{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/mart/mart336.htm","path":"neu/mart/mart336.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/mart/mart336.htm","text":"CHAPTER XI\nHow a servant of Sir Aglovale's was slain, and what vengeance\nSir Aglovale and Sir Percivale did therefore.\nAND when she was awaked she sent a squire after them\nwith spending enough. And so when the squire had overtaken\nthem, they would not suffer him to ride with them,\nbut sent him home again to comfort their mother, praying\nher meekly of her blessing. And so this squire was\nbenighted, and by misfortune he happened to come to a\ncastle where dwelled a baron. And so when the squire\nwas come into the castle, the lord asked him from whence\nhe came, and whom he served. My lord, said the squire,\nI serve a good knight that is called Sir Aglovale: the\nsquire said it to good intent, weening unto him to have\nbeen more forborne for Sir Aglovale's sake, than he had\nsaid he had served the queen, Aglovale's mother. Well,\nmy fellow, said the lord of that castle, for Sir Aglovale's\nsake thou shalt have evil lodging, for Sir Aglovale slew my\nbrother, and therefore thou shalt die on part of payment.\nAnd then that lord commanded his men to have him away\nand slay him; and so they did, and so pulled him out of\nthe castle, and there they slew him without mercy.\nRight so on the morn came Sir Aglovale and Sir Percivale\nriding by a churchyard, where men and women were\nbusy, and beheld the dead squire, and they thought to bury\nhim. What is there, said Sir Aglovale, that ye behold so\nfast? A good man stert forth and said: Fair knight, here\nlieth a squire slain shamefully this night. How was he\nslain, fair fellow? said Sir Aglovale. My fair sir, said the\nman, the lord of this castle lodged this squire this night;\nand because he said he was servant unto a good knight\nthat is with King Arthur, his name is Sir Aglovale,\ntherefore the lord commanded to slay him, and for this cause is\nhe slain. Gramercy, said Sir Aglovale, and ye shall see\nhis death revenged lightly; for I am that same knight for\nwhom this squire was slain.\nThen Sir Aglovale called unto him Sir Percivale, and\nbade him alight lightly; and so they alighted both, and\nbetook their horses to their men, and so they yede on foot\ninto the castle. And all so soon as they were within the\ncastle gate Sir Aglovale bade the porter: Go thou unto thy\nlord and tell him that I am Sir Aglovale for whom this\nsquire was slain this night. Anon the porter told this to\nhis lord, whose name was Goodewin. Anon he armed him,\nand then he came into the court and said: Which of you\nis Sir Aglovale? Here I am, said Aglovale: for what\ncause slewest thou this night my mother's squire? I slew\nhim, said Sir Goodewin, because of thee, for thou slewest\nmy brother, Sir Gawdelin. As for thy brother, said Sir\nAglovale, I avow it I slew him, for he was a false knight\nand a betrayer of ladies and of good knights; and for the\ndeath of my squire thou shalt die. I defy thee, said Sir\nGoodewin. Then they lashed together as eagerly as it\nhad been two lions, and Sir Percivale he fought with all the\nremnant that would fight. And within a while Sir Percivale\nhad slain all that would withstand him; for Sir Percivale\ndealt so his strokes that were so rude that there durst\nno man abide him. And within a while Sir Aglovale had\nSir Goodewin at the earth, and there he unlaced his helm,\nand struck off his head. And then they departed and took\ntheir horses; and then they let carry the dead squire unto\na priory, and there they interred him.","title":"Le Morte d'Arthur BOOK XI CHAPTER XI","type":"page"}