The Twelfth Book treateth of Sir Launcelot and his madness, and containeth xiv chapters. The Thirteenth Book treateth how Galahad came first to king Arthur’s court, and the quest how the Sangreal was begun, and containeth xx chapters. The Fourteenth Book treateth of the quest of the Sangreal, and containeth x chapters. The Fifteenth Book treateth of Sir Launcelot, and containeth vi chapters. The Sixteenth Book treateth of Sir Bors and Sir Lionel his brother, and containeth xvii chapters. The Seventeenth Book treateth of the Sangreal, and containeth xxiii chapters. The Eighteenth Book treateth of Sir Launcelot and the queen, and containeth xxv chapters. The Nineteenth Book treateth of queen Guenever and Launcelot, and containeth xiii chapters. The Twentieth Book treateth of the piteous death of Arthur, and containeth xxii chapters. The Twenty-first Book treateth of his last departing, and how Sir Launcelot came to revenge his death, and containeth xiii chapters. The sum is twenty-one books, which contain the sum of five hundred and seven chapters, as more plainly shall follow hereafter. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Table or Rubrysshe of the Content of Chapters. Shortly of the First Book of King Arthur. First how Uther Pendragon sent for the duke of Cornwall and Igraine his wife, and of their departing suddenly again. Chap. i. How Uther Pendragon made war on the duke of Cornwall, and how by the means of Merlin he made the duchess his queen. Chap. ii. Of the birth of king Arthur, and of his nouriture, and of the death of king Uther Pendragon; and how Arthur was chosen king; and of wonders and marvels of a sword that was taken out of a stone by the said Arthur. Chap. iii. How king Arthur pulled out the sword divers times. Chap. iv. How king Arthur was crowned and how he made officers. Chap. v. How king Arthur held in Wales, at a Pentecost, a great feast, and what kings and lords came to his feast. Chap. vi. Of the first war that king Arthur had, and how he won the field. Chap. vii. How Merlin counselled king Arthur to send for king Ban and king Bors, and of their counsel taken for the war. Chap. viii. Of a great tourney made by king Arthur and the two kings Ban and Bors, and how they went over the sea. Chap. ix. How eleven kings gathered a great host against king Arthur. Chap. x. Of a dream of the king with the hundred knights. Chap. xi. How the eleven kings with their host fought against Arthur and his host, and many great feats of the war. Chap. xii. Yet of the same battle. Chap. xiii. Yet more of the same battle. Chap. xiv. Yet more of the said battle, and how it was ended by Merlin. Chap. xv. How king Arthur, king Ban, and king Bors rescued king Leodegrance, and other incidents. Chap. xvi.