. The romance of King Arthur and his knights of the Round table. howvirtuously she was changed. HOW WHEN SIR LAUNCELOT HEARDOF THE DEATH OF KING ARTHUR,HE CAME TO ENGLAND, AND FOUNDQUEEN GUENEVER AT ALMESBURY,AND HOW SIR LAUNCELOT TOOKTHE HABIT ON HIM AS A leave we Queen Guenever in Almesbury, a nun in whiteclothes and black, and there she was Abbess and ruler asreason would; and turn we from her, and speak we of SirLauncelot du Lake, that when he heard in his country thatSir Mordred was crowned king in England, and madewar against King Arthur, his own father, and would let himto la
. The romance of King Arthur and his knights of the Round table. howvirtuously she was changed. HOW WHEN SIR LAUNCELOT HEARDOF THE DEATH OF KING ARTHUR,HE CAME TO ENGLAND, AND FOUNDQUEEN GUENEVER AT ALMESBURY,AND HOW SIR LAUNCELOT TOOKTHE HABIT ON HIM AS A leave we Queen Guenever in Almesbury, a nun in whiteclothes and black, and there she was Abbess and ruler asreason would; and turn we from her, and speak we of SirLauncelot du Lake, that when he heard in his country thatSir Mordred was crowned king in England, and madewar against King Arthur, his own father, and would let himto land in his own land; also how that Sir Mordred hadlaid siege about the Tower of London, because the queenwould not wed him; then was he wroth out of measure,and said to his kinsmen: Alas, that double traitor SirMordred, now me repenteth that ever he escaped my hands,for much shame hath he done unto my lord Arthur. Alas,said Sir Launcelot, that ever I should live to hear that mostnoble king that made me knight thus to be overset with hissubject in his own OF SIR LAUNCELOTS RETURN 499 Then they made them ready in all the haste that mightbe, with ships and galleys, for Sir Launcelot and his host topass into England. And so he passed over the sea till hecame to Dover, and there he landed with seven kings, andthe number was hideous to behold. Then Sir Launcelotenquired of men of Dover where was King Arthur the people told him how that he was slain, and SirMordred and an hundred thousand died on a day; and howSir Mordred gave King Arthur there the first battle at hislanding, and there was good Sir Gawaine slain; and on themorn Sir Mordred fought with the king upon BarhamDown, and there the king put Sir Mordred to the , said Sir Launcelot, this is the heaviest tidings that evercame to me. Now, fair sirs, said Sir Launcelot, shew methe tomb of Sir Gawaine. And then certain people of thetown brought him into the castle of Dover, and shewedhim the tomb. Then
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