. The legends of King Arthur and his knights . nal God,thy mortal warfare is all finished, and thy conquests allachieved ; for now in all the world is none so great andmighty as to dare make war with thee. Wherefore webeseech and heartily pray thee of thy noble grace, to turn King Arthur returns to Britain 121 thee homeward, and to give us also leave to see our wivesand homes again, for now we have been from them a longseason, and all thy journey is completed with great honourand worship. Ye say well, replied he, and to tempt God is nowisdom ; therefore make ready in all haste, and turn wehome
. The legends of King Arthur and his knights . nal God,thy mortal warfare is all finished, and thy conquests allachieved ; for now in all the world is none so great andmighty as to dare make war with thee. Wherefore webeseech and heartily pray thee of thy noble grace, to turn King Arthur returns to Britain 121 thee homeward, and to give us also leave to see our wivesand homes again, for now we have been from them a longseason, and all thy journey is completed with great honourand worship. Ye say well, replied he, and to tempt God is nowisdom ; therefore make ready in all haste, and turn wehome to England. So King Arthur returned with his knights and lordsand armies, in great triumph and joy, through all thecountries he had conquered, and commanded that noman, upon pain of death, should rob or do any violenceby the way. And crossing the sea, he came at lengthto Sandwich, where Queen Guinevere received him, andmade great joy at his arrival. And through all therealm of Britain was there such rejoicing as no tonguecan tell. CHAPTER IX. The Adventures of Sir Lancelot du Lake HEN, at the following Pentecost, washeld a feast of the Round Table atCaerleon, with high splendour; andall the knights thereof resorted to thecourt, and held many games and therein Sir Lancelot increased infame and worship above all men, for he overthrew allcomers, and never was unhorsed or worsted, save bytreason and enchantment. When Queen Guinevere had seen his wondrous feats,she held him in great favour, and smiled more on himthan on any other night. And ever since he first hadgone to bring her to King Arthur, had Lancelot thoughton her as fairest of all ladies, and done his best to win hergrace. So the queen often sent for him, and bade himtell of his birth and strange adventures: how he was onlyson of great King Ban of Brittany, and how, one night,his father, with his mother Helen and himself, fled fromhis burning castle ; how his father, groaning deeply, fellto the ground and died
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