to the court;
for ever she did great goodness unto King Arthur and to all his knights
through her sorcery and enchantments. And so when she heard how the
queen was an-angered for the death of Sir Patrise, then she told it
openly that she was never guilty; and there she disclosed by whom it was
done, and named him, Sir Pinel; and for what cause he did it, there it
was openly disclosed; and so the queen was excused, and the knight
Pinel fled into his country. Then was it openly known that Sir Pinel
enpoisoned the apples at the feast to that intent to have destroyed Sir
Gawaine, because Sir Gawaine and his brethren destroyed Sir Lamorak
de Galis, to the which Sir Pinel was cousin unto. Then was Sir Patrise
buried in the church of Westminster in a tomb, and thereupon was
written: Here lieth Sir Patrise of Ireland, slain by Sir Pinel le
Savage, that enpoisoned apples to have slain Sir Gawaine, and by
misfortune Sir Patrise ate one of those apples, and then suddenly he
brast. Also there was written upon the tomb that Queen Guenever was
appealed of treason of the death of Sir Patrise, by Sir Mador de la
Porte; and there was made mention how Sir Launcelot fought with him for
Queen Guenever, and overcame him in plain battle. All this was written
upon the tomb of Sir Patrise in excusing of the queen. And then Sir
Mador sued daily and long, to have the queen's good grace; and so by the
means of Sir Launcelot he caused him to stand in the queen's good grace,
and all was forgiven.

Thus it passed on till our Lady Day, Assumption. Within a fifteen days
of that feast the king let cry a great jousts and a tournament that
should be at that day at Camelot, that is Winchester; and the king let
cry that he and the King of Scots would joust against all that would
come against them. And when this cry was made, thither came many
knights. So there came thither the King of Northgalis, and King Anguish
of Ireland, and the King with the Hundred Knights, and Galahad, the haut
prince, and the King of Northumberland, and many other noble dukes and
earls of divers countries. So King Arthur made him ready to depart to
these jousts, and would have had the queen with him, but at that time
she would not, she said, for she was sick and might not ride at that
time. That me repenteth, said the king, for this seven year ye saw not
such a noble fellowship together except at Whitsuntide when Galahad
departed from the court. Truly, said the queen to the king,