item: #1 of 33 id: 10472 author: Wace title: Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut date: None words: 60015 flesch: 84 summary: This mighty army, meetly ordered and furnished with weapons, set forth on a day to give Arthur battle from Rome. Arthur and his baronage departed from the court to make them ready for battle. He knew not whether to give Arthur battle without delay, or to await the coming of the rearward of his host. keywords: arthur; battle; body; britons; city; company; counsel; day; dead; earl; end; fair; folk; god; good; hand; head; hengist; host; king; king arthur; knights; land; lord; love; man; men; merlin; near; passing; place; realm; reason; right; romans; rome; sea; strong; sword; thy; uther; vortigern cache: 10472.txt plain text: 10472.txt item: #2 of 33 id: 10745 author: Pyle, Howard title: The Story of the Champions of the Round Table date: None words: 126414 flesch: 80 summary: 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 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 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Head Piece--Table of Contents Tail Piece--Table of Contents Head Piece--List of Illustrations Tail Piece--List of Illustrations The Lady Nymue beareth away Launcelot into the Lake Head Piece--Prologue Tail Piece--Prologue Sir Launcelot greets Queen Guinevere Head Piece--The Story of Launcelot 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 Tristram succors the Lady Moeya Head Piece--The Story of Sir Tristram and the Lady Belle Isoult King Mark of Cornwall The Lady Belle Isoult The Queen of Ireland seeks to slay Sir Tristram Sir Tristram harpeth before King Mark Sir Tristram sits with Sir Launcelot Tail Piece 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 Sir Tristram assaults King Mark Head Piece--The Madness of Sir Tristram 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 keywords: castle; king; king arthur; knights; lady; quoth sir; sidenote; sir andred; sir blamor; sir bleoberis; sir boindegardus; sir clamadius; sir dagonet; sir daynant; sir ector; sir engeneron; sir ewain; sir gaheris; sir gawaine; sir kay; sir knight; sir lamorack; sir launcelot; sir lionel; sir marhaus; sir nabon; sir palamydes; sir pellias; sir percival; sir percydes; sir peris; sir phelot; sir sagramore; sir tauleas; sir tristram; sir turquine; thee; thou; time sir cache: 10745.txt plain text: 10745.txt item: #3 of 33 id: 12753 author: Malory, Thomas, Sir title: The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights date: None words: 94517 flesch: 82 summary: Sir knight, she said, speak softly, for yonder is a devil, who, if he hear thy voice, will come and straightway slay thee. Then Sir Lancear, having armed himself at all points, mounted, and rode after Sir Balin, as fast as he could go, and overtaking him, he cried aloud, Abide, Sir knight! keywords: anon sir; castle; come; damsel; horse; king; king arthur; knights; lady; man; sir; sir accolon; sir balin; sir beaumains; sir bedivere; sir bleoberis; sir bors; sir dinadan; sir ector; sir galahad; sir gareth; sir gawain; sir key; sir king; sir knight; sir lancelot; sir lavaine; sir lionel; sir marhaus; sir modred; sir palomedes; sir percival; sir tor; sir tristram; sword; thee; thou; thy cache: 12753.txt plain text: 12753.txt item: #4 of 33 id: 14305 author: Layamon title: Layamon's Brut date: None words: 71141 flesch: 79 summary: Now was Arthur good king, his people loved him, eke it was known wide, of his kingdom. They greeted Arthur anon with their noble words: Hail be thou, Arthur king, darling of Britons; and hail be thy people, and all thy lordly folk! keywords: arthur; bold; britons; come; day; earl; fair; folk; forth; gan; good; hand; hengest; host; king; knights; land; lay; lord; man; men; merlin; people; right; rome; saw; thee; thou; thy; uther; vortiger; went; words cache: 14305.txt plain text: 14305.txt item: #5 of 33 id: 14568 author: None title: Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight An Alliterative Romance-Poem (c. 1360 A.D.) date: None words: 40319 flesch: 95 summary: Þen comaunded þe kyng þe kny3t for to ryse; [Fol. 96.] & he ful radly vp ros, & ruchched hym fayre, 368 [A] Ful erly bifore þe day þe folk vp-rysen, keywords: aboute; al þe; alle þe; arthur; bed; bi þat; bi þe; bot; bot þe; boþe; bry3; castle; chapel; court; day; fayre; fol; footnote; fro þe; ful; fyrst; gawan; gawayne; god; good; green; hade; haf; hat3; head; hede; hem; hir; hit; host; hy3e; hym; hym þe; knight; kny3 t; lady; man; men; mon; mony; my3; my3 t; neuer; ouer; oþer; quod þat; quod þe; sayde; schal; schulde; sidenote; sir; sir gawayne; syþen; table; thee; thou; thy; vche; vnder; vpon; wat3; wat3 þe; wel; wolde; wyth; wyth þe; yow; þat; þat al; þat hym; þat oþer; þat wat3; þat þat; þat þe; þat þou; þay; þe burne; þe chapel; þe gome; þe grene; þe kny3; þe kyng; þe lady; þe lorde; þe mon; þe segge; þe wy3e; þenne; þer; þer þe; þere; þis; þou; þur3 cache: 14568.txt plain text: 14568.txt item: #6 of 33 id: 15551 author: Clay, Beatrice E. (Beatrice Elizabeth) title: Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion date: None words: 50847 flesch: 81 summary: When they were come into the great hall where Arthur sat, with Sir Gawain and other great lords about him, Sir Launcelot led Guenevere to the throne and both knelt before the King; then, rising, Sir Launcelot lifted the Queen to her feet, and thus he spoke to King Arthur, boldly and well before the whole court: My lord, Sir Arthur, I bring you here your Queen, than whom no truer nor nobler lady ever lived; and here stand I, Sir Launcelot du Lac, ready to do battle with any that dare gainsay it; and with these words Sir Launcelot turned and looked upon the lords and knights present in their places, but none would challenge him in that cause, not even Sir Gawain, for he had ever affirmed that Dame Guenevere was a true and honourable lady. Sir knight, said the old man, I am Yniol, and once I was lord of a broad earldom. keywords: castle; court; day; fair; geraint; good; horse; king; king arthur; knight; lady; lord; man; queen; sir arthur; sir bors; sir galahad; sir gareth; sir gawain; sir king; sir knight; sir launcelot; sir percivale; sir peredur; sir tristram; sword; thee; thou; time cache: 15551.txt plain text: 15551.txt item: #7 of 33 id: 22053 author: Malory, Thomas, Sir title: Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" date: None words: 69446 flesch: 83 summary: And then Arthur made Sir Tristram knight of the Table Round with great splendour and great feast, as might be thought. and who is he, and what is his name, that hath besieged her? Sir King, she said, as for my lady's name, that shall not ye know from me at this time, but I let you know she is a lady of great honour and of great lands. keywords: brother sir; castle; come; day; fair; good; hands; horse; king; king arthur; knight; lady; lord; man; queen; sir arthur; sir bedivere; sir bors; sir galahad; sir gareth; sir gawaine; sir kay; sir knight; sir launcelot; sir marhaus; sir meliagrance; sir mordred; sir percivale; sir tristram; sword; thee; thou; unto cache: 22053.txt plain text: 22053.txt item: #8 of 33 id: 22396 author: Gilbert, Henry title: King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls date: None words: 112482 flesch: 87 summary: 'Sir king,' said the man, 'I am Sir Eliot of the March Tower, and I have ill tidings for my master, King Uriens, and his friends, but it seems my news is no worse than their fate. 'Sir king,' said the lady, 'that sword is mine; but if ye will give me a gift when I ask it of you, and will swear an oath to give me back the sword when ye shall be dying, then shall ye have it.' keywords: come; day; evil; fair; good; great; hath; heart; horse; king; king arthur; knights; lady; lord; man; men; queen; sir balin; sir bedevere; sir blamor; sir bors; sir caradoc; sir dewin; sir ector; sir gaheris; sir galahad; sir gareth; sir gawaine; sir geraint; sir kay; sir king; sir knight; sir lancelot; sir mador; sir marhaus; sir mordred; sir owen; sir perceval; sir pinel; sir tristram; sir turquine; sword; thee; thou; thy; young cache: 22396.txt plain text: 22396.txt item: #9 of 33 id: 22650 author: Morris, William title: The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems date: None words: 30896 flesch: 94 summary: Till the day Had faded wholly, and the gate Clanged to behind returning knights? I wonder did she raise her head And go away, fleeing the lights; And lay the samite on her bed, The wedding samite strewn with pearls: Then sit with hands laid on her knees, Shuddering at half-heard sound of girls That chatter outside in the breeze? I wonder did her poor heart throb At distant tramp of coming knight? Good day, fair sir, I give you welcome, knowing whence you come. SQUIRE. keywords: day; eyes; face; fair; god; gold; golden; hair; head; heart; john; knight; lady; launcelot; lips; lord; love; men; peter; pray; red; right; sea; sir; sword; thou; way; white; wind; yea cache: 22650.txt plain text: 22650.txt item: #10 of 33 id: 2414 author: Chrétien, de Troyes, active 12th century title: Cliges: A Romance date: None words: 47272 flesch: 85 summary: For never was Helen received at Troy with such great joy, when Paris had brought her thither, that there will not be yet greater joy felt throughout the whole land of the king, my uncle, anent you and me. And such men are more mocking than jays. keywords: alexander; aught; body; cliges; day; duke; emperor; god; good; greeks; heart; john; joy; king; knight; lady; lord; love; man; matter; men; quoth; right; tell; thou; wish cache: 2414.txt plain text: 2414.txt item: #11 of 33 id: 3011 author: Scott, Walter title: The Lady of the Lake date: None words: 80081 flesch: 87 summary: Cf. i. 626 above. Cf. i. 239 above. keywords: 1st; alpine; battle; blood; castle; chase; chief; chieftain; clan; dark; day; death; deep; deer; dhu; douglas; ellen; etc; eye; fair; fear; fire; fitz; foe; following; form; forth; gave; glen; good; gray; hand; harp; head; heart; high; highland; hill; iii; james; john; king; knight; lady; lake; lay; life; light; line; loch; look; lord; love; maid; maiden; man; men; minstrel; mountain; note; o'er; pass; place; pride; rest; roderick; round; saw; scotland; scott; shakespeare; song; speed; stirling; stranger; thee; thine; thou; thought; thy; time; war; way; wild; woe; word cache: 3011.txt plain text: 3011.txt item: #12 of 33 id: 31900 author: Morris, Charles title: Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 13 (of 15), King Arthur (1) date: None words: 94717 flesch: 87 summary: Sir knight, he said, take that for your impertinent stare. Overtaking Tristram before he had gone far, he rushed upon him at the speed of his horse, crying, in a voice of thunder,-- Sir knight, defend yourself! keywords: balin; battle; beaumains; castle; court; damsel; day; death; fair; fight; forest; gareth; gawaine; good; great; hand; heart; honor; horse; isolde; king; king arthur; knight; lady; lancelot; life; love; man; men; merlin; near; palamides; queen; shield; sir; sir knight; spear; sword; time; tristram cache: 31900.txt plain text: 31900.txt item: #13 of 33 id: 32292 author: Malory, Thomas, Sir title: Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 14 (of 15), King Arthur (2) date: None words: 91718 flesch: 89 summary: Sir knight, they said, you must arise. He continued his ride, and next met a squire, who said,-- Sir knight, I bring you defiance from the knights in the castle, who forbid you to go farther till they learn your purpose. keywords: arthur; battle; bors; castle; day; death; dinadan; end; fair; fight; galahad; gawaine; god; good; hand; heart; horse; king; king arthur; knight; lady; lancelot; lay; lord; love; man; palamides; percivale; queen; saw; shield; sir; sir knight; sir lancelot; sir tristram; spear; sword; table; time; tristram cache: 32292.txt plain text: 32292.txt item: #14 of 33 id: 33702 author: Pyle, Howard title: The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions date: None words: 135526 flesch: 84 summary: At this repentance of Sir Mellegrans Sir Launcelot was very greatly astonished. Sir Launcelot maketh Sir Gareth a knight. keywords: anon sir; battle; castle; come; court; gawaine; horse; king; knights; lady; lady elaine; place; place sir; quoth sir; sidenote; sir bertolet; sir blyant; sir bors; sir breuce; sir ector; sir ewaine; sir gaheris; sir gareth; sir godwin; sir gringamore; sir kay; sir knight; sir lamorack; sir launcelot; sir lavaine; sir mador; sir mellegrans; sir perard; sir percevant; sir percival; sir percydes; sir sagramore; sir sagron; sir tarn; thee; thou; time sir cache: 33702.txt plain text: 33702.txt item: #15 of 33 id: 36462 author: Malory, Thomas, Sir title: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table date: None words: 99303 flesch: 82 summary: Sir knight, she said, speak softly, for yonder is a devil, who, if he hear thy voice, will come and straightway slay thee. Then Sir Lancear, having armed himself at all points, mounted, and rode after Sir Balin, as fast as he could go, and overtaking him, he cried aloud, Abide, Sir knight! keywords: anon sir; castle; come; damsel; horse; king arthur; knights; lady; lord; man; queen; sir; sir accolon; sir balin; sir beaumains; sir bedivere; sir bleoberis; sir bors; sir dinadan; sir ector; sir galahad; sir gareth; sir gawain; sir key; sir king; sir knight; sir lancelot; sir lavaine; sir lionel; sir mador; sir marhaus; sir modred; sir palomedes; sir percival; sir tor; sir tristram; sword; thee; thou; thy cache: 36462.txt plain text: 36462.txt item: #16 of 33 id: 42205 author: Nutt, Alfred Trübner title: Studies on the Legend of the Holy Grail With Especial Reference to the Hypothesis of Its Celtic Origin date: None words: 131377 flesch: 70 summary: =M=25----=Ma=10----Third meeting with Perceval =Ma=22, =Ge=22, =W=----Grandfather of Galahad =Q={1}2, 26. =Ge=3----meeting with his son =G=4----Mount Dolorous Quest =G=19----renewed Grail Quest, reproached for conduct at Fisher King's, slaying of Margon =Ma=10----rescue of Lyonel =Ma=18----rescue by Perceval =Ge=16. keywords: = co=; = q=6; account; adventures; appears; arthur; author; birch; blood; body; borron; britain; brons; brother; case; castle =; celtic; century; chrestien; christ; christian; come; conception; conte; court; cycle; damsel; daughter; day; death; didot; father; fionn; fisher; fisher king; folk; fool; form; french; galahad; gautier; gauvain; gawain; god; good; grail; grail castle; grail king; grail legend; grail quest; grail romances; grand; hand; head; hero; hirschfeld; history; holy; holy grail; incident; irish; joseph; josephes; king; knight; lady; lance; lancelot; land; legend; life; literature; lord; love; mabinogi; magic; man; manessier; meets; men; morrow; mother; nasciens; original; perceval; peredur; place; poem; quest; question; robert; romances; save; second; set; sir perceval; sister; slain; son; story; sword; tale; talismans; time; tradition; uncle; versions; vessel; visit; way; welsh; wolfram; words; work; world; years cache: 42205.txt plain text: 42205.txt item: #17 of 33 id: 45514 author: None title: Sir Gawain and the Lady of Lys date: None words: 22737 flesch: 82 summary: VII_ Sir Gawain and the Lady of Lys ARTHURIAN ROMANCES UNREPRESENTED IN MALORY'S MORTE D'ARTHUR I. SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT. ] Contents PAGE Introduction ix Sir Gawain and the Lady of Lys 1 Castle Orguellous 61 Notes 99 Introduction keywords: castle; fair; gawain; kay; king; knight; lis; quoth; right; shield; sir; sir gawain; sire; spake; steed; tell; truth cache: 45514.txt plain text: 45514.txt item: #18 of 33 id: 46234 author: Marie, de France, active 12th century title: Guingamor, Lanval, Tyolet, Bisclaveret: Four lais rendered into English prose date: None words: 19614 flesch: 81 summary: But the King, who was wise enow, demanded eight days' grace to await Tyolet's return, ere he would assemble his court, for he had with him but those of his household--good knights all, frank and courteous. It is, therefore, no matter for surprise if we find such definitely fairy stories as the _lais_ of _Guingamor_ and _Lanval_ (which, be it noted, represent a whole family of kindred tales) connected with the Arthurian cycle, and their heroes figuring as knights of Arthur's court.[2] [2] _Cf._ keywords: arthur; boar; fair; guingamor; king; knight; lady; launfal; love; maiden; queen; sir; stag; story; thee; thou; tyolet; wolf cache: 46234.txt plain text: 46234.txt item: #19 of 33 id: 46497 author: Weston, Jessie L. (Jessie Laidlay) title: The Legend of Sir Lancelot du Lac Studies upon its Origin, Development, and Position in the Arthurian Romantic Cycle date: None words: 81874 flesch: 73 summary: In the earliest forms of the story neither of these tales have anything whatever to do with Lancelot; in the latest versions _Tristan_ has been practically incorporated into the _Lancelot_, while _Merlin_ forms an elaborate introduction to it. Then ought we not to distinguish between _romantic_ and _mythic_? keywords: = d.; = m.=; = q.=; = s.=; = w.=; account; adventure; agree; arthur; arthurian; bohort; case; castle; character; charrette; chrétien; court; cycle; d. l.=; evidence; fact; fight; foerster; form; galahad; gawain; grail; guinevere; hero; king; knight; l.=; lady; lai; lancelot; lancelot story; lanzelet; later; legend; line; love; maiden; malory; merlin; original; passage; perceval; place; poem; point; professor; prose; queen; queste; question; rides; romance; section; sommer; son; source; stories; story; study; tale; text; tradition; tristan; version; vol; von; yvain cache: 46497.txt plain text: 46497.txt item: #20 of 33 id: 610 author: Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron title: Idylls of the King date: None words: 85606 flesch: 81 summary: But openly she answered, 'Must not I, If this false traitor have displaced his lord, Grieve with the common grief of all the realm?' 'Yea,' said the maid, 'this is all woman's grief, That she is woman, whose disloyal life Hath wrought confusion in the Table Round Which good King Arthur founded, years ago, With signs and miracles and wonders, there At Camelot, ere the coming of the Queen.' Then thought the Queen within herself again, 'Will the child kill me with her foolish prate?' And while they listened for the distant hunt, And chiefly for the baying of Cavall, King Arthur's hound of deepest mouth, there rode Full slowly by a knight, lady, and dwarf; Whereof the dwarf lagged latest, and the knight Had vizor up, and showed a youthful face, Imperious, and of haughtiest lineaments. keywords: arms; arthur; child; come; court; damsel; day; dead; death; enid; eyes; face; fair; gareth; god; good; half; hall; hand; hath; heart; heaven; high; holy; horse; king; king arthur; knight; lancelot; left; life; light; lord; love; man; men; nay; past; prince; queen; rode; rose; round; saw; sir; spake; thee; thine; thou; thought; thy; voice; white; world; yea cache: 610.txt plain text: 610.txt item: #21 of 33 id: 7242 author: Twain, Mark title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 1. date: None words: 13363 flesch: 81 summary: And then they all three left Sir Kay, and turned unto Sir Launcelot, and there began great battle, for they alight all three, and strake many strokes at Sir Launcelot, and assailed him on every side. Well, as to that, said Sir Launcelot, advise you well, for ye may choose whether ye will die or live, for an ye be yielden, it shall be unto Sir Kay. Fair knight, then they said, in saving our lives we will do as thou commandest us. keywords: arthur; boy; court; good; kay; king; launcelot; man; merlin; right; sir; sir launcelot; sword; thing; time; way cache: 7242.txt plain text: 7242.txt item: #22 of 33 id: 7243 author: Twain, Mark title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 2. date: None words: 11729 flesch: 77 summary: But by ill-luck, before I had got half through with the words, Sir Gareth crashed into Sir Sagramor le Desirous and sent him thundering over his horse's crupper, and Sir Sagramor caught my remark and thought I meant it for _him_. It was some minutes before I came to, and then I opened my eyes just in time to see Sir Gareth fetch him an awful welt, and I unconsciously out with the prayer, I hope to gracious he's killed! keywords: castle; country; day; gareth; good; hand; king; knight; man; men; people; right; sir; thing; time; way; years cache: 7243.txt plain text: 7243.txt item: #23 of 33 id: 7244 author: Twain, Mark title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 3. date: None words: 11752 flesch: 77 summary: And therewith Sir Uwaine and Sir Gawaine departed a little from them, and then were they ware where Sir Marhaus came riding on a great horse straight toward them. --and lightly Sir Gawaine rose upon his feet and pulled out his sword, and dressed him toward Sir Marhaus on foot, and therewith either came unto other eagerly, and smote together with their swords, that their shields flew in cantels, and they bruised their helms and their hauberks, and wounded either other. keywords: country; day; gawaine; horse; king; knight; man; marhaus; matter; people; sandy; shield; sir; thing; time; way cache: 7244.txt plain text: 7244.txt item: #24 of 33 id: 7245 author: Twain, Mark title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 4. date: None words: 19572 flesch: 80 summary: We made good time; and a couple of hours before sunset we stood upon the high confines of the Valley of Holiness, and our eyes swept it from end to end and noted its features. There were young men and old men, young women and old women, lively folk and grave folk. keywords: castle; day; family; good; heart; home; knight; life; lord; man; men; mind; people; queen; right; sandy; sir; thing; time; way; woman; work; years cache: 7245.txt plain text: 7245.txt item: #25 of 33 id: 7246 author: Twain, Mark title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 5. date: None words: 14341 flesch: 77 summary: Let all know, if perchance there be any who know it not, that enchanters of my degree deign not to concern themselves with the doings of any but kings, princes, emperors, them that be born in the purple and them only. One greater than kings had arrived--the newsboy. keywords: abbot; course; day; fact; hands; home; king; man; miracle; people; place; right; sir; thing; time; valley; water; way; word; work cache: 7246.txt plain text: 7246.txt item: #26 of 33 id: 7247 author: Twain, Mark title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 6. date: None words: 13238 flesch: 84 summary: Then a sudden turn of the road brought us in sight of that fire--it was a large manor-house, and little or nothing was left of it--and everywhere men were flying and other men raging after them in pursuit. A man came flying by now, dimly through the darkness, and other men chasing him. keywords: away; day; house; king; lord; man; marco; moment; people; right; thing; time; woman; work cache: 7247.txt plain text: 7247.txt item: #27 of 33 id: 7248 author: Twain, Mark title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 7. date: None words: 13437 flesch: 85 summary: We made good time across the open ground, and as we darted into the shelter of the wood I glanced back and saw a mob of excited peasants swarm into view, with Marco and his wife at their head. Suddenly some horsemen tore into the midst of the crowd, and a voice shouted: Hold--or ye are dead men! keywords: day; dowley; good; half; king; law; man; master; pay; thing; time; tree; wages; way; work cache: 7248.txt plain text: 7248.txt item: #28 of 33 id: 7249 author: Twain, Mark title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 8. date: None words: 11451 flesch: 85 summary: Out from his tent rode great Sir Sagramor, an imposing tower of iron, stately and rigid, his huge spear standing upright in its socket and grasped in his strong hand, his grand horse's face and breast cased in steel, his body clothed in rich trappings that almost dragged the ground--oh, a most noble picture. They were good men, every one, but they had two defects which I couldn't cure, and so had to wink at: they wouldn't lay aside their armor, and they would knock down fare --I mean rob the company. keywords: clarence; day; good; king; knights; launcelot; man; master; moment; right; sagramor; sir; slave; thing; time; way; world cache: 7249.txt plain text: 7249.txt item: #29 of 33 id: 7250 author: Twain, Mark title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 9. date: None words: 11596 flesch: 87 summary: And when Sir Mordred heard Sir Arthur, he ran until him with his sword drawn in his hand. Well, among the flayed were Sir Agravaine and Sir Mordred, nephews to the king. keywords: boys; cave; church; clarence; dead; good; king; knights; men; mordred; right; sir; thing; time cache: 7250.txt plain text: 7250.txt item: #30 of 33 id: 750 author: None title: The High History of the Holy Graal date: None words: 158970 flesch: 84 summary: When he hath the piece of the cloth and the sword he closeth the coffin again, and forthwith cometh to the door of the chapel and seeth mount, in the midst of the grave-yard as it seemed him, great knights and horrible, and they are appareled as it were to combat, and him thinketh that they are watching for him and espy him. This Alain had eleven brethren, right good knights, like as he was himself. keywords: body; castle; chapel; cometh; court; damsel; day; forest; forth; god; goeth; good; great; hall; hath; head; hermit; hold; horse; joy; king; king arthur; knight; lady; land; lord; love; man; messire gawain; queen; right; saith king; saith lancelot; saith messire; saith perceval; save; seeth; set; shield; sir knight; son; sore; sword; tell; thither; time; wherefore; whereof; world cache: 750.txt plain text: 750.txt item: #31 of 33 id: 7782 author: Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron title: The Last Tournament date: None words: 6304 flesch: 83 summary: He saw the laws that ruled the tournament Broken, but spake not; once, a knight cast down Before his throne of arbitration cursed The dead babe and the follies of the King; And once the laces of a helmet crack'd, And show'd him, like a vermin in its hole, Modred, a narrow face: anon he heard The voice that billow'd round the barriers roar An ocean-sounding welcome to one knight, But newly-enter'd, taller than the rest, And armor'd all in forest green, whereon There tript a hundred tiny silver deer, And wearing but a holly-spray for crest, With ever-scattering berries, and on shield A spear, a harp, a bugle--Tristram--late From overseas in Brittany return'd, And marriage with a princess of that realm, Isolt the White--Sir Tristram of the Woods-- Whom Lancelot knew, had held sometime with pain His own against him, and now yearn'd to shake The burthen off his heart in one full shock With Tristram ev'n to death: his strong hands gript And dinted the gilt dragons right and left, Until he groan'd for wrath--so many of those, That ware their ladies' colors on the casque, Drew from before Sir Tristram to the bounds, And there with gibes and nickering mockeries Stood, while he mutter'd, Craven chests! To whom Sir Tristram smiling, I am here. keywords: arthur; fool; king; love; mark; queen; thee; thou; thro; tristram cache: 7782.txt plain text: 7782.txt item: #32 of 33 id: 831 author: Chrétien, de Troyes, active 12th century title: Four Arthurian Romances date: None words: 192742 flesch: 86 summary: Then what do I think of him so much, if he pleases me no more than other men? Never, my whole life long, do I wish to be served by other man than you. keywords: arms; battle; body; cause; chretien; cliges; come; court; damsel; day; death; delay; desire; emperor; enide; erec; eyes; fair; fear; footnote; friend; gawain; god; good; grief; hand; head; heart; honour; horse; joy; king; knight; know; lady; lancelot; land; leave; life; lion; lord; lord yvain; love; man; men; need; news; people; place; queen; replies; return; right; shield; sire; son; tell; thee; thou; thought; thy; time; town; truth; way; wish; word; yvain cache: 831.txt plain text: 831.txt item: #33 of 33 id: 8447 author: Weston, Jessie L. (Jessie Laidlay) title: Morien: A Metrical Romance Rendered into English Prose from the Mediæval Dutch date: None words: 31509 flesch: 83 summary: Then my lord, Sir Gawain, who did full many a courtesy (for such was his wont all his life long), so soon as he saw the knight, sprang up with no delay, and lifted him from the saddle and set him upon the ground, but he might neither sit, nor walk, nor so much as stand upon his feet, but fell upon the earth. Then Sir Gawain bade them carry him softly on a couch to the side of the hall in the sight of the chief guests, that they might hear his tale. keywords: arthur; father; folk; god; good; hath; king; knight; land; man; morien; perceval; ride; saw; sir gawain; sir knight; sir lancelot; tell cache: 8447.txt plain text: 8447.txt