{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/mart/mart366.htm","path":"neu/mart/mart366.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/mart/mart366.htm","text":"CHAPTER XIII\nOf the adventure that Melias had, and how Galahad revenged\nhim, and how Melias was carried into an abbey.\nAND then rode Melias into an old forest, and therein he\nrode two days and more. And then he came into a fair\nmeadow, and there was a fair lodge of boughs. And then\nhe espied in that lodge a chair, wherein was a crown of gold,\nsubtly wrought. Also there were cloths covered upon the\nearth, and many delicious meats set thereon. Sir Melias\nbeheld this adventure, and thought it marvellous, but he\nhad no hunger, but of the crown of gold he took much\nkeep; and therewith he stooped down and took it up, and\nrode his way with it. And anon he saw a knight came\nriding after him that said: Knight, set down that crown\nwhich is not yours, and therefore defend you. Then Sir\nMelias blessed him and said: Fair lord of heaven, help and\nsave thy new-made knight. And then they let their horses\nrun as fast as they might, so that the other knight smote\nSir Melias through hauberk and through the left side, that\nhe fell to the earth nigh dead. And then he took the\ncrown and went his way; and Sir Melias lay still and had\nno power to stir.\nIn the meanwhile by fortune there came Sir Galahad\nand found him there in peril of death. And then he said:\nAh Melias, who hath wounded you? therefore it had been\nbetter to have ridden the other way. And when Sir\nMelias heard him speak: Sir, he said, for God's love let\nme not die in this forest, but bear me unto the abbey here\nbeside, that I may be confessed and have my rights. It\nshall be done, said Galahad, but where is he that hath\nwounded you? With that Sir Galahad heard in the leaves\ncry on high: Knight, keep thee from me. Ah sir, said\nMelias, beware, for that is he that hath slain me. Sir\nGalahad answered: Sir knight, come on your peril. Then\neither dressed to other, and came together as fast as their\nhorses might run, and Galahad smote him so that his spear\nwent through his shoulder, and smote him down off his\nhorse, and in the falling Galahad's spear brake.\nWith that came out another knight out of the leaves,\nand brake a spear upon Galahad or ever he might turn\nhim. Then Galahad drew out his sword and smote off\nthe left arm of him, so that it fell to the earth. And then\nhe fled, and Sir Galahad pursued fast after him. And then\nhe turned again unto Sir Melias, and there he alighted and\ndressed him softly on his horse to-fore him, for the truncheon\nof his spear was in his body; and Sir Galahad stert up\nbehind him, and held him in his arms, and so brought him\nto the abbey, and there unarmed him and brought him\nto his chamber. And then he asked his Saviour. And\nwhen he had received Him he said unto Sir Galahad: Sir,\nlet death come when it pleaseth him. And therewith he\ndrew out the truncheon of the spear out of his body: and\nthen he swooned.\nThen came there an old monk which sometime had\nbeen a knight, and beheld Sir Melias. And anon he ransacked\nhim; and then he said unto Sir Galahad: I shall\nheal him of his wound, by the grace of God, within the\nterm of seven weeks. Then was Sir Galahad glad, and\nunarmed him, and said he would abide there three days.\nAnd then he asked Sir Melias how it stood with him.\nThen he said he was turned unto helping, God be\nthanked.","title":"Le Morte d'Arthur BOOK XIII CHAPTER XIII","type":"page"}