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           ButwhenshesawKingArthurandhisnobleness,andallthesplendourofhisknightsandservice,sheforboretospyuponhimasafoe,andtoldhimofherhusband’splotsagainsthimandhisthrone.Andtheking,notknowingthatshewashishalf-sister,madegreatcourttoher;andbeingfullofadmirationforherbeauty,lovedheroutofmeasure,andkeptheralongseasonatCaerleon.Whereforeherhusband,KingLot,wasmorethaneverKingArthur’senemy,andhatedhimtilldeathwithapassinggreathatred.

           AtthattimeKingArthurhadamarvellousdream,whichgavehimgreatdisquietnessofheart.Hedreamedthatthewholelandwasfullofmanyfierygriffinsandserpents,whichburntandslewthepeopleeverywhere;andthenthathehimselffoughtwiththem,andthattheydidhimmightyinjuries,andwoundedhimnightodeath,butthatatlastheovercameandslewthemall.Whenhewoke,hesatingreatheavinessofspiritandpensiveness,thinkingwhatthisdreammightsignify,butby-and-by,whenhecouldbynomeanssatisfyhimselfwhatitmightmean,toridhimselfofallhisthoughtsofit,hemadereadywithagreatcompanytorideouthunting.

           Assoonashewasintheforest,thekingsawagreathartbeforehim,andspurredhishorse,androdelongeagerlyafterit,andchaseduntilhishorselostbreathandfelldowndeadfromunderhim.Then,seeingthehartescapedandhishorsedead,hesatdownbyafountain,andfellintodeepthoughtagain.