{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/mart/mart349.htm","path":"neu/mart/mart349.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/mart/mart349.htm","text":"CHAPTER X\nHow Sir Launcelot with Sir Percivale and Sir Ector came\nto the court, and of the great joy of him.\nTHEN they departed, and within five days' journey they\ncame to Camelot, that is called in English, Winchester.\nAnd when Sir Launcelot was come among them, the king\nand all the knights made great joy of him. And there\nSir Percivale de Galis and Sir Ector de Maris began and\ntold the whole adventures: that Sir Launcelot had been\nout of his mind the time of his absence, and how he called\nhimself Le Chevaler Mal Fet, the knight that had trespassed;\nand in three days Sir Launcelot smote down five\nhundred knights. And ever as Sir Ector and Sir Percivale\ntold these tales of Sir Launcelot, Queen Guenever wept as\nshe should have died. Then the queen made great cheer.\nO Jesu, said King Arthur, I marvel for what cause ye, Sir\nLauncelot, went out of your mind. I and many others\ndeem it was for the love of fair Elaine, the daughter of\nKing Pelles, by whom ye are noised that ye have gotten a\nchild, and his name is Galahad, and men say he shall do\nmarvels. My lord, said Sir Launcelot, if I did any folly\nI have that I sought. And therewithal the king spake no\nmore. But all Sir Launcelot's kin knew for whom he\nwent out of his mind. And then there were great feasts\nmade and great joy; and many great lords and ladies,\nwhen they heard that Sir Launcelot was come to the court\nagain, they made great joy.","title":"Le Morte d'Arthur BOOK XII CHAPTER X","type":"page"}