. The legends of King Arthur and his knights . se, she wrung her handsand wept bitterly. So Sir Balan prayed the lady of hergentleness that, for his true service, she would bury themboth together in that place. This she granted, weepingfull sore, and said it should be done right solemnly andrichly, and in the noblest manner possible. Then didthey send for a priest, and received the holy sacrament athis hands. And Balin said, Write over us upon ourtomb, that here two brethren slew each other ; thenshall never good knight or pilgrim pass this way but hewill pray for both our souls. And anon Sir
. The legends of King Arthur and his knights . se, she wrung her handsand wept bitterly. So Sir Balan prayed the lady of hergentleness that, for his true service, she would bury themboth together in that place. This she granted, weepingfull sore, and said it should be done right solemnly andrichly, and in the noblest manner possible. Then didthey send for a priest, and received the holy sacrament athis hands. And Balin said, Write over us upon ourtomb, that here two brethren slew each other ; thenshall never good knight or pilgrim pass this way but hewill pray for both our souls. And anon Sir Balan died,but Sir Balin died not till the midnight after ; and thenthey both were buried. On the morrovf of their death came Merlin, and tookSir Balins sword and fixed on it a new pommel, and setit in a mighty stone, which then, by magic, he madefloat upon the water. And so, for many years, it floatedto and fro around the island, till it swam down the riverto Camelot, where young Sir Galahad achieved it, asshall be told hereafter. CHAPTER VI. The Marriage of King Arthur and Queen Guinevere, and the Founding of the Round Table—The Adventure of the Hart and Hound \T befell upon a certain day, that KingArthur said to Merlin, u My lordsand knights do daily pray me now totake a wife ; but I will have nonewithout thy counsel, for thou hastever helped me since I came first tothis crown. It is well, said Merlin, that thou shouldst take awife, for no man of bounteous and noble nature shouldlive without one ; but is there any lady whom thoulovest better than another ? Yea, said King Arthur, I love Guinevere, thedaughter of King Leodegrance, of Camelgard, who alsoholdeth in his house the Round Table that he had frommy father Uther ; and as I think, that damsel is thegentlest and the fairest lady living. Sir, answered Merlin, as for her beauty, she is oneof the fairest that do live ; but if ye had not loved her asye do, I would fain have had ye choose some other whowas both fair and goo
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