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16 - Part 2 Story 8 The Adventure Of Sir Bors · Tales Of King Arthur And The Round Table

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  Speaker 1: Part two, Story eight of Tales of King Arthur and
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  Speaker 1: the Round Table by Andrew Lang. This LibriVox recording is
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  Speaker 1: in the public domain. Part two, story eight the Adventure
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  Speaker 1: of Sir Bors. When Sir Bors left Camelot on his quest,
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  Speaker 1: he met a holy man riding on an ass and
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  Speaker 1: sir Bors saluted him Anon. The good Man knew him
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  Speaker 1: to be one of the knights who were in quest
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  Speaker 1: of the Holy Grail. What are you, said he, and
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  Speaker 1: sir Bors answered, I am a knight that fain would
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  Speaker 1: be counseled in the quest of the Grail, for he
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  Speaker 1: shall have much earthly worship that brings it to an end.
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  Speaker 1: That is true, said the good Man, for he will
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  Speaker 1: be the best knight in the world. But know well
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  Speaker 1: that there shall none attain it but by holiness and
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  Speaker 1: by confession of sin. So they rode together till they
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  Speaker 1: came to the hermitage, and the good Man led Sir
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  Speaker 1: Bors into the chapel, where he made confession of his sins,
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  Speaker 1: and they ate bread and drank water together. Now, said
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  Speaker 1: the hermit, I pray you that you eat none other
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  Speaker 1: till you sit at the table where the Holy Grail
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  Speaker 1: shall be. Sir answered sir Bors, I agree there too,
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  Speaker 1: But how know you that I shall sit there? That know,
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  Speaker 1: I said the Holy Man. But there will be but
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  Speaker 1: few of your fellows with you. Also, instead of a shirt,
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  Speaker 1: you shall wear this garment until you have achieved your quest.
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  Speaker 1: And Sir Bors took off his clothes and put on
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  Speaker 1: instead a scarlet coat. Then the good Man questioned him
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  Speaker 1: and marveled to find him pure in life, and he
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  Speaker 1: armed him and bade him go. After this, sir Bors
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  Speaker 1: rode through many lands and had many adventures, and was
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  Speaker 1: often sore tempted, but remembered the words of the Holy Man,
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  Speaker 1: and kept his life clean of wrong. And once he had,
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  Speaker 1: by mischance almost slain his own brother, but a voice cried, flee, bores,
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  Speaker 1: and touch him not, And he hearkened and stayed his hand.
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  Speaker 1: And there fell between them them a fiery cloud, which
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  Speaker 1: burned up both their shiels, and they too fell to
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  Speaker 1: the earth in a great swoon. But when they awakened
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  Speaker 1: out of it, Boor saw that his brother had no harm.
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  Speaker 1: With that, the voice spoke to him, saying, Boors, go
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  Speaker 1: hence and bear your brother fellowship no longer, but take
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  Speaker 1: your way to the sea, where Sir Percival abides till
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  Speaker 1: you come. Then Sir Bors prayed his brother to forgive
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  Speaker 1: him all he had unknowingly done, and rode straight to
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  Speaker 1: the sea. On the shore he found a vessel covered
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  Speaker 1: with white samite. And as soon as he stepped in
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  Speaker 1: the vessel, it set sail so fast it might have
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  Speaker 1: been flying. And Sir Bors lay down and slept till
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  Speaker 1: it was day. When he waked, he saw a knight
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  Speaker 1: lying in the midst of the ship, all armed save
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  Speaker 1: for his helm. And he knew him for Sir Percivale,
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  Speaker 1: and welcomed him with great joy. And they told each
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  Speaker 1: other of their adventures and their temptations, and had great
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  Speaker 1: happiness in each other's company. We lack nothing but Galahad,
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  Speaker 1: the good Knight, Sir Percivale said, end of Part two,
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  Speaker 1: Story eight