The Arthurian Tales: The Greatest of Romances which Recount the Noble and Valorous Deeds of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table ; Edited from the Text of the Edition of 1634, with an IntroductionErnest Rhys, Rasmus Bjørn Anderson Norroena Society, 1907 - 374 pages |
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Page 356 - And when they were at the water side, even fast by the bank hoved a little barge, with many fair ladies in it, and among them all was a queen, and all they had black hoods, and all they wept and shrieked when they saw King Arthur. Now put me into the barge, said the king: and so he did softly.
Page 159 - Grail had been borne through the hall, then the holy vessel departed suddenly, that they wist not where it became : then had they all breath to speak. And then the king yielded thankings to God, of His good grace that he had sent them. Certes, said the king, we ought to thank our Lord Jesu greatly for that he hath shewed us this day, at the reverence of this high feast of Pentecost.
Page 355 - ... if I throw this rich sword in the water, thereof shall never come good, but harm and loss.
Page 369 - And thou was the meekest man and the gentlest that ever ate in hall among ladies. And thou were the sternest knight to thy mortal foe that ever put spear in the rest.
Page 228 - And then he took an ubblie which was made in likeness of bread. And at the lifting up there came a figure in likeness of a child, and the visage was as red and as bright as any fire, and smote himself into the bread, so that they all saw it that the bread was formed of a fleshly man; and then he put it into the Holy Vessel again, and then he did that longed to a priest to do to a mass. And then he went to Galahad and kissed him, and bade him go and kiss his fellows: and so he did anon. Now...
Page 353 - Then was King Arthur ware where Sir Mordred leaned upon his sword among a great heap of dead men. Now give me my spear...
Page 282 - AND thus it passed on from Candlemass until after Easter, that the month of May was come, when every lusty heart beginneth to blossom, and to bring forth fruit ; for like as herbs and trees bring forth fruit and flourish in May, in like wise every lusty heart that is in any manner a lover, springeth and flourisheth in lusty deeds. For it giveth unto all lovers courage...
Page 366 - Bishop nor none of his fellows might not make him to eat, and little he drank, that he was waxen by a cubit shorter than he was, that the people could not know him. For evermore, day and night, he prayed, but sometime he slumbered a broken sleep ; ever he was lying grovelling on the tomb of King Arthur and Queen Guenever. And there was no comfort that the Bishop, nor Sir Bors...
Page 370 - Morte d'Arthur. — SIR THOMAS MALORY'S BOOK OF KING ARTHUR AND OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. The original Edition of CAXTON, revised for Modern Use. With an Introduction by Sir EDWARD STRACHEY, Bart. pp. xxxvii., 509. ' 'It is with perfect confidence that we recommend this edition of the old romance to every class of readers.
Page 352 - And when the knight felt him stung, he looked down and saw the adder, and then he drew his sword to slay the adder and thought of none other harm. And when the host on both parties saw that sword drawn, then they blew beams, trumpets, and horns and shouted grimly. And so both hosts dressed them together. And King Arthur took his horse and said: "Alas, this unhappy day!