{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/mart/mart049.htm","path":"neu/mart/mart049.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/mart/mart049.htm","text":"CHAPTER IV\nHow Sir Tor was known for son of King Pellinore,\nand how Gawaine was made knight.\nSO on the morn King Pellinore came to the court of King Arthur,\nwhich had great joy of him, and told him of Tor, how he was his\nson, and how he had made him knight at the request of the\ncowherd. When Pellinore beheld Tor, he pleased him much. So the\nking made Gawaine knight, but Tor was the first he made at the\nfeast. What is the cause, said King Arthur, that there be two\nplaces void in the sieges? Sir, said Merlin, there shall no man\nsit in those places but they that shall be of most worship. But\nin the Siege Perilous there shall no man sit therein but one, and\nif there be any so hardy to <84>do it he shall be destroyed, and\nhe that shall sit there shall have no fellow. And therewith\nMerlin took King Pellinore by the hand, and in the one hand next\nthe two sieges and the Siege Perilous he said, in open audience,\nThis is your place and best ye are worthy to sit therein of any\nthat is here. Thereat sat Sir Gawaine in great envy and told\nGaheris his brother, yonder knight is put to great worship, the\nwhich grieveth me sore, for he slew our father King Lot,\ntherefore I will slay him, said Gawaine, with a sword that was\nsent me that is passing trenchant. Ye shall not so, said\nGaheris, at this time, for at this time I am but a squire, and\nwhen I am made knight I will be avenged on him, and therefore,\nbrother, it is best ye suffer till another time, that we may have\nhim out of the court, for an we did so we should trouble this\nhigh feast. I will well, said Gawaine, as ye will.","title":"Le Morte d'Arthur BOOK III CHAPTER IV","type":"page"}