. The legends of King Arthur and his knights . him to Camelot, tothe court. When he was arrived, he was sworn to tell the truthof his quest before the King and (Jueen, and when hehad entered the Queen somewhat upbraided him, saying, Ye were much to blame that ye saved not that ladyslife. Madam, said he, I shall repent it all my life. Ay, king, quoth Merlin, who suddenly came in, and so ye ought to do, for that lady was your daughter,not seen since infancy by thee. And she was on her wayto court, with a right good young knight, who wouldhave been her husband, but was slain by treachery of afelo
. The legends of King Arthur and his knights . him to Camelot, tothe court. When he was arrived, he was sworn to tell the truthof his quest before the King and (Jueen, and when hehad entered the Queen somewhat upbraided him, saying, Ye were much to blame that ye saved not that ladyslife. Madam, said he, I shall repent it all my life. Ay, king, quoth Merlin, who suddenly came in, and so ye ought to do, for that lady was your daughter,not seen since infancy by thee. And she was on her wayto court, with a right good young knight, who wouldhave been her husband, but was slain by treachery of afelon knight, Lorraine le Savage, as they came ; andbecause thou wouldst not abide and help her, thy bestfriend shall fail thee in thine hour of greatest need, forsuch is the penance ordained thee for that deed. Then did King Pellinore tell Merlin secretly of thetreason he had heard in the forest, and Merlin by hiscraft so ordered that the knight who bare the poison washimself soon after slain by it, and so King Arthurs lifewas saved. CHAPTER VII. King Arthur and Sir Accolon of Gaul EING now happily married, KingArthur for a season took his pleasure,with great tournaments, and jousts,and huntings. So once upon a timethe king and many of his knights rodehunting in a forest, and Arthur, KingUrience, and Sir Accolon of Gaul, followed after a greathart, and being all three well mounted, they chased sofast that they outsped their company, and left them manymiles behind ; but riding still as rapidly as they could go,at length their horses fell dead under them. Thenbeing all three on foot, and seeing the stag not farbefore them, very weary and nigh spent— What shallwe do, said King Arthur, for we are hard bested ? Let us go on afoot, said King Urience, till we canfind some lodging. At that they saw the stag lyingupon the bank of a great lake, with a hound springing athis throat, and many other hounds trooping towards , running forward, Arthur blew the death-note on hishorn, and sl
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