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       Howard Pyle

      Sir Launcelot & His Companions

      (Unabridged)

      Arthurian Legends & Myths of the Greatest Knight of the Round Table

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      2018 OK Publishing

      ISBN 978-80-272-4204-7

      Table of Contents

       Foreword

       Prologue

       Part I. The Chevalier of the Cart

       Chapter I

       Chapter II

       Chapter III

       Part II. The Story of Sir Gareth of Orkney

       Chapter I

       Chapter II

       Chapter III

       Chapter IV

       Chapter V

       Part III. The Story of Sir Launcelot and Elaine the Fair

       Chapter I

       Chapter II

       Chapter III

       Chapter IV

       Chapter V

       Chapter VI

       Part IV. The Madness of Sir Launcelot

       Chapter I

       Chapter II

       Chapter III

       Part V. The Story of Sir Ewaine and the Lady of the Fountain

       Chapter I

       Chapter II

       Chapter III

       Chapter IV

       Chapter V

       Part VI. The Return of Sir Launcelot

       Chapter I

       Chapter II

       Chapter III

       Conclusion

       Part VII. The Nativity of Galahad

       Chapter I

       Chapter II

       Conclusion

      Foreword

       Table of Contents

      With this begins the third of those books which I have set myself to write concerning the history of King Arthur of Britain and of those puissant knights who were of his Court and of his Round Table.

      In the Book which was written before this book you may there read the Story of that very noble and worthy knight, Sir Launcelot of the Lake; of how he dwelt within a magic lake which was the enchanted habitation of the Lady Nymue of the Lake; of how he was there trained in all the most excellent arts of chivalry by Sir Pellias, the Gentle Knight—whilom a companion of the Round Table, but afterward the Lord of the Lake; of how he came forth out of the Lake and became after that the chiefest knight of the Round Table of King Arthur. All of this was told in that book and many other things concerning Sir Launcelot and several other worthies who were Companions of the Round Table and who were very noble and excellent knights both in battle and in court.

      So here followeth a further history of Sir Launcelot of the Lake and the narrative of several of the notable adventures that he performed at this time of his life.

      Wherefore if it will please you to read that which is hereinafter set forth, you will be told of how Sir Launcelot slew the great Worm of Corbin; of the madness that afterward fell upon him, and of how a most noble, gentle, and beautiful lady, hight the Lady Elaine the Fair, lent him aid and succor at a time of utmost affliction to him, and so brought him back to health again. And you may herein further find it told how Sir Launcelot was afterward wedded to that fair and gentle dame, and of how was born of that couple a child of whom it was prophesied by Merlin (in a certain miraculous manner fully set forth in this book) that he should become the most perfect knight that ever lived and he who should