{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/mart/mart203.htm","path":"neu/mart/mart203.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/mart/mart203.htm","text":"CHAPTER IX\nHow Sir Launcelot made La Cote Male Taile lord of the\nCastle of Pendragon, and after was made knight of the\nRound Table.\nAND in the meanwhile came Sir Kay, the Seneschal, and Sir\nBrandiles, and anon they fellowshipped with them. <367>And then\nwithin ten days, then departed those knights of Arthur's court\nfrom these fortresses. And as Sir Launcelot came by the Castle\nof Pendragon there he put Sir Brian de les Isles from his lands,\nfor cause he would never be withhold with King Arthur; and all\nthat Castle of Pendragon and all the lands thereof he gave to Sir\nLa Cote Male Taile. And then Sir Launcelot sent for Nerovens\nthat he made once knight, and he made him to have all the rule of\nthat castle and of that country, under La Cote Male Taile; and so\nthey rode to Arthur's court all wholly together. And at\nPentecost next following there was Sir Plenorius and Sir La Cote\nMale Taile, called otherwise by right Sir Breunor le Noire, both\nmade Knights of the Table Round; and great lands King Arthur gave\nthem, and there Breunor le Noire wedded that damosel Maledisant.\nAnd after she was called Beauvivante, but ever after for the more\npart he was called La Cote Male Taile; and he proved a passing\nnoble knight, and mighty; and many worshipful deeds he did after\nin his life; and Sir Plenorius proved a noble knight and full of\nprowess, and all the days of their life for the most part they\nawaited upon Sir Launcelot; and Sir Plenorius' brethren were ever\nknights of King Arthur. And also, as the French book maketh\nmention, Sir La Cote Male Taile avenged his father's death.","title":"Le Morte d'Arthur BOOK IX CHAPTER IX","type":"page"}