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Sep 9, 2026
THE LEGEND OF KING ARTHUR, from STORIES OF LAMORTE D'ARTHUR by BEATRICE CLAY
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17:04John HagedornHOST
So at last, his jealous rage passing all bounds, he spoke evil of the queen and of Lancelot, saying that they were traitors to the king.
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17:13John HagedornHOST
Now Sir Gawain and Sir Gareth, Mordred's brothers, refused to give ear to these slanders, holding that Sir Lancelot, in his knightly service of the queen, did honor to King Arthur also.
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17:25John HagedornHOST
But by ill fortune another brother, Sir Agravaine, had ill will to the queen, and professed to believe Mordred's evil tales.
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17:34John HagedornHOST
So the two went to King Arthur with their ill stories.
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19:17John HagedornHOST
"For," said he, "I sit as King to be a rightful judge and keep all the law, wherefore I may not do battle for my own Queen, and now there is none other to help her." So a decree was issued that Queen Guinevere should be burnt at the stake outside the walls of Carlisle.
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19:35John HagedornHOST
Forthwith King Arthur sent for his nephew, Sir Gawain, and said to him, "Fair nephew, I give it in charge to you to see that all is done as has been decreed." But Sir Gawain answered boldly, "Sir King, never will I be present to see my lady, the Queen, die.
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19:53John HagedornHOST
It is of ill counsel that ye have consented to her death." Then the King bade Gawain send his two young brothers, Sir Gareth and Sir Gaheris, to receive his commands, and these he desired to attend the Queen to the place of execution.
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20:09John HagedornHOST
So Gareth made answer for both.
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 11-Various
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21:27Veronica MeadNARRATOR
The Death of Sir Lancelot and of the Queen by Beatrice Clay.
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21:31Veronica MeadNARRATOR
When news reached Sir Lancelot in his own land of the treason of Mordred, he gathered his lords and knights together and rested not till he had come to britain to aid king arthur he landed at dover and there the evil tidings were told him how the king had met his death at the hands of his traitor nephew then was sir lancelot's heart nigh broken for grief alas he cried that i should live to know my king overthrown by such a felon what have i done that i should have caused the deaths of the good knights sir gareth sir gareth and sir gawaine and yet that such a villain should escape my sword Then he desired to be led to Sir Gawain's tomb, where he remained long in prayer and in great lamentation.
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22:14Veronica MeadNARRATOR
After which he called to him kinsmen and friends, and said to them, My fair lords, I thank you all most heartily that, of your courtesy, ye came with me to this land.
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22:24Veronica MeadNARRATOR
That we be come to, laid as a misfortune that might not be avoided, though I shall mourn it my life long.
Tales Of King Arthur And The Round Table-Andrew Lang
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63:18Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
end of part one story five part one And this time the damsel prayed Bowman's to give up the fight, saying, Sir, I wonder who you are, and of what kindred you have come.
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63:50Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
boldly you speak and boldly you have done therefore i pray you to depart and save yourself while you may for both you and your horse have suffered great fatigues and i fear we delay too long for the besieged castle is but seven miles from this place and all the perils are past save this one only i dread sorely lest you should get some hurt yet this sir persant of indy is nothing in might to the knight who has laid siege to my lady but sir bowmans would not listen to her words and vowed that by two hours after noon he would have overthrown him and that it would still be daylight when they reached the castle what sort of man can you be answered the damsel looking at him in wonder for never did a woman treat a knight as ill and shamefully as i have done you while you have always been gentle and courteous to me and no one bears himself like that save he who is of noble blood damsel replied bowmans your hard words only drove me to strike the harder and though i ate in king arthur's kitchen perhaps i might have had as much food as i wanted elsewhere but all i have done was to make proof of my friends and whether i am a gentleman or not fair damsel i have done you gentlemen's service and may perchance do you greater service before we part from each other alas fair bowmans forgive me all that i have said and done against you with all my heart he answered and since you are pleased now to speak good words to me know that i hear them gladly and there is no night living but i feel strong enough to meet him so bowmans conquered sir persent of indy who brought a hundred knights to be sworn into his service and the next morning the damsel led him to the castle where the red knight of the red lawn held fast the lady heaven defend you cried sir persent when they told him where they were going that is the most perilous knight now living for he has the strength of seven men he has done great wrong to that lady who is one of the fairest in all the world and it seems to me that this damsel must be her sister is not her name lynette yes sir answered she and my lady my sister's name is dame lyonesse the red knight has drawn out the siege for two years said sir persent though he might have forced an entrance many a time but he hoped that sir launcelot du lake or sir tristram or sir gawaine should come to do battle with him my lord sir persent of indy said the damsel i bid you knight this gentleman before he fight with the red knight that i will gladly replied sir persent if it please him to take the order of knighthood from so simple a man as i am sir answered bowmans i thank you for your good will but at the beginning of this quest i was made a knight by sir launcelot my name is sir gareth of orkney and sir gawaine is my brother though neither he nor king arthur whose sister is my mother knows of it i pray you to keep it close also now word was brought unto the besieged lady by the dwarf that her sister was coming to her with a knight sent by king arthur and when the lady heard all that bowmans had done and how he had overthrown all who stood in his way she bade her dwarf take baked venison and fat capons and two silver flagons of wine and a gold cup and put them into the hands of a hermit that dwelt in a hermitage close by the dwarf did so and the lady then sent him to greet her sister and sir bowman's and to beg them to eat and drink in the hermit's cell and rest themselves which they did when they drew near the besieged castle sir bowman saw full forty knights with spurs on their heels and swords in their hands hanging from the tall trees that stood upon the lawn fair sir said the damsel these knights came hither to rescue my sister dame lyonesse and if you cannot overthrow the knight of the red lawn you will hang there too truly answered bowmans it is a marvel that none of king arthur's knights has dealt with a knight of the red lawn ere this and they rode up to the castle which had round it high walls and deep ditches till they came to a great sycamore tree where hung a horn and whoso desired to do battle with the red knight must blow that horn loudly sir i pray you said lannet as bowman bent forward to seize it do not blow it till it is full noontide for during three hours before that the red knight's strength so increases that it is as the strength of seven men but when noon is come he has the might of one man only ah for shame damsel to say such words i will fight him as he is or not at all and bowman's blew such a blast that it rang through the castle and the red knight buckled on his armour and came to where bowman stood so the battle began and a fierce one it was and much ado had bowman's to last out till noon when the red knight's strength began to wane they rested and came on again and in the end the red knight yielded to sir bowman's and the lords and barons in the castle did homage to the victor and begged that the red knight's life might be spared on condition they all took service with bowman's This was granted to them, and Lynette bound up his wounds and put ointment on them, and so she did likewise to Sir Bowman's.
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69:34Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
But the Red Knight was sent to the court of King Arthur and told him all that Sir Bowman's had done, and King Arthur and his knights marveled.
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70:14Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
now sir bowmans had looked up at the windows of castle perilous before the fight and had seen the face of the lady lioness and had thought it the fairest in all the world after he had subdued the red knight he hasted into the castle and the lady lioness welcomed him and he told her he had bought her love with the best blood in his body and she did not say him nay but put him off for a time then the king sent letters to her to bid her and likewise sir gareth come to his court and by the counsel of sir gareth she prayed the king to let her call a tournament and to proclaim that the knight who bore himself best should if he was unwedded take her and all her lands but if he had a wife already he should be given a white gerfalcon and for his wife a crown of gold set about with precious stones so the lady lyonesse did as sir gareth had counselled her and answered king arthur that where sir gareth was she could not tell but that if the king would call a tourney he might be sure that sir gareth would come to it it is well thought of said arthur and the lady lyonesse departed unto castle perilous and summoned all her knights around her and told them what she had done and how they were to make ready to fight in the tournament she began at once to set her castle in order and to think what she should do with the great array of knights that would ride hither from the furthest parts from scotland and wales and cornwall and to lodge fitly the kings dukes earls and barons that should come with arthur queen guinevere also she awaited and the queen of orkney sir gareth's mother but sir gareth entreated the lady lyonesse and those knights that were in the castle with him not to let his name be known and this they agreed to sir gareth said dame lyonesse i will lend you a ring which i beseech you for the love you bear me to give me back when the tournament is done for without it i have but little beauty this ring is like no other ring it will turn green red and blue white and the bearer shall lose no blood however sore he may be wounded truly my own lady answered sir gareth this ring will serve me well and by its help i shall not fear that any man shall know me and sir gringamore brother to the lady lyonesse gave him a bay horse and strong armour and a sharp sword that had once belonged to his father on the morning of the fifteenth of august when the feast of the assumption was kept the king commanded his heralds to blow loudly their trumpets so that every knight might know that he must enter the lists it was a noble sight to see them flocking clad in shining armour each man with his device upon his shield and the heralds marked who bare them best and who were overthrown all marvelled as to who the knight could be whose armour sometimes seemed green sometimes white but no man knew it was sir gareth and whosoever sir gareth tilted with was straightway overthrown of a truth cried king arthur that knight with the many colours is a good knight and he called sir launcelot and bade him challenge that knight to combat but sir launcelot said that though the knight had come off victor in every fight yet his limbs must be weary for he had fought as a man fights under the eyes of his lady and for this day said sir launcelot he shall have the honour though it lay in my power to put it from him i would not then they paused for a while to rest and afterwards the tournament began again more fiercely than before and sir launcelot was set upon by two knights at once when sir gareth saw that he rode in between them but no stroke would he deal sir launcelot which sir launcelot noted and guessed that it was the good knight sir gareth sir gareth went hither and thither smiting any one that came in his way and by fortune he met with his brother sir gawaine and knocked off his helmet now it happened that while he was fighting a knight dealt sir gareth a fierce blow on his helm and he rode off the field to mend it then his dwarf who had been watching eagerly cried out to sir gareth to leave the ring with him lest he should lose it while he was drinking which sir gareth did and when he had drunk and mended his helm he forgot the ring at which the dwarf was glad for he knew his name would no longer be hid and when sir gareth returned to the field his armour shone yellow like gold and king arthur marvelled what knight he was for he saw by his hair that he was the same knight who had worn the many colours go he said to his heralds ride near him and see what manner of knight he is for none can tell me his name so a herald drew close to him and saw that on his helm was written in golden letters this helm belongs to sir gareth of orkney and the herald cried out and made proclamation and the kings and knights pressed to behold him and when sir gareth saw he was discovered he struck more fiercely than before and smote down sir sagamore and his brother sir gawaine oh brother said sir gawaine i did not think you would have smitten me when sir gareth heard him say that he rode out of the press and cried to his dwarf boy you have played me foul for you have kept my ring give it to me now that i may hide myself and he galloped swiftly into the forest and no one knew where he had gone what shall i do next asked he of the dwarf sir answered the dwarf send the lady leoness back her ring your counsel is good said gareth take it to her and commend me to her grace and say i will come when i may and bid her be faithful to me as i am to her after that sir gareth rode deeper into the forest though sir gareth had left the tournament he found that there were as many fights awaiting him as if he had remained there he overcame all his foes and sent them and their followers to do homage to king arthur but he himself stayed behind he was standing alone after they had gone when he beheld an armed knight coming towards him sir gareth sprang on his horse and without a word the two crashed together like thunder and strove hard for two hours till the ground was wet with blood at that time the damsel annette came riding by and saw what was doing and knew who were the fighters and she cried sir gawaine sir gawaine leave fighting with your brother sir gareth then he threw down his shield and sword and ran to sir gareth and first took him in his arms and next kneeled down and asked mercy of him why do you who were but now so strong and mighty so suddenly yield to me asked sir gareth who had not perceived the damsel o gareth i am your brother and have had much sorrow for your sake at this sir gareth unlaced his helm and knelt before sir gawaine and they rose and embraced each other ah my fair brother said sir gawaine i ought rightly to do you homage even if you were not my brother for in this twelvemonth you have sent king arthur more knights than any six of the best men of the round table while he was speaking there came the lady lynette and healed the wounds of sir gareth and sir gawaine what are you going to do now asked she it is time that king arthur had tidings of you both and your horses are not fit to bear you Ride, I pray you, said Sir Gawain, to my uncle King Arthur, who is but two miles away, and tell him what adventure has befallen me.
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78:29Phil ChenevertNARRATOR
So she mounted her mule, and when she had told her tale to King Arthur, he bade them saddle him a palfrey, and invited all the knights and ladies of his court to ride with him.
CR Episode 338: The Once and Future King, Part XIV
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2:27Sean Philip CooperHOST
And we talked at the end of last week's episode about there is a sense that his battle with Lancelot is obligatory at some level.
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2:36Sean Philip CooperHOST
I'm certain he loves his brothers, Gareth and Gaharis.
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2:39Sean Philip CooperHOST
in a way that he doesn't love Mordred and Agravain because of their innocence.
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2:43Sean Philip CooperHOST
But I don't even know if that's entirely enough to make Gawain get out there and do it.
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17:13Sean Philip CooperHOST
Well, Mordred has changed now.
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17:15Sean Philip CooperHOST
He wears all black.
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17:17Sean Philip CooperHOST
The uniform is supposed to be in mourning for Gareth, says Guinevere, who is trying, I think, to be like Arthur in giving him the benefit of the doubt.
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17:27Sean Philip CooperHOST
her uh handmaid maid servant lady in waiting agnes is not so similar it's not similarly minded and i think that one of the interesting things about this back and forth exchange is it's like guinevere's back and forth exchange with lancelot which is guinevere is trying to be like arthur high-minded give people the benefit of the doubt be intellectually charitable and she's paired with someone who's just absolutely not interested in that he's going to tell it like it is Lancelot was never charitable towards the Orkney boys.
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table - Rupert S Holland Sir Thomas Malory
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79:01Barry EadsNARRATOR
And thither came to him his half-sister Belasant, wife to King Lot, sent as a messenger, but in truth to espy his power.
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79:11Barry EadsNARRATOR
And with her came a noble retinue, and also her four sons, Gawain, Caharis, Agravain, and Gareth.
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79:21Barry EadsNARRATOR
But when she saw King Arthur in his nobleness, and all the splendor of his knights and service, she forbore to spy upon him as a foe, and told him of her husband's plot against him and his throne.
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79:37Barry EadsNARRATOR
And the king, not knowing that she was his half-sister, made great court to her, and being full of admiration for her beauty, loved her out of measure, and kept her a long season at Caerleon.
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317:04Barry EadsNARRATOR
Edited by Rupert S. Holland.
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317:07Barry EadsNARRATOR
This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.
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317:10Barry EadsNARRATOR
The Adventures of Sir Beaumains, or Sir Gareth, Part One.
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317:16Barry EadsNARRATOR
Again King Arthur held the feast of Pentecost with all the Round Table, and after his custom sat in the banquet hall, before beginning meat, waiting for some adventure.
King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table-Rupert S. Holland, Sir Thomas Malory
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And thither came to him his half-sister Belasant, wife to King Lot, sent as a messenger, but in truth to espy his power.
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And with her came a noble retinue, and also her four sons, Gawain, Caheras, Agravain, and Gareth.
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But when she saw King Arthur in his nobleness, and all the splendor of his knights and service, she forbore to spy upon him as a foe, and told him of her husband's plot against him and his throne.
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And the king, not knowing that she was his half-sister, made great court to her, and being full of admiration for her beauty, loved her out of measure, and kept her a long season at Caerleon.
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And so at that festival Sir Lancelot had the greatest name of any knight in all the world.
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And by high and low was he the most honored of all men.
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End of chapter 10 Chapter 11, part 1 of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Sir Thomas Malory Edited by Rupert S. Holland This LibriVox recording is in the public domain The Adventures of Sir Beaumains or Sir Gareth, part 1 Again King Arthur held the feast of Pentecost with all the Round Table, and after his custom sat in the banquet hall before beginning meat, waiting for some adventure.
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317:57speaker_2NARRATOR
Then came there to the king a squire and said, Lord, now may ye go to meat, for here a damsel cometh with some strange adventure.
Myths and Legends Around the World - Collection 11 - Various
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18:56Veronica MeadeNARRATOR
“Alas,” he cried, “that I should live to know my king overthrown by such a felon.
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19:01Veronica MeadeNARRATOR
What have I done that I should have caused the deaths of the good knights Sir Gareth, Sir Gareth, and Sir Gawaine, and yet that such a villain should escape my sword?” Then he desired to be led to Sir Gawaine's tomb, where he remained long in prayer and in great lamentation.
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19:17Veronica MeadeNARRATOR
After which he called to him kinsmen and friends and said to them, “My fair lords, I thank you all most heartily that, of your courtesy, ye came with me to this land.
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19:28Veronica MeadeNARRATOR
That we be come too late is a misfortune that might not be avoided, though I shall mourn it my life long.
CR Episode 337: The Once and Future King, Part XIII
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31:03Sean Philip CooperHOST
And because Mordred and Agravaine know exactly what Lancelot will do and they know exactly what Arthur will do, they plan to catch him in flagrante delicto.
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31:11Sean Philip CooperHOST
And that is precisely what Gareth and Gaheris hear as well.
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31:16Sean Philip CooperHOST
Gaheris doesn't wanna be involved.
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31:18Sean Philip CooperHOST
Doesn't wanna betray his family, but he doesn't wanna be involved.
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31:22Sean Philip CooperHOST
Gawain doesn't want any part of it at all.
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31:24Sean Philip CooperHOST
He walks out of the room.
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31:25Sean Philip CooperHOST
And Gareth is mortified because Lancelot is like a father to him.
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31:30Sean Philip CooperHOST
Um, and he's the man who knighted Gareth.
Legends of King Arthur and His Knights-James Knowles, Sir Thomas Malory
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276:38Thomas RoseNARRATOR
Chapter ten.
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276:40Thomas RoseNARRATOR
Adventures of Sir Beaumains, or Sir Gareth.
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276:44Thomas RoseNARRATOR
Again King Arthur held the feast of Pentecost with all the table round, and after his custom sat in the banquet hall before beginning meat, waiting for some adventure.
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276:55Thomas RoseNARRATOR
Then came there to the king a squire, and said, Lord, now may ye go to meat, for here a damsel cometh with some strange adventure.
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278:12Thomas RoseNARRATOR
Fair damsel, said the king, there be here many knights that would gladly do their uttermost to rescue your lady.
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278:20Thomas RoseNARRATOR
But unless you tell me her name and where she dwelleth, none of my knights shall go with you by my leave.
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278:27Thomas RoseNARRATOR
Now there was a stripling at the court called Beaumains, who served in the king's kitchen, a fair youth and of great stature.
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278:36Thomas RoseNARRATOR
Twelve months before this time he had come to the king as he sat at meat at Whitsuntide, and prayed three gifts of him.
Early English Hero Tales-Jeannette Augustus Marks
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137:12DanaNARRATOR
truth that is truth said beaumains but it dofe me good to feel your strength and yet my lord i showed not the most i could do then sir launcelot confessed to beaumains that he had much ado to save himself and that beaumains need fear no earthly knight and then beaumains confessed to sir launcelot that he was the brother of sir gawaine and the youngest son of king lot that his mother dame morgacy was sister to king arthur and that his name was garth after that lancelot knighted garth and garth rode on after the maiden whose sister was kept a prisoner by the red knight when he overtook her she turned upon him and said get away from me for thou smellest of the kitchen thy clothes are dirty with grease and tallow what art thou but a ladle washer damsel replied beaumains say to me what you will i will not go from you whatsoever you say for i have undertaken to king arthur for to achieve your adventure and so shall i finish it to the end or i shall die therefore then came a man thereby calling for help for six thieves were after him even when beaumains had slain all the six thieves and set the man free from his fears then the maiden used him despicably calling him kitchen boy and other shameful names on the next day beaumains slew two knights who would not allow him and the maiden to cross a great river but all the maiden did was to taunt him alas she said that ever a kitchen page should have that fortune to destroy even two doughty knights but it was not rightly false for the first knight stumbled and he was drowned in the water and by mishap thou earnest up behind the last knight and thus happily slew him say what you will said beaumains but with whomsoever i have ado withal i trust to god to serve him or he depart fie fie foul kitchen knave answered the maiden thou shalt see knights that shall abate by boast and so she continued to scold him and would not rest therefrom and they came to a black land and there was a black hawthorn and thereupon hung a black banner and on the other side there hung a black shield and by it stood a black spear great and long and a great black horse covered with silk and a black stone fast by and before the knight of the black lands the maiden used beaumont's despicably calling him kitchen knave and other such names and the black knight and beaumains came together for battle as if it had been thunder after a hard struggle beaumains killed the black knight and rode on after the damesel away kitchen boy out of the wind she cried for the smell of thy clothes grieves me and so ever despitefully she used him yet he overcame the green knight who was the brother of the black knight and spared his life at the maiden's request and it was after the vanquishing of the green knight that they saw a tower as white as any snow and all around the castle it was double-diked over the tower gate there hung fifty shields of divers colors and under the tower was a fair meadow and the lord of the tower looked out of his window and beheld beaumains the maiden and the dwarf coming with that knight will i joust called the lord of the tower for i see that he is a knight-errant and before the knight the maiden used him despitefully and ever he replied patiently damsel you are uncourteous so to rebuke me for me see if i have done you good service then did the heart of the maiden soften a little i marvel what manner of man you be she said for it may never be otherwise but you come of a noble blood for so shamefully did women never rule a knight as i have done you and ever courteously you have suffered me and that comes never but of gentle blood damsel answered beaumains a knight may little do that may not suffer a damsel and whether i be gentleman born or not i let you wit fair damsel i have done you gentleman's service she begged him to forgive her and this beaumains did with all his heart then they met sir passant of indy who was dwelling only seven miles from the siege and his maiden besought beaumains to flee while there was yet time but he refused and when sir persant and beaumains met they met with all that ever their horses might run and broke their spears either into three pieces and their horses rushed so together that both their horses fell dead to the earth and they got off their horses and fought for more than two hours and beaumains spared his life only at the maiden's request then beaumains told sir persant that his name was sir and the maiden said that hers was lynette and that she was sister to dame leonese who was besieged then the dwarf took word to the lady who was besieged and the others came on after how escaped he said the lady dame from the brethren of sir persant madam said the dwarf as a noble knight should ah said dame leonese commend me unto your gentle knight and pray to eat and drink and make him strong also pray him that he be of good heart and courage for he shall meet with a knight who is neither of bounty courtesy nor gentleness for he attendeth unto nothing but murder and that is the cause i cannot praise him nor love him all that night beaumains lay in a hermitage and upon the morn he and the damsel lynette broke their fast and heard mass then took they their horses and riding through a fair forest they came out upon a plain where there were many pavilions and tents and a castle and much smoke and a great noise when they came near the siege beaumains are spied upon great trees goodly knights hanging by the neck their shields about their necks with their swords and gilt spurs upon their heels there hung high forty knights what mean is this said sir beaumains fair sir answered the damsel these knights came hither to this seas to rescue my sister dame leonese and when the red knight of the red lands had overcome them he put them to this shameful death then rode they to the dykes and saw them double dyked with full warlike walls and there were lodged many great lords nigh the walls and there was great noise of minstrelsy and the sea beat upon the side of the walls where there were many ships and mariners noise and also there was fast by a sycamore tree and there hung a horn the greatest that ever they saw of an elephant's bone therewith beaumont spurred his horse straight to the sycamore tree and blew so eagerly the horn that all the siege and the castle rang thereof and then there leaped out knights out of their tents and pavilions and they within the castle looked over the walls and out of windows then the red knight of the red lands armed him hastily and two barons set on his spurs upon his hills and all was blood-red his armour spear and shield sir said the damsel in it look you be glad and light for yonder is your deadly enemy and at yonder window is my sister dame then beaumains and the red knight put their spears in their rests and came together with all their might and either smote the other in the middle of their shields that the sir singles and cruppers broke and fell to the earth both and the two knights lay stunned upon the ground but soon they got to their feet and drew their swords and ran together like two fierce lions and then they fought until it was past noon tracing racing and foining has two bores thus they endured until evening song-time and their armour was so hewn to pieces that men might see their naked sides then the red knight gave beaumains a buffer upon the helm and so that he fell grovelling to the earth then cried the maiden lynette on high oh sir beaumains where is thy courage alas my sister beholdeth thee and she sobbeth and weepeth when beaumains heard this he lifted himself up with great effort and got upon his feet and lightly he leaped to his sword and gripped it in his hand and he smote so thick that he smote the sword out of the red knight's hand so beaumains fell upon him and unlaced his helm to have slain him but at the request of the lords he saved his life and made him yield to the lady and so it was that bemanes or sargaroff as his real name was came into the presence of his lady and won her love through his meekness and gentleness and courtesy and courage as every true knight should win the love of his lady so ends happily one of the charming stories of adventure and knighthood in one of the greatest cycles of romance the world has ever known indeed in that great palace we have entered and some of whose golden doors we have been opening there is no door more loved by human beings than the one over which is written romance for boys and girls and their elders have always loved a romantic story and always will there are four great romantic stories in the palace of english literature the first is king arthur and the round table which geoffrey of monmouth discovered for us by his golden window the second great romance is the story of charmaine this was in the twelfth century and the most valiant story which grew out of the charmaine cycle was that of roland every one should know the story of roland and his famous sword the third is the life of alexander which came to england from the east and the fourth is the siege of troy composed in the thirteenth century and written in latin it takes many many stories to satisfy our love of romance as we pass through the golden door over which is written romance one whole wall is filled with the names of lesser romances forgotten long long ago but the stories which sir thomas malory gave us in his mot d'artur written in fourteen sixty nine will never be forgotten as long as the english language is spoken
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