{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/mart/mart295.htm","path":"neu/mart/mart295.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/mart/mart295.htm","text":"CHAPTER LVIII\nHow they approached the Castle Lonazep, and of other\ndevices of the death of Sir Lamorak.\nTHUS they rode until they were ware of the Castle\nLonazep. And then were they ware of four hundred\ntents and pavilions, and marvellous great ordinance. So\nGod me help, said Sir Tristram, yonder I see the greatest\nordinance that ever I saw. Sir, said Palomides, meseemeth\nthat there was as great an ordinance at the Castle of\nMaidens upon the rock, where ye won the prize, for I\nsaw myself where ye forjousted thirty knights. Sir, said\nDinadan, and in Surluse, at that tournament that Galahalt\nof the Long Isles made, the which there dured seven days,\nwas as great a gathering as is here, for there were many\nnations. Who was the best? said Sir Tristram. Sir, it\nwas Sir Launcelot du Lake and the noble knight, Sir\nLamorak de Galis, and Sir Launcelot won the degree. I\ndoubt not, said Sir Tristram, but he won the degree, so\nhe had not been overmatched with many knights; and of\nthe death of Sir Lamorak, said Sir Tristram, it was over\ngreat pity, for I dare say he was the cleanest mighted man\nand the best winded of his age that was alive; for I knew\nhim that he was the biggest knight that ever I met withal,\nbut if it were Sir Launcelot. Alas, said Sir Tristram, full\nwoe is me for his death. And if they were not the cousins\nof my lord Arthur that slew him, they should die for it,\nand all those that were consenting to his death. And for\nsuch things, said Sir Tristram, I fear to draw unto the\ncourt of my lord Arthur; I will that ye wit it, said Sir\nTristram unto Gareth.\nSir, I blame you not, said Gareth, for well I understand\nthe vengeance of my brethren Sir Gawaine, Agravaine,\nGaheris, and Mordred. But as for me, said Sir\nGareth, I meddle not of their matters, therefore there is\nnone of them that loveth me. And for I understand they\nbe murderers of good knights I left their company; and\nGod would I had been by, said Gareth, when the noble\nknight, Sir Lamorak, was slain. Now as Jesu be my help,\nsaid Sir Tristram, it is well said of you, for I had liefer\nthan all the gold betwixt this and Rome I had been there.\nY-wis,[1] said Palomides, and so would I had been there,\nand yet had I never the degree at no jousts nor tournament\nthereas he was, but he put me to the worse, or on\nfoot or on horseback; and that day that he was slain he\ndid the most deeds of arms that ever I saw knight do in\nall my life days. And when him was given the degree by\nmy lord Arthur, Sir Gawaine and his three brethren, Agravaine,\nGaheris, and Sir Mordred, set upon Sir Lamorak in\na privy place, and there they slew his horse. And so they\nfought with him on foot more than three hours, both\nbefore him and behind him; and Sir Mordred gave him\nhis death wound behind him at his back, and all to-hew\nhim: for one of his squires told me that saw it. Fie\nupon treason, said Sir Tristram, for it killeth my heart to\nhear this tale. So it doth mine, said Gareth; brethren as\nthey be mine I shall never love them, nor draw in their\nfellowship for that deed.\nNow speak we of other deeds, said Palomides, and let\nhim be, for his life ye may not get again. That is the\nmore pity, said Dinadan, for Sir Gawaine and his brethren,\nexcept you Sir Gareth, hate all the good knights of the\nRound Table for the most part; for well I wot an they\nmight privily, they hate my lord Sir Launcelot and all his\nkin, and great privy despite they have at him; and that\nis my lord Sir Launcelot well ware of, and that causeth\nhim to have the good knights of his kin about him.\n[1] ``Y-wis'' (certainly); Caxton, ``ye wis''; W. de Worde, ``truly.''","title":"Le Morte d'Arthur BOOK X CHAPTER LVIII","type":"page"}