[The Book of King Arthur]
[PART I
THE WINNING OF KINGHOOD]
[Chapter First]

How Sir Kay did Combat in a Great Tournament at London Townand of How He Brake His Sword. Likewise, How Arthur Found aNew Sword For Him

[9]
[Chapter Second]

How Arthur Twice Performed the Miracle of the Sword Before SirEctor and of How His Birthright Was Discovered Unto Him

[21]
[Chapter Third]

How Several Kings and High Dukes Assayed to Draw the SwordOut of the Anvil and How They Failed. Likewise How Arthur Madethe Assay and Succeeded Therein

[29]
PART II
[THE WINNING OF A SWORD]
[Chapter First]

How There Came a Certain Wounded Knight Unto the Court ofKing Arthur, How a Young Knight of the King’s Court Sought ToAvenge Him and Failed and How the King Thereupon Took ThatAssay Upon Himself

[41]
[Chapter Second]

How King Arthur Fought With the Sable Knight and How HeWas Sorely Wounded. Likewise How Merlin Brought Him SafeAway From the Field of Battle

[53]
[Chapter Third]

How King Arthur Found a Noble Sword In a Very WonderfulManner. And How He Again Fought With It and Won That Battle

[65]
[PART III
THE WINNING OF A QUEEN]
[Chapter First]

How King Arthur Went to Tintagalon with Four of His Court,and How He Disguised Himself for a Certain Purpose

[79]
[Chapter Second]

How King Ryence Came to Cameliard and How King ArthurFought With the Duke of North Umber

[91]
[Chapter Third]

How King Arthur Encountered Four Knights and of WhatBefell Thereby

[101]
[Chapter Fourth]

How the Four Knights Served the Lady Guinevere

[113]
[Chapter Fifth]

How King Arthur Overcame the Enemies of King Leodegrance, andHow His Royalty Was Proclaimed

[125]
[Chapter Sixth]

How King Arthur Was Wedded in Royal State and How theRound Table Was Established

[139]
[The Book of Three Worthies]
[PART I
THE STORY OF MERLIN]
[Chapter First]

How Queen Morgana le Fay Meditated Evil Against King Arthurand How She Sent a Damsel to Beguile the Enchanter, Merlin

[163]
[Chapter Second]

How Merlin Journeyed With Vivien Unto the Valley of Joyousnessand How He Builded for Her a Castle at That Place. Also, HowHe Taught Her the Wisdom of Magic and of How She CompassedHis Downfall Thereby

[173]
[Chapter Third]

How Queen Morgana le Fay Returned to Camelot and to the CourtWith Intent to Do Ill to King Arthur. Also How King Arthur andOthers Went a-Hunting and of What Befell Thereby

[181]
[Chapter Fourth]

What Befell Sir Accalon, and How King Arthur Fought an Affair-at-ArmsWith Swords, and How He Came Nigh to Losing HisLife Thereby

[191]
[PART II
THE STORY OF SIR PELLIAS]
[Chapter First]

How Queen Guinevere Went a-Maying and of How Sir PelliasTook Upon Him a Quest in Her Behalf

[205]
[Chapter Second]

How Sir Pellias Overcame a Red Knight, Hight Sir Adresack,and of How He Liberated XXII Captives From That Knight’sCastle

[215]
[Chapter Third]

How Sir Pellias Did Battle With Sir Engamore, Otherwisethe Knight of the Green Sleeves, and of What Befell the LadyEttard

[227]
[Chapter Fourth]

How Queen Guinevere Quarrelled With Sir Gawaine, and HowSir Gawaine Left the Court of King Arthur For a While

[241]
[Chapter Fifth]

How Sir Gawaine Met Sir Pellias and How He Promised toAid Him With the Lady Ettard

[255]
[Chapter Sixth]

How the Lady of the Lake Took Back Her Necklace From SirPellias

[267]
[PART III
THE STORY OF SIR GAWAINE]
[Chapter First]

How a White Hart Appeared Before King Arthur, and HowSir Gawaine and Gaheris, His Brother, Went in Pursuit Thereof,and of What Befell Them in That Quest

[281]
[Chapter Second]

How King Arthur Became Lost in the Forest, and How HeFell Into a Very Singular Adventure in a Castle Unto Which HeCame

[295]
[Chapter Third]

How King Arthur Overcame the Knight-Enchanter, and How SirGawaine Manifested the High Nobility of His Knighthood

[305]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Uther-Pendragon[Frontispiece]
Head Piece—Table of Contents[vii]
Tail Piece—Table of Contents[xii]
Head Piece—List of Illustrations[xiii]
Tail Piece—List of Illustrations[xvi]
Head Piece—Prologue[3]
Tail Piece—Prologue[7]
Sir Kay breaketh his sword at ye Tournament[8]
Head Piece—Part I[9]
Sir Kay showeth the mystic Sword unto Sir Ector[20]
How Arthur drew forth ye Sword[28]
In the Valley of Delight[40]
Head Piece—Part II[41]
The Battle with the Sable Knight[52]
Excalibur the Sword[64]
Tail Piece—Part II[76]
The Lady Guinevere[78]
Head Piece—Part III[79]
Two Knights do battle before Cameliard[90]
The White Champion meets two Knights at the Mill[100]
Four Knights serve the Gardener Lad[112]
The Gardener Lad takes off his Cap[124]
King Arthur meets the Lady Guinevere[138]
Tail Piece—Part III[146]
Ornamented Title—The Book of Three Worthies[149]
The Lady of ye Lake[150]
Head Piece—Foreword[151]
The Enchanter Merlin[154]
Head Piece—Prologue[155]
Tail Piece—Prologue[160]
The Enchantress Vivien[162]
Head Piece—The Story of Merlin[163]
Vivien bewitches Merlin[172]
Queen Morgana le Fay[180]
Queen Morgana loses Excalibur his sheath[190]
Tail Piece—The Story of Merlin[202]
Sir Pellias, the Gentle Knight[204]
Head Piece—The Story of Sir Pellias[205]
Sir Pellias encounters the Sorrowful Lady in Arroy[214]
Parcenet covers Sir Pellias with a cloak[226]
The Lady of the Lake sits by the Fountain in Arroy[240]
Sir Gawaine sups with ye Lady Ettard[254]
The Lady of the Lake finds Sir Pellias wounded[266]
Sir Gawaine the Son of Lot, King of Orkney[280]
Head Piece—The Story of Sir Gawaine[281]
King Arthur findeth ye old woman in ye hut[294]
Sir Gawaine finds the beautiful Lady[304]
Tail Piece—The Story of Sir Gawaine[312]