Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and his Noble; Knights of the Round TableMalory, Thomas, Sir
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Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and his Noble; Knights of the Round Table
Malory, Thomas, Sir
Arthurian romances
How at night came an armed knight, and fought with Sir Gareth, and he,
sore hurt in the thigh, smote off the knight’s head. Chap. xxii.
How the said knight came again the next night, and was beheaded again.
And how at the feast of Pentecost all the knights that Sir Gareth had
overcome came and yielded them to king Arthur. Chap. xxiii.
How king Arthur pardoned them, and demanded of them where Sir Gareth
was. Chap. xxiv.
How the queen of Orkney came to this feast of Pentecost, and Sir
Gawaine and his brethren came to ask her blessing. Chap. xxv.
How king Arthur sent for the lady Liones, and how she let cry a tourney
at her castle, where as came many knights. Chap. xxvi.
How king Arthur went to the tournament with his knights, and how the
lady received him worshipfully, and how the knights encountered.
Chap. xxvii.
How the knights bare them in battle. Chap. xxviii.
Yet of the said tournament. Chap. xxix.
How Sir Gareth was espied by the heralds, and how he escaped out of the
field. Chap. xxx.
How Sir Gareth came to a castle where he was well lodged, and how he
justed with a knight and slew him. Chap. xxxi.
How Sir Gareth fought with a knight that held within his castle thirty
ladies, and how he slew him. Chap. xxxii.
How Sir Gawaine and Sir Gareth fought each against other, and how they
knew each other by the damsel Linet. Chap. xxxiii.
How Sir Gareth acknowledged that they loved each other to king Arthur,
and of the appointment of their wedding. Chap. xxxiv.
Of the great royalty, and what officers were made at the feast of the
wedding, and of the justs at the feast. Chap. xxxv.
Here follow the Chapters of the Eighth Book.
How Sir Tristram de Liones was born, and how his mother died at his
birth, wherefore she named him Tristram. Chap. i.
How the step-mother of Sir Tristram had ordained poison for to have
poisoned Sir Tristram. Chap. ii.
How Sir Tristram was sent into France, and had one to govern him named
Gouvernail, and how he learned to harp, hawk, and hunt. Chap. iii.
How Sir Marhaus came out of Ireland for to ask truage of Cornwall, or
else he would fight therefore. Chap. iv.
How Tristram enterprized the battle to fight for the truage of
Cornwall, and how he was made knight. Chap. v.
How Sir Tristram arrived into the island for to furnish the battle with
Sir Marhaus. Chap. vi.
How Sir Tristram fought against Sir Marhaus, and achieved his battle,
and how Sir Marhaus fled to his ship. Chap. vii.
How Sir Marhaus, after that he was arrived in Ireland, died of the
stroke that Tristram had given to him, and how Tristram was hurt.
Chap. viii.
How Sir Tristram was put to the keeping of La Beale Isoud, for to be
healed of his wound. Chap. ix.
How Sir Tristram won the degree at a tournament in Ireland, and there
made Palamides to bear no harness in a year. Chap. x.
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