
Launclot (p. 364)
Launcelot
(based on 2447 occurrences of Launcelot and only one occurrence of Launclot)
Pertipole (Index)
Pertilope
Servause le Breuse (Index)
Servause le Bruese
(both of the above alternate spellings occur only in the Index)
Duplicate words were removed in the following sentences (the duplicated word was always found at the end of one line and at the beginning of the next line):
p. 316 and gat the the horse
p. 392 for for so is our Lord’s will.
p. 413 Porte, to to take a poisoned apple.
p. 448 Sir Tristram the the noble knight
The last three chapters of Book Four were renumbered to match the Table of Contents.
