Le Morte Darthur Book 16

Book 16: Of Sir Gawain

1.) Sir Gawain rides throughout the country looking for adventures. That’s where he meets Sir Ector. They talk about seeking a good adventure and decide to ride further together in order to find an adventure. After eight days they arrive at an old chapel and enter it. Sitting there together they both fall asleep. In Sir Gawain’s dream he sees 150 black bulls and tree white ones. Two of them are shining very bright and one of them has a black spot on him. These bulls are all looking for a better “pasture” but they don’t find any. That’s why they depart more and more from each other.

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17.) A voice stops Bors from killing his brother and a sudden flame rises between them , that heals Bor’s brother. The voice than asks Bors to travel to the sea to meet Sir Parcival. And after the two brothers forgive each other Bors starts his travel. At night he rests at an old abbey and hears that demanding voice again and he immediately marks himself with a cross on his forehead and picks up his travel. On a beach a ship with white saisl is waiting and as soon as he gets on board the ship starts moving (no crew mentioned) very fast. On the ship he finds Sir Parcival sleeping and both men soon recognize each other and are sure God himself brought them together. They talk and pray and the only thing they are missing while the ship travels forwards and backwards is Sir Galahad.