Le Morte DArthur, vol 1 | Page 9

Thomas Malory
How when he was come to Camelot he was sworn upon a book to tell the truth of his quest . . . . Chap. xv.
Here follow the Chapters of the Fourth Book.
How Merlin was assotted and doted on one of the ladies of the lake, and how he was shut in a rock under a stone and there died Chap. i.
How five kings came into this land to war against King Arthur, and what counsel Arthur had against them . . Chap. ii. How King Arthur had ado with them and overthrew them, and slew the five kings and made the remnant to flee . Chap. iii. How the battle was finished or he came, and how King Arthur founded an abbey where the battle was . . . - Chap. iv. How Sir Tor was made knight of the Round Table, and how Bagdemagus was displeased . . . .Chap. v.
How King Arthur, King Uriens, and Sir Accolon of Gaul, chased an hart, and of their marvellous adventures . . Chap. vi. How Arthur took upon him to fight to be delivered out of prison, and also for to deliver twenty knights that were in prison Chap. vii. How Accolon found himself by a well, and he took upon him to do battle against Arthur . . . . Chap. viii. Of the battle between King Arthur and Accolon . Chap. ix. How King Arthur's sword that he fought with brake, and how he recovered of Accolon his own sword Excalibur, and overcame his enemy . . . . . . Chap. x. How Accolon confessed the treason of Morgan le Fays King Arthur's sister, and how she would have done slay him . Chap. Yi.
How Arthur accorded the two brethren, and delivered the twenty knights, and how Sir Accolon died . . Chap. Yii.
How Morgan would have slain Sir Uriens her husband, and how Sir Uwaine her son saved him . . . Chap. xiii. How Queen Morgan le Fay made great sorrow f-or the death of Accolon, and how she stole away the scabbard from Arthur . Chap. YiV.
How Morgan le Fay saved a knight that should have been drowned, and how King Arthur returned home again . Chap. xv. How the Damosel of the Lake saved King Arthur from a mantle which should have burnt him . . . . Chap. xvi. How Sir Gawaine and Sir Uwaine met with twelve fair damosels, and how they complained on Sir Marhaus . . Chap. YVii.
How Sir Marhaus jousted with Sir Gawaine and Sir Uwaine, and overthrew them both . . . . Chap. xviii. How Sir Marhaus, Sir Gawaine, and Sir Uwaine met three damosels, and each of them took one . . . Chap. YiX.
How a knight and a dwarf strove for a lady . . Chap. xx. How King Pelleas suffered himself to be taken prisoner because he would have a sight of his lady, and how Sir Gawaine promised him to get to him the love of his lady . . Chap. xxi. How Sir Gawaine came to the Lady Ettard, and how Sir Pelleas found them sleeping . . . . . Chap. xxii. How Sir Pelleas loved no more Ettard by the mean of the Damosel of the Lake, whom he loved ever after . . Chap. xxiii. How Sir Marhaus rode with the damosel, and how he came to the Duke of the South Marches . . . Chap. xxiv.
How Sir Marhaus fought with the duke and his four sons and made them to yield them . . . . Chap. xxv. How Sir Uwaine rode with the damosel of sixty year of age, and how he gat the prize at tourneying . . . Chap. xxvi.
How Sir Uwaine fought with two knights and overcame them Chap. xxvii.
How at the year's end all three knights with their three damosels met at the fountain . . . . . Chap. xxviii.
Of the Fifth Book the Chapters follow.
How twelve aged ambassadors of Rome came to King Arthur to demand truage for Britain. . . . . Chap. i. How the kings and lords promised to King Arthur aid and help against the Romans . . . . . Chap. ii. How King Arthur held a parliament at York, and how he ordained the realm should be governed in his absence . Chap. iii. How King Arthur being shipped and lying in his cabin had a marvellous dream and of the exposition thereof . . Chap. iv. How a man of the country told to him of a marvellous giant, and how he fought and conquered him . . . Chap. v. How King Arthur sent Sir Gawaine and other to Lucius, and how they were assailed and escaped with worship
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