The gentlewoman then put the new belt on the sword.
“Now,” said the three knights, “what is the name of the sword and what shall we call it?”
“Truly,” said she, “the Sword of the Strange Belt.”
They then said to Sir Galahad, “We pray you to gird yourself with the sword, which hath been so long desired in the land of Britain.”
“Now let me begin,” said Sir Galahad, “to grip this sword to give you courage; but know that it belongs to me no more than it does to you.”
He then gripped it with his fingers and drew it forth, and Sir Percival’s sister girded him with the sword.
“Now I care not if I die,” said she, “for I have made thee now the worthiest knight in the world.”
“Fair damsel,” said Sir Galahad, “you have done so much, that I shall be your knight all the days of my life.”