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Chapter XIII

           

           NowfifteendaysbeforetheFeastoftheAssumptionofourLady,thekingproclaimedatourneytobeheldthatfeast-dayatCamelot,whereathimselfandtheKingofScotlandwouldjoustwithallwhoshouldcomeagainstthem.SothitherwenttheKingofNorthWales,andKingAnguishofIreland,andSirGalahautthenobleprince,andmanyothernoblesofdiverscountries.

           AndKingArthurmadereadytogo,andwouldhavehadthequeengowithhim,butshesaidthatshewassick.SirLancelot,also,madeexcuses,sayinghewasnotyetwholeofhiswounds.

           Atthatthekingwaspassingheavyandgrieved,andsodepartedalonetowardsCamelot.AndbythewayhelodgedinatowncalledAstolat,andlaythatnightinthecastle.

           Assoonashehadgone,SirLancelotsaidtothequeen,“ThisnightIwillrest,andto-morrowbetimeswillItakemywaytoCamelot;foratthesejoustsIwillbeagainstthekingandhisfellowship.”

           “Yemaydoasyelist,”saidQueenGuinevere;“butbymycounselyewillnotbeagainsttheking,forinhiscompanyaremanyhardyknights,asyewellknow.”

           “Madam,”saidSirLancelot,“Iprayyebenotdispleasedwithme,forIwilltaketheadventurethatGodmaysendme.”

           Andonthemorrowhewenttothechurchandheardmass,andtookhisleaveofthequeen,andsodeparted.

           ThenherodelongtillhecametoAstolat,andtherelodgedatthecastleofanoldbaroncalledSirBernardofAstolat,whichwasnearthecastlewhereKingArthurlodged.AndasSirLancelotenteredthekingespiedhim,andknewhim.

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