The Story of the Champions of the Round Table

by Howard Pyle

Yea, that which maketh Launcelot so singularly dear to all the world, is that he was not different from other men, but like other men, both in his virtues and his shortcomings; only that he was more strong and more brave and more untiring than those of us who are his brethren, both in our endeavors and in our failures.

[THE STORY OF SIR LAUNCELOT]
[Chapter First] How Sir Launcelot Came Forth From the Enchanted Castle of the Lake and Entered Into the World Again, and How King Arthur Made Him Knight	[Chapter Second] How Sir Launcelot and Sir Lionel Rode Forth Errant Together and How Sir Lionel Met Sir Turquine to His Great Dole. Also How Sir Ector Grieved for the Departure of His Brother Launcelot and So, Following Him, Fell into a Very Sorry Adventure
[Chapter Third] How Sir Launcelot was Found in a Sleep by Queen Morgana le Fay and Three Other Queens who were with Her, and How He was Taken to a Castle of Queen Morgana's and of What Befell Him There	[Chapter Fourth] How Sir Launcelot Sought Sir Lionel and How a Young Damsel Brought Him to the Greatest Battle that Ever He Had in All His Life
[Chapter Fifth] How Sir Launcelot Went Upon an Adventure with the Damsel Croisette as Companion, and How He Overcame Sir Peris of the Forest Sauvage	[Chapter Sixth] How Sir Launcelot Took Part in the Tournament Between King Bagdemagus and the King of North Wales, and How He Won that Battle for King Bagdemagus
[Chapter Seventh] How Sir Launcelot Fell Into the Greatest Peril that Ever He Encountered in all His Life. Also How He Freed a Misfortunate Castle and Town From the Giants Who Held Them, and How He Released the Lord Thereof From a Dungeon	[Chapter Eighth] How Sir Launcelot Rescued Sir Kay From a Perilous Pass Also How He Changed Armor with Sir Kay and what Befell

[THE BOOK OF SIR TRISTRAM]
[Part I The Story of Sir Tristram and the Lady Belle Isoult]
[Chapter First] How the new Queen of Lyonesse sought Tristram's life; how he went to France, and how he Returned again to Lyonesse and was Received With Love at that Place	[Chapter Second] How Sir Tristram was made Knight by the King of Cornwall, and how he Fought a Battle with a Famous Champion
[Chapter Third] How Sir Tristram went to Ireland to be healed of his Wound by the King's Daughter of Ireland, and of how he came to love the Lady Belle Isoult. Also concerning Sir Palamydes and the Lady Belle Isoult	[Chapter Fourth] How Sir Tristram encountered Sir Palamydes at the Tournament and of what befell. Also how Sir Tristram was Forced to leave the Kingdom of Ireland
[Chapter Fifth] How Sir Tristram was sent by Command of King Mark to go to Ireland to Bring the Lady the Belle Isoult from Ireland to Cornwall and how it fared with him	[Chapter Sixth] How Sir Tristram had to do in Battle with Three Knights of the Round Table. Also how he had Speech with King Arthur
[Chapter Seventh] How Sir Tristram had Speech with King Angus of Ireland; how he Undertook to Champion the Cause of King Angus and of what Happened Thereafter
[ Part II The Story of Sir Tristram and Sir Lamorack]
[Chapter First] How Sir Lamorack of Gales came to Tintagel and how he and Sir Tristram Sware Friendship Together in the Forest	[Chapter Second] How Sir Tristram Started to go to Camelot, and how he Stayed by the Way to do Battle with Sir Nabon le Noir
[Chapter Third] How Sir Tristram did justice in the island, and Thereby Released Sir Lamorack from Captivity. Also how Sir Tristram and Sir Lamorack Renewed their Great Tenderness Toward one another
[ Part III The Madness Of Sir Tristram]
[Chapter First] How Sir Tristram was Discovered with the Lady Belle Isoult; how he Assaulted King Mark, and how he Escaped from Tintagel into the Forest	[Chapter Second] How Sir Tristram got him a Sword from Sir Kay, and how he Slew Therewith a Huge Knight in the Forest and Rescued a Lady in very Great Distress. Also how Sir Launcelot found Sir Tristram in the Forest and Brought him Thence to Tintagel again
[Chapter Third] How Sir Tristram was Discovered at Tintagel and of what Befell Thereby	[Chapter Fourth] How Sir Tristram and the Lady Belle Isoult Returned to Cornwall, and how they Ended their Days Together

[THE BOOK OF SIR PERCIVAL]
[Chapter First] How Percival Departed into the World and how he Found a Fair Damsel in a Pavilion; likewise how he came before Queen Guinevere and how he Undertook his First Adventure	[Chapter Second] How Sir Percival was made Knight by King Arthur; how he rode Forth with Sir Lamorack and how he Left Sir Lamorack in quest of Adventure upon his own Account; likewise how a Great Knight Taught him craft in Arms
[Chapter Third] How Sir Percival met two Strange People in the Forest, and how he Succored a Knight who was in very Great Sorrow and Dole	[Chapter Fourth] How Sir Percival Undertook the Adventure of the Castle of Beaurepaire and how he Fared Therein after Several Excellent Adventures
[Chapter Fifth] How Sir Percival Repaid Sir Kay the Buffet he one time gave Yelande the Dumb Maiden, and how, Thereafter, he went Forth to Seek his own Lady of Love
[CONCLUSION]

[Head Piece--Foreward] [Tail Piece--Foreward] [Head Piece--Table of Contents] [Tail Piece--Table of Contents] [Head Piece--List of Illustrations] [Tail Piece--List of Illustrations] [Head Piece--Prologue] [The Lady Nymue beareth away Launcelot into the Lake] [Tail Piece--Prologue] [Sir Launcelot of the Lake] [Head Piece--The Story of Launcelot] [Sir Launcelot greets Queen Guinevere] [Sir Lionel of Britain] [Queen Morgana appears unto Sir Launcelot] [Sir Launcelot doeth battle with Sir Turquine] [Sir Launcelot sits with Sir Hilaire and Croisette] [Sir Launcelot and Elouise the Fair] [Sir Launcelot climbs to catch the lady's falcon] [Sir Launcelot takes the armor of Sir Kay] [Tail Piece--The Story of Launcelot] [Sir Tristram of Lyonesse] [Head Piece--Prologue] [Tail Piece--Prologue] [The Lady Belle Isoult]

[Head Piece--The Story of Sir Tristram and the Lady Belle Isoult] [Tristram succors the Lady Moeya] [King Mark of Cornwall] [The Queen of Ireland seeks to slay Sir Tristram] [Sir Tristram harpeth before King Mark] [Sir Tristram sits with Sir Launcelot] [Belle Isoult and Sir Tristram drink the love draught] [Tail Piece--The Story of Sir Tristram and the Lady Belle Isoult] [Sir Lamorack of Gales] [Head Piece--The Story of Sir Tristram and Sir Lamorack] [Sir Tristram cometh to ye castle of Sir Nabon] [Sir Lamorack herds the swine of Sir Nabon] [Tail Piece--The Story of Sir Tristram and Sir Lamorack] [Head Piece--The Madness of Sir Tristram] [Sir Tristram assaults King Mark] [Sir Kay and the Forest Madman] [Sir Tristram leaps into ye Sea] [King Mark broods mischief] [Tail Piece--The Madness of Sir Tristram] [Sir Percival of Gales] [Head Piece--Prologue] [The Lady Yvette the Fair] [Sir Percival and Sir Lamorack ride together] [Sir Percival overcometh ye Enchantress Vivien] [The Demoiselle Blanchefleur] [Sir Kay interrupts ye meditations of Sir Percival] [Tail Piece--The Book of Sir Percival]