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The Boy's King Arthur, Being Sir Thomas Malory's History of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
The Boy's King Arthur Being Sir Thomas Malory's History of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table Author:Sir Thomas Malory General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1880 Original Publisher: Scribner Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select... more » from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER VIII. How Sir Launcelot Slew Two Giants, And Made A Castle Free. SO on the third day he rode over a long bridge, and there started upon him suddenly a passing foul churl, and he smote his horse on the nose that he turned about, and asked him why he rode over that bridge without his license. "Why should I not ride this way?" said Sir Launcelot. " I may not ride beside." "Thou shalt not choose," said the churl, and lashed at him with a great club shod with iron. Then Sir Launcelot drew a sword, and put the stroke aback, and clave his head unto the breast. At the end of the bridge was a fair village, and all the people men and women cried on Sir Launcelot, and said, " A worse deed didst thou never for thyself, for thou hast slain the chief porter of our castle." Sir Launcelot let them say what they would, and straight he went into the castle; and when he came into the castle he alighted, and tied his horse to a ring on the wall; and there he saw a fair green court, and thither he dressed himself, for there him thought was a fair place to fight in. So he looked about, and saw much people in doors and windows, that said, "Fair knight, thou art unhappy." Anon withal came there upon him two great giantsv well armed all save the heads, with two horrible clubs in their hands. Sir Launcelot put his shield afore him, and put the stroke away of the one giant, and with his sword he clave his head asunder. When his fellow saw that, he ran away as he were wood [crazy], for fear of the horrible strokes, and Sir Launcelot after him with all his might, and smote him on the shou...« less