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           HecamewithJosephtothisland,andeverdesiredgreatlytoseetheSangreal;soonatimehecamenighthereto,andwasstruckalmostblind.Thenhecriedoutformercy,andsaid,‘FairLord,IpraytheeletmeneverdieuntilagoodknightofmybloodachievetheSangreal,andImayseeandkisshim.’Whenhehadthusprayed,heheardavoicethatsaid,‘Thyprayersbeheardandanswered,forthoushaltnotdietillthatknightkissthee;andwhenhecomethshallthineeyesbeopenedandthywoundsbehealed.’Andnowhathhelivedhereforthreehundredwintersinaholylife,andmensayacertainknightofKingArthur’scourtshallshortlyhealhim.”

           ThereatSirPercivalmarvelledgreatly,forhewellknewwhothatknightshouldbe;andso,takinghisleaveofthemonk,departed.

           Thenherodeontillnoon,andcameintoavalleywherehemettwentymen-at-armsbearingadeadknightonabier.Andtheycriedtohim,“Whencecomestthou?”

           “FromKingArthur’scourt,”heanswered.

           Thentheyallcriedtogether,“Slayhim,”andsetuponhim.

           Buthesmotedownthefirstmantotheground,andhishorseuponhim;whereatsevenofthemallatonceassailedhim,andothersslewhishorse.Thushehadbeeneithertakenorslain,butbygoodchanceSirGalahadwaspassingbythatway,who,seeingtwentymenattackingone,cried,“Slayhimnot,”andrusheduponthem;and,asfastashishorsecoulddrive,heencounteredwiththeforemostman,andsmotehimdown.