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16 - Tales of King Arthur and the Round Table by Andrew Lang · Tales of King Arthur and the Round Table

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  Speaker 1: Section fifteen of Tales of King Arthur and the Round Table.
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  Speaker 1: This is a librvox recording. All librvox recordings are in
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  Speaker 1: visit LibriVox dot org. Recording by the Yodotam Tales of
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  Speaker 1: King Arthur and the Round Table by Andrew Lang The
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  Speaker 1: Adventure of sir Bors. When sir Bors left Camelot on
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  Speaker 1: his quest, he met a holy man riding on an
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  Speaker 1: ass at. Sir Bors saluted him anon. The good Man
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  Speaker 1: knew him to be one of the knights who were
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  Speaker 1: in quest of the Holy Grail. What our use, said
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  Speaker 1: he at? Sir Bors answered, I have a knight that
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  Speaker 1: fain would be counseled to the quest of the Grail,
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  Speaker 1: for he shall he shall have much earthly worship that
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  Speaker 1: brings it to an end. That is true, said the
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  Speaker 1: good Man, for he will be the best knight of
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  Speaker 1: the world. But know well that there shall not attain
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  Speaker 1: it but by holybs and by profession of sid. So
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  Speaker 1: they wrote together till they came to the hermitage, and
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  Speaker 1: the good Man led sir Boris to the chapel, where
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  Speaker 1: he made profession. Dimsids and they ate brad a drink
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  Speaker 1: water together. Now said the hermit, I pray you that
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  Speaker 1: you eat none other till you sit at the table
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  Speaker 1: where the holy Grail shall be. Sir answered Sir bors.
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  Speaker 1: I agreed there too, But how know you that I
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  Speaker 1: shall sit there? That? No, I said the Holy lad
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  Speaker 1: But there will be but few of your fellows with you. Also,
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  Speaker 1: instead of a shirt, you shall wear this garment until
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  Speaker 1: you have achieved your quest. And Sir Boris took off
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  Speaker 1: his clothes and put on instead a scarlet coat. Then
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  Speaker 1: the good Man questioned him and marvel to find him
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  Speaker 1: pure in life, and he armed him and bade him go.
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  Speaker 1: After this, Sir bors rode through many lands and had
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  Speaker 1: many adventures, and was often sore tempted, who remembered the
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  Speaker 1: words of the Holy Man, had kept his life fleet
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  Speaker 1: of rock. And once he had, by his chance, almost
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  Speaker 1: slaying his own brother. But a voice cried, flee, Bores,
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  Speaker 1: I touch him not, And he heart did and stayed
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  Speaker 1: his hand. And there felt between them a fiery cloud
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  Speaker 1: which burned up both their shields, and they too fell
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  Speaker 1: to the earth in a great smooth But when they wakened,
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  Speaker 1: down of bits wor saw that his brother had no heart.
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  Speaker 1: With that, the voice boke to say, bores Go had
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  Speaker 1: some barier brother fellowship no longer. But take your way
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  Speaker 1: to the sea where Sir Percival abides till you come. Then,
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  Speaker 1: Sir Boris prayed his brother to forgive him all that
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  Speaker 1: he had unnotedly done, and wrote track to the sea.
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  Speaker 1: On the shore he found a vessel covered with white samite.
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  Speaker 1: And as soon as he stepped in the vessel, it
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  Speaker 1: sets sails so fast it might have been flying. And
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  Speaker 1: sir bors laying down and flept tools till it was day.
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  Speaker 1: And when he waked he saw a knight lying in
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  Speaker 1: the midst of the ship, all armed, saved for his healthy.
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  Speaker 1: And he knew here for Sir Percival, and welcomed him
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  Speaker 1: with great joy. And they told each other of their adventures,
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  Speaker 1: of their temptations, and had great happiness at each other's company.
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  Speaker 1: We lacked nothing but galahad the good night, Sir Perceval said,
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  Speaker 1: and of section fifteen recording by Yonatan