SIR GAWAIN AND THE LADY OF LYS Translated by Jessie L. Weston. Illustrated by Morris M. Williams. Published by David Nutt at the Sign of the Phoenix 1907 ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory's "Morte d'Arthur" _No. VII_ Sir Gawain and the Lady of Lys ARTHURIAN ROMANCES UNREPRESENTED IN MALORY'S "MORTE D'ARTHUR" I. SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT. A Middle-English Romance retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction and Notes, by Jessie L. Weston. With Designs by M. M. Crawford. 1898. 2s. net. II. TRISTAN AND ISEULT. Rendered into English from the German of Gottfried of Strassburg by Jessie L. Weston. With Designs by Caroline Watts. Two vols. 1899. 4s. net. III. GUINGAMOR, LANVAL, TYOLET, LE BISCLAVERET. Four Lays rendered into English Prose from the French of Marie de France and others by Jessie L. Weston. With Designs by Caroline Watts. 1900. 2s. net. IV. MORIEN. Translated for the first time from the original Dutch by Jessie L. Weston. With Frontispiece and Designed Title-Page by Caroline Watts. 1901. 2s. net. V. LE BEAUS DESCONNUS. CLIGÈS. Two Old English Metrical Romances rendered into prose by Jessie L. Weston. With Designs by Caroline M. Watts. 1902. 2s. net. VI. SIR GAWAIN AT THE GRAIL CASTLE. Three Versions from the Conte del Graal, Diu Crône, and the Prose Lancelot, by Jessie L. Weston. 1903. 2s. net. VII. SIR GAWAIN AND THE LADY OF LYS. Translated for the first time from Wauchier de Denain's section of the Conte del Graal by Jessie L. Weston. With Designs by Morris M. Williams. 1907. 2s. net. [Illustration: But the child spake no words, but looked up at the glancing sword blades and laughed blithely.] Contents PAGE Introduction ix Sir Gawain and the Lady of Lys 1 Castle Orguellous 61 Notes 99 Introduction The stories contained in the present volume of _Arthurian Romances_ are drawn from the same collection of tales as that from which the first visit of Gawain to the Grail castle, in the preceding volume of the series, is derived. Indeed, the stories follow in close sequence, and a glance at the introductory lines of the Grail visit will show that that adventure is placed immediately after the successful termination of the expedition against Chastel Orguellous, which forms the subject of this volume. These stories practically form three separate tales, and are translated almost entirely from the same MS. as that used for the Grail visit, the fine _Perceval_ codex B.N. 12576. With regard to the second adventure a few words of explanation are necessary.