of the adventures that he had seen with King Pelles at
Corbin.

So the noise sprang in Arthur's court that Launcelot had gotten a child
upon Elaine, the daughter of King Pelles, wherefore Queen Guenever was
wroth, and gave many rebukes to Sir Launcelot, and called him false
knight. And then Sir Launcelot told the queen all, and how he was made
to lie by her by enchantment in likeness of the queen. So the queen held
Sir Launcelot excused. And as the book saith, King Arthur had been in
France, and had made war upon the mighty King Claudas, and had won much
of his lands. And when the king was come again he let cry a great feast,
that all lords and ladies of all England should be there, but if it were
such as were rebellious against him.

CHAPTER VII. How Dame Elaine, Galahad's mother, came in great estate
unto Camelot, and how Sir Launcelot behaved him there.

AND when Dame Elaine, the daughter of King Pelles, heard of this feast
she went to her father and required him that he would give her leave to
ride to that feast. The king answered: I will well ye go thither, but in
any wise as ye love me and will have my blessing, that ye be well beseen
in the richest wise; and look that ye spare not for no cost; ask and ye
shall have all that you needeth. Then by the advice of Dame Brisen, her
maiden, all thing was apparelled unto the purpose, that there was never
no lady more richlier beseen. So she rode with twenty knights, and ten
ladies, and gentlewomen, to the number of an hundred horses. And when
she came to Camelot, King Arthur and Queen Guenever said, and all the
knights, that Dame Elaine was the fairest and the best beseen lady that
ever was seen in that court. And anon as King Arthur wist that she was
come he met her and saluted her, and so did the most part of all the
knights of the Round Table, both Sir Tristram, Sir Bleoberis, and Sir
Gawaine, and many more that I will not rehearse. But when Sir Launcelot
saw her he was so ashamed, and that because he drew his sword on the
morn when he had lain by her, that he would not salute her nor speak to
her; and yet Sir Launcelot thought she was the fairest woman that ever
he saw in his life-days.

But when Dame Elaine saw Sir Launcelot that would not speak unto her she
was so heavy that she weened her heart would have to-brast; for wit you
well, out of measure she loved him. And then Elaine said unto her woman,
Dame Brisen: the unkindness of Sir Launcelot slayeth me n