" "Sir," hesaid, "then you are welcome, for you are my father." "Ah," said Lancelot,"are you Sir Galahad?" Then the young knight kneeled down and asked hisblessing, and they embraced each other, and there was great joy betweenthem, and they told each other all their deeds. So dwelt Sir Lancelot andSir Galahad together within that ship for half a year, and often theyarrived at islands far from men where there were but wild beasts, and theyfound many adventures strange and perilous which they brought to an end.When Sir Lancelot at last died, his body was taken to Joyous-Gard, hishome, and there it lay in state in the choir, with a hundred torchesblazing above it; and while it was there, came his brother Sir Ector deMaris, who had long been seeking Lancelot. When he heard such noise andsaw such lights in the choir, he alighted and came in; and Sir Bors wenttowards him and told him that his brother Lancelot was lying dead. ThenSir Ector threw his shield and sword and helm from him, and when he lookedon Sir Lancelot's face he fell down in a swoon, and when he rose he spokethus: "Ah, Sir Lancelot," said he, "thou wert dead of all Christenknights! And now I dare say, that, Sir Lancelot, there thou liest, thouwert never matched of none earthly knight's hands; and thou wert thecurtiest knight that ever beare shield; and thou wert the truest friend tothy lover that ever bestrood horse, and thou wert the truest lover of asinful man that ever loved woman; and thou wert the kindest man that everstrooke with sword; and thou wert the goodliest person that ever cameamong presse of knights; and thou wert the meekest man and the gentlestthat ever eate in hall among ladies; and thou wert the sternest knight tothy mortall foe that ever put speare in the rest.
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