Le Morte DArthur, vol 1 | Page 8

death . . . Chap. ii. How the Lady of the Lake demanded the knight's head that had won the sword, or the maiden's head . . . Chap. iii. How Merlin told the adventure of this damosel . Chap. iv. How Balin was pursued by Sir Lanceor, knight of Ireland, and how he jousted and slew him . . . . Chap. v.
How a damosel, which was love to Lanceor, slew herself for love, and how Balin met with his brother Balan . . Chap. vi. How a dwarf reproved Balin for the death of Lanceor, and how King Mark of Cornwall found them, and made a tomb over them
Chap. vii.
How Merlin prophesied that two the best knights of the world should fight there, which were Sir Lancelot and Sir Tristram Chap. viii.
How Balin and his brother, by the counsel of Merlin, took King Rience and brought him to King Arthur . . Chap. ix.
How King Arthur had a battle against Nero and King Lot of Orkney, and how King Lot was deceived by Merlin, and how twelve kings were slain . . . . . Chap. x.
Of the interment of twelve kings, and of the prophecy of Merlin, and how Balin should give the dolorous stroke . Chap. xi.
How a sorrowful knight came before Arthur, and how Balin fetched him, and how that knight was slain by a knight invisible
Chap. xii.
How Balin and the damosel met with a knight which was in likewise slain, and how the damosel bled for the custom of a castle
Chap. xiii.
How Balin met with that knight named Garlon at a feast, and there he slew him, to have his blood to heal therewith the son of his host . . . . . . Chap. xiv.
How Balin fought with King Pellam, and how his sword brake, and how he gat a spear wherewith he smote the dolorous stroke
Chap. xv.
How Balin was delivered by Merlin, and saved a knight that would have slain himself for love . . . Chap. xvi.
How that knight slew his love and a knight lying by her, and after, how he slew himself with his own sword, and how Balin rode toward a castle where he lost his life . . Chap. xvii.
How Balin met with his brother Balan, and how each of them slew other unknown, till they were wounded to death . Chap. xviii.
How Merlin buried them both in one tomb, and of Balin's sword
Chap. YiX.
Here follow the Chapters of the Third Book.
How King Arthur took a wife, and wedded Guenever, daughter to Leodegrance, King of the Land of Cameliard, with whom he had the Round Table . . . . . Chap. i.
How the Knights of the Round Table were ordained and their sieges blessed by the Bishop of Canterbury . . Chap. ii.
How a poor man, riding upon a lean mare, desired King Arthur to
make his son knight . . . .Chap. iii. How Sir Tor was known for son of King Pellinore, and how Gawaine was made knight . . . . . Chap. iv. How at the feast of the wedding of King Arthur to Guenever, a white hart came into the hall, and thirty couple hounds, and how a brachet pinched the hart, which was taken away . Chap. v. How Sir Gawaine rode for to fetch again the hart, and how two brethren fought each against other for the hart . Chap. vi. How the hart was chased into a castle and there slain, and how Sir Galraine slew a lady . . . . Chap. vii. How four knights fought against Sir Gawaine and Gaheris, and how they were overcome, and their lives saved at the request of four ladies . . . . . . Chap. viii. How Sir Tor rode after the knight with the brachet, and of his adventure by the way . . . . Chap. ix. How Sir Tor found the brachet with a lady, and how a knight assailed him for the said brachet . . . . Chap. x. How Sir Tor overcame the knight, and how he lost his head at the request of a lady . . . . . Chap. xi. How King Pellinore rode after the lady and the knight that led her away, and how a lady desired help of him, and how he fought with two knights for that lady, of whom he slew the one at the first stroke . . . . . Chap. xii. How King Pellinore gat the lady and brought her to Camelot to the court of King Arthur . . . . Chap. xiii.
How on the way he heard two knights, as he lay by night in a valley, and of other adventures . . . . Chap. xiv.