Parallel with _Bel Inconnu_ poems--The _Lancelot_ later than either _Perceval_ or _Bel Inconnu_--Connection with Lady of the Lake alone of the essence of the story--Necessity for studying character of fairy protectress before deciding original form of _Enfances_ 97-99 CHAPTER VII THE PROSE LANCELOT--THE LOVES OF LANCELOT AND GUINEVERE Short notice of incidents of frequent repetition in the romance--Impossibility of deciding, with our present knowledge, which belong to original redaction 100-103 Do the mutual relations of Lancelot and Guinevere represent an original feature of the Arthurian story, or are we to consider them a later addition? 103 Early evidence of Guinevere's infidelity--Testimony of the chroniclers--Wace--Layamon 104-107 Mordred not the original lover, but his representative 107-108 Original lover possibly Gawain 108-111 Lancelot story a later development and independent of earlier tradition--Influence of the _Tristan_ legend-- Motive determining choice of lover 111-117 Suggested evolution of Lancelot--Guinevere story 117-118 CHAPTER VIII THE PROSE LANCELOT--LANCELOT AND THE GRAIL Intricacy of questions involved--Grail problem, so far, has not been solved--Possibility that mutual relation between _Lancelot_ and _Grail_ romances may yield us the key to both problems 119-120 Necessity of distinguishing three distinct _Questes_--Later Grail _Queste_ combination of _Grail_ (Perceval) and _Château Merveil_ (Gawain) adventures 121 Dr. Wechssler's theory of _Grail-Lancelot_ cycle examined-- Results as deduced by author unsatisfactory 121-124 Evidence of MS. 751 key to truth--Original Borron _Queste_ a Perceval, not a Galahad, _Queste_--Didot _Perceval_ represents an early, _Perceval li Gallois_ a later, form of Perceval-Lancelot--Grail _Queste_ evidence for this discussed 124-132 Origin of the Galahad _Queste_--Dependent upon the _Lancelot_, but by another hand--Contradiction between presentment of characters and essential _motif_ of story 133-140 Motives determining evolution of Galahad _Queste_--Necessity of connecting two main branches of tradition, _Lancelot_ and the _Grail_--This only possible under certain conditions which we find fulfilled in the _Queste_ 140-146 CHAPTER IX THE DUTCH LANCELOT Importance of this text as a faithful translation of an excellent original 147-149 Contents summarised 149-151