r Bellangere le Beuse he made Earl of the Launds,
and Sir Palomides he made him Duke of the Provence, and Sir Safere
he made him Duke of Landok, and Sir Clegis he gave him the Earldom of
Agente, and Sir Sadok he gave the Earldom of Surlat, and Sir Dinas le
Seneschal he made him Duke of Anjou, and Sir Clarrus he made him Duke of
Normandy. Thus Sir Launcelot rewarded his noble knights and many more,
that meseemeth it were too long to rehearse.

CHAPTER XIX. How King Arthur and Sir Gawaine made a great host ready to
go over sea to make war on Sir Launcelot.

SO leave we Sir Launcelot in his lands, and his noble knights with him,
and return we again unto King Arthur and to Sir Gawaine, that made a
great host ready, to the number of threescore thousand; and all thing
was made ready for their shipping to pass over the sea, and so they
shipped at Cardiff. And there King Arthur made Sir Mordred chief ruler
of all England, and also he put Queen Guenever under his governance;
because Sir Mordred was King Arthur's son, he gave him the rule of his
land and of his wife; and so the king passed the sea and landed upon Sir
Launcelot's lands, and there he brent and wasted, through the vengeance
of Sir Gawaine, all that they might overrun.

When this word came to Sir Launcelot, that King Arthur and Sir Gawaine
were landed upon his lands, and made a full great destruction and waste,
then spake Sir Bors, and said: My lord Sir Launcelot, it is shame that
we suffer them thus to ride over our lands, for wit you well, suffer ye
them as long as ye will, they will do you no favour an they may handle
you. Then said Sir Lionel that was wary and wise: My lord Sir Launcelot,
I will give this counsel, let us keep our strong walled towns until they
have hunger and cold, and blow on their nails; and then let us freshly
set upon them, and shred them down as sheep in a field, that aliens may
take example for ever how they land upon our lands.

Then spake King Bagdemagus to Sir Launcelot: Sir, your courtesy will
shende us all, and thy courtesy hath waked all this sorrow; for an they
thus over our lands ride, they shall by process bring us all to
nought whilst we thus in holes us hide. Then said Sir Galihud unto Sir
Launcelot: Sir, here be knights come of kings' blood, that will not long
droop, and they are within these walls; therefore give us leave, like as
we be knights, to meet them in the field, and we shall slay them, that
they shall curse t