running water, and with strong walls
and high; and so she entered into the castle with Galahad, and there had
he great cheer, for the lady of that castle was the damosel's lady. So
when he was unarmed, then said the damosel: Madam, shall we abide here
all this day? Nay, said she, but till he hath dined and till he hath
slept a little. So he ate and slept a while till that the maid called
him, and armed him by torchlight. And when the maid was horsed and he
both, the lady took Galahad a fair child and rich; and so they departed
from the castle till they came to the seaside; and there they found the
ship where Bors and Percivale were in, the which cried on the ship's
board: Sir Galahad, ye be welcome, we have abiden you long. And when he
heard them he asked them what they were. Sir, said she, leave your horse
here, and I shall leave mine; and took their saddles and their bridles
with them, and made a cross on them, and so entered into the ship. And
the two knights received them both with great joy, and everych knew
other; and so the wind arose, and drove them through the sea in a
marvellous pace. And within a while it dawned.

Then did Galahad off his helm and his sword, and asked of his fellows
from whence came that fair ship. Truly, said they, ye wot as well as
we, but of God's grace; and then they told everych to other of all their
hard adventures, and of their great temptations. Truly, said Galahad, ye
are much bounden to God, for ye have escaped great adventures; and had
not the gentlewoman been I had not come here, for as for you I weened
never to have found you in these strange countries. Ah Galahad, said
Bors, if Launcelot, your father, were here then were we well at ease,
for then meseemed we failed nothing. That may not be, said Galahad, but
if it pleased Our Lord.

By then the ship went from the land of Logris, and by adventure it
arrived up betwixt two rocks passing great and marvellous; but there
they might not land, for there was a swallow of the sea, save there was
another ship, and upon it they might go without danger. Go we thither,
said the gentlewoman, and there shall we see adventures, for so is Our
Lord's will. And when they came thither they found the ship rich enough,
but they found neither man nor woman therein. But they found in the end
of the ship two fair letters written, which said a dreadful word and a
marvellous: Thou man, which shall enter into this ship, beware thou
be in steadfast belief