Lendemain se leuerent matin elles deux, & allerent au tref du roy, qui gisoit la pour faire a monseigneur gauuain et aux aultres cheualiers compaignie. La royne sesueilla, & dist, “que moult estoyt mauluais qui a ceste heure dormoyt.” Lors se tournerent contreual les prez, et dames et damoyselles auec elles. Et ils allerent la ou laccointement damours auoyt este faict, et dict la Royne a la dame de mallehault toute laccointance de lancelot | et comme il estoit esbahy deuant elle, et riens ne luy laissa a dire. Puis commenca a louer gallehault, et dit que cestoit le plus saige homme et le plus vertueulx du monde; “Certes,” fait elle, “ie luy compteray lacointance de nous deux quant il viendra, et sachez que il en aura gra{n}t ioye. Or allo{n}s | car il ne demourra gueres quil ne viengne.” The rubric of the next chapter is as follows: [Sidenote: How Galiot became acquainted with the Lady of Melyhalt.] ¶ Co{m}me{n}t la premiere acointa{n}ce fut faicte de gallehault et de la dame de malehault p{ar} le moye{n} de la royne de logres. Et comme{n}t lancelot & gallehault sen alloie{n}t esbatre et deuiser auec leurs dames. It relates how Queen Guinevere requires Galiot to let her dispose of his love as he had disposed of hers. To this he consents, and she commends him to the Lady of Mallehault. Next, they arrange for the promised _parlement de eulx quatre_; and the queen points out to Lancelot the lady who had so many a day kept him in prison, i.e., the Lady of Mallehault. At recognizing his old acquaintance, Lancelot feels somewhat distressed, but is reassured by observing the new love-making between her and Galiot. Seated in a wood, the four “demourerent grant piece, ne oncq{ue}s ne tindrent parolles, fors tant seullement de accoller & de baiser comme ceulx qui voulentiers le faisoyent.” We next hear of Gawain’s recovery, and of the separation of the party of four above spoken of. Galiot takes Lancelot home with him to his own country, whilst the Lady of Mallehault remains for a time with the queen and Arthur. When Lancelot is next spoken of, he is in Galiot’s country, where we will now leave him. NOTES TO THE APPENDIX. P. xxiii. _Descosse_ = _d’Écosse_, of Scotland. In Old French, words are frequently run together; thus we have _labbaye_ for _l’abbaye_, _sesmeurent_ for _s’émeurent_, etc. Also the letter _s_ is often replaced in modern French by an acute or circumflex accent; so that _Escosse_ = _Êcosse_; _chasteau_ = _château_, etc. The word _si_ often occurs below with a great variety of meanings, _viz._ I, he; and, also; so, thus; etc. P. xxiv. _baille_, given, entrusted. _brouyr_ (_brûler_), being burnt. _monstier_, monastery. _gauues_, so in the original throughout; _gaunes_ is used in other romances. P. xxv. _auecques_ = _avec_, with.