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Great was the grief that followed, for never earthly man was mourned as was Lancelot. In the morning, after the bishop had made a requiem mass, he and his fellows put the corpse of the noble knight into the same horse-bier that had borne Guenever, and the queen's corpse with it, and they were taken together to Joyous Gard, with such state and ceremony as befitted those of royal blood.
And there all the services of the church were sung and read, while the face of Lancelot lay open for people to see; for such was then the custom of the land. When the services were over they were buried in one tomb, for so great had been their love during life that all men said they should not be divided in death.
During these events, Sir Constantine, the noble son of Sir Cador of Cornwall, had been chosen king of England in Arthur's place, and a worthy monarch he proved, ruling the realm worshipfully and long.
After Lancelot's death the new king sent for the bishop of Canterbury, and restored him to his archbishopric; but Sir Bevidere remained a hermit at Glastonbury to his life's end.
King Constantine also desired the kindred of Lancelot to remain in his realm; but this they would not do, but returned to their own country. Four of them, Sir Bors, Sir Hector, Sir Blamor, and Sir Bleoberis, went to the Holy Land, where they fought long and stoutly against the Saracens. And there they died upon a Good Friday, for God's sake.
And so ends the book of the life and death of King Arthur and his noble Knights of the Round Table, who were an hundred and fifty when they were all together. Let us pray that God was merciful to them all.
THE END.
Transcriber's Notes:
1. Minor punctuation errors have been corrected as follows;
Pg. 12 - Added missing punctuation "?" (might champion?)
Pg. 188 - Added missing punctuation "." (and he did all.)
Pg. 270 - Added missing endquote ("This I say,")
Pg. 316 - Removed extra enquote (what will you do?)
2. Spelling corrections based upon correct spelling of the word elsewhere in the text:
Pg. 39 - "grevious" to "grievous" (4) (grievous cry that)
Pg. 50 - "you" to "your" ("Knight, hold your hand.")
Pg. 83 - "Dinaden" to "Dinadan" (92) (Gareth and Dinadan also)
Pg. 94 - "seaside" to "sea-side" (8) (castle by the sea-side,)
Pg. 127 - "law" to "lay" (as he lay there asleep)
Pg. 143 - "Badgemagus" to "Bagdemagus" (11) (said Bagdemagus)
Pg. 159 - "Percival" to "Percivale" (94) (Percivale had returned)
Pg. 166 - "dressel" to "dressed" (old man dressed in a)
Pg. 189 - "this" to "his" (to his surprise and joy)
Pg. 202 - "Nacien" to "Nancien" (3) (once by Nancien)
Pg. 220 - "seem" to "seen" (and seen what you highly)
Pg. 238 - "befel" to "befell" (5) (it befell that Nimue)
Pg. 281 - "Turquin" to "Turquine" (2) (by Sir Turquine?)
Pg. 289 - "Tristam's" to "Tristram's" (313) (and Tristram's sake)
Pg. 298 - "wil" to "will" (361) (if you will receive)
Pg. 299 - "dishoner" to "dishonor" (12) (naught to her dishonor.)
3. Words where both versions appear in this text and have been retained.
"threescore" (2) and "three-score"
"King Astlabor" (p. 87) and "King Astlobar" (p. 90)
4. Known English Archaic words used in this text:
"emprise" (prowess/daring)
"guerdon" (reward)
"halidom" (a thing considered holy)
"leman" (sweetheart)
"lief" (dear)
"woful" (3) (now woeful)
"villanous" (6) and villany (3) (now var. of villian* (10))
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