Difference between revisions of "Le Morte Darthur Book 3"
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King Arthur (KA) wants to get married and asks Merlin for advice. He wants to marry Gwenever, the daughter of Londgrean, King of Cumberland. Merlin respondes that this is a bad idea, bc she is / will fall in love with Sir Launcelot. KA however sticks to his choice and asks Merling to get her for him. Londgrean is so pleased to hear that KA wants to marry his daughter that he offers KA the Table Round - that Utherpendragon gave him - including 100 knights. | King Arthur (KA) wants to get married and asks Merlin for advice. He wants to marry Gwenever, the daughter of Londgrean, King of Cumberland. Merlin respondes that this is a bad idea, bc she is / will fall in love with Sir Launcelot. KA however sticks to his choice and asks Merling to get her for him. Londgrean is so pleased to hear that KA wants to marry his daughter that he offers KA the Table Round - that Utherpendragon gave him - including 100 knights. | ||
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When Merlin returnes with Gwenever and the 100 knights, KA wants him to search for another 50 knights to fill up the Table Round. [''funny, I always thought that only 12 knights belong to the table round rather then 150''] He finds 20 + 13 knights, before the archebishop of Caunterbury gives him another 8 + 20. ['' to me that makes 51... ''] The names of the knights are engraved in the seats of the Tableround, but 2 of them remain blank. Gawayn comes to KA and asks him to make him a knight at his marriage. Since Gawayn his KA's nephew it will be done. | When Merlin returnes with Gwenever and the 100 knights, KA wants him to search for another 50 knights to fill up the Table Round. [''funny, I always thought that only 12 knights belong to the table round rather then 150''] He finds 20 + 13 knights, before the archebishop of Caunterbury gives him another 8 + 20. ['' to me that makes 51... ''] The names of the knights are engraved in the seats of the Tableround, but 2 of them remain blank. Gawayn comes to KA and asks him to make him a knight at his marriage. Since Gawayn his KA's nephew it will be done. | ||
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| + | A poor man comes to KA, beging him to makes his son a knight. Merlin tells him that this son "Tor" is not the poor mans son but the son of Sire Pellinore. KA of course makes him knight and promises him a seat in the Tableround. | ||
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| + | Pellinore is happy to hear that his son is part of the Tableround. KA asks Merlin why the 2 seats of the Tableround are blank, but Merlin just answers they should be left empty. But in the "'''peryllous''' seat" [''(c) in Arthurian lore: sege ~, the seat at the Round Table reserved for the knight who should achieve the quest of the Grail'' [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?size=First+100&type=orths&q1=perillous&rgxp=constrained]] Pellinore should be seated. Gawayn envys Pellinore for this and plans to kill him once Gawayns brother Gaherys is made knight. | ||
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| + | The marriage is running when something strange (of course before anounced by Merlin) happens: [''now it gets funny''] into the Tableround runns a white 'herte' (deer?) next to a white brachet (female hound). They are chased by a couple of black hounds. The brachet bites (?) the 'herte' so it jumpes right into a knight, who gets up and takes off with the brachet [''hehe'']. A lady comes, proclaiming that this brachet was hers, but all of a sudden another knight on a hore comes up and takes the lady with him by force. KA is amused, but Merlin tell him that the herte [''what happened to it?''), the brachet and the lady have to be brought back. These quests have to be accomplished by Gawayn (white herte), Tor (brachet + knight) and Pellinore (lady + knight). | ||
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Revision as of 01:03, 14 November 2007
I ) King Arthur (KA) wants to get married and asks Merlin for advice. He wants to marry Gwenever, the daughter of Londgrean, King of Cumberland. Merlin respondes that this is a bad idea, bc she is / will fall in love with Sir Launcelot. KA however sticks to his choice and asks Merling to get her for him. Londgrean is so pleased to hear that KA wants to marry his daughter that he offers KA the Table Round - that Utherpendragon gave him - including 100 knights.
II ) When Merlin returnes with Gwenever and the 100 knights, KA wants him to search for another 50 knights to fill up the Table Round. [funny, I always thought that only 12 knights belong to the table round rather then 150] He finds 20 + 13 knights, before the archebishop of Caunterbury gives him another 8 + 20. [ to me that makes 51... ] The names of the knights are engraved in the seats of the Tableround, but 2 of them remain blank. Gawayn comes to KA and asks him to make him a knight at his marriage. Since Gawayn his KA's nephew it will be done.
III ) A poor man comes to KA, beging him to makes his son a knight. Merlin tells him that this son "Tor" is not the poor mans son but the son of Sire Pellinore. KA of course makes him knight and promises him a seat in the Tableround.
IV ) Pellinore is happy to hear that his son is part of the Tableround. KA asks Merlin why the 2 seats of the Tableround are blank, but Merlin just answers they should be left empty. But in the "peryllous seat" [(c) in Arthurian lore: sege ~, the seat at the Round Table reserved for the knight who should achieve the quest of the Grail [1]] Pellinore should be seated. Gawayn envys Pellinore for this and plans to kill him once Gawayns brother Gaherys is made knight.
V ) The marriage is running when something strange (of course before anounced by Merlin) happens: [now it gets funny] into the Tableround runns a white 'herte' (deer?) next to a white brachet (female hound). They are chased by a couple of black hounds. The brachet bites (?) the 'herte' so it jumpes right into a knight, who gets up and takes off with the brachet [hehe]. A lady comes, proclaiming that this brachet was hers, but all of a sudden another knight on a hore comes up and takes the lady with him by force. KA is amused, but Merlin tell him that the herte [what happened to it?), the brachet and the lady have to be brought back. These quests have to be accomplished by Gawayn (white herte), Tor (brachet + knight) and Pellinore (lady + knight).
