ded together with
great joy, and King Arthur gave to everych of them a barony of lands.
And this Sir Urre would never go from Sir Launcelot, but he and Sir
Lavaine awaited evermore upon him; and they were in all the court
accounted for good knights, and full desirous in arms; and many noble
deeds they did, for they would have no rest, but ever sought adventures.

Thus they lived in all that court with great noblesse and joy long time.
But every night and day Sir Agravaine, Sir Gawaine's brother, awaited
Queen Guenever and Sir Launcelot du Lake to put them to a rebuke and
shame. And so I leave here of this tale, and overskip great books of Sir
Launcelot du Lake, what great adventures he did when he was called Le
Chevaler du Chariot. For as the French book saith, because of despite
that knights and ladies called him the knight that rode in the chariot
like as he were judged to the gallows, therefore in despite of all them
that named him so, he was carried in a chariot a twelvemonth, for, but
little after that he had slain Sir Meliagrance in the queen's quarrel,
he never in a twelvemonth came on horseback. And as the French book
saith, he did that twelvemonth more than forty battles. And because I
have lost the very matter of Le Chevaier du Chariot, I depart from the
tale of Sir Launcelot, and here I go unto the morte of King Arthur; and
that caused Sir Agravaine.

_Explicit liber xix. And hereafter followeth the most piteous history of
the morte of King Arthur, the which is the twentieth book._

BOOK XX.

CHAPTER I. How Sir Agravaine and Sir Mordred were busy upon Sir Gawaine
for to disclose the love between Sir Launcelot and Queen Guenever.

IN May when every lusty heart flourisheth and bourgeoneth, for as the
season is lusty to behold and comfortable, so man and woman rejoice and
gladden of summer coming with his fresh flowers: for winter with his
rough winds and blasts causeth a lusty man and woman to cower and sit
fast by the fire. So in this season, as in the month of May, it befell
a great anger and unhap that stinted not till the flower of chivalry of
all the world was destroyed and slain; and all was long upon two unhappy
knights the which were named Agravaine and Sir Mordred, that were
brethren unto Sir Gawaine. For this Sir Agravaine and Sir Mordred had
ever a privy hate unto the queen Dame Guenever and to Sir Launcelot, and
daily and nightly they ever watched upon Sir Launcelot.

So it misha