Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 1, 2025
'Madam, answered Sir Lancelot, 'you understand full well that I was never glad of slander nor noise, but there is neither King, Queen nor Knight alive, save yourself, Madam, and my lord Arthur, that should hinder me from giving Sir Meliagraunce a cold heart before I departed hence. 'That I know well, said the Queen, 'but what would you have more? Everything shall be ordered as you will.
'Hold and abide! commanded the King, and Sir Lancelot rode up before him, and told before them all how Sir Meliagraunce had treated him. When the King and Queen and all the Lords heard Sir Lancelot's tale, their hearts stirred within them with anger, and the Queen took her seat by the King, in great trust of her champion.
'I cannot take you at all, answered the carter, 'for I am come to fetch wood for my lord Sir Meliagraunce. 'It is with him that I would speak. 'You shall not go with me, said the carter, but hardly had he uttered the words when Sir Lancelot leapt up into the cart, and gave him such a buffet that he fell dead on the ground.
'What ails you now? said she; 'of a truth I might well expect some good Knight to avenge me, though my lord Arthur knew not of your work. 'Madam, I will make such amends as you yourself may desire, pleaded Sir Meliagraunce, 'and I trust wholly to your grace. 'What would you have me do? asked the Queen.
And their souls leapt with joy when they saw him, and he told them how falsely Sir Meliagraunce had dealt with him, and had set archers to slay his horse, so that he was fain to place himself in a cart. Thus they complained each to the other, and would have avenged themselves on Sir Meliagraunce but for the peace made by the Queen.
Then Sir Meliagraunce said to the Queen, 'You seek to betray me, Madam; but Sir Lancelot shall not so lightly come at you. And he bade his men follow him to the castle in haste, and left an ambush of thirty archers in the road, charging them that if a Knight mounted on a white horse came along that way they were to slay the horse but to leave the man alone, as he was hard to overcome.
Sir Lancelot and Sir Meliagraunce prepared themselves for battle, and took their spears, and came together as thunder, and Sir Lancelot bore Sir Meliagraunce right over his horse. Then Sir Lancelot jumped down, and they fought on foot, till in the end Sir Meliagraunce was smitten to the ground by a blow on his head from his enemy.
'Any Knight will bear me witness, answered Sir Lancelot, 'that never have I broken faith with any man, nor borne fellowship with those that have done so. 'Then let us go to dinner, said Sir Meliagraunce, 'and afterwards you may all ride to Westminster.
After Sir Meliagraunce had given these orders his company galloped fast to the castle; but the Queen would listen to nothing that he said, demanding always that her Knights and ladies should be lodged with her, and Sir Meliagraunce was forced to let her have her will.
That knight was Sir Meliagraunce, as I found out by tearing off his helmet. He will not ask for help any more. We carried The Boss to the cave and gave his wound, which was not very serious, the best care we could. In this service we had the help of Merlin, though we did not know it. He was disguised as a woman, and appeared to be a simple old peasant goodwife.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking