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Title: Page, esquire, and knight : a book of chivalry
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Lansing, Marion Florence, 1883-
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Publisher: Boston, New York (etc.) Ginn and company
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SirPerceval, loyal knight in the court of KingArthur. SIR PERCEVALS QUEST 43 V Of Sir Perceval and his mother Blithe shall I never beTill I my mother see,Or know how she fare. King Arthur urged Sir Perceval to returnto the court, where he would make a feastingin his honor; but he remembered his motherand declared that he must find her or he wouldnever be happy again. Before them all he madea vow that he would not ride horse nor weararmor until he had seen her. He laid asidehis armor and put on his goatskin coat, andwent away into the forest, saying that he wouldnever come out again till he had found her. Seven days and nights he wandered, andstill he could not find her. In all that time hetouched neither meat nor drink, so full was heof care. On the ninth day he came to a wellwhich was near his former home, and there hedrank. As he went forth refreshed, he came allat once upon her, but she was sorely changed.She stared at him with wild eyes, and cried out,Alas! such a son once I had.
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She began to call and cry, Such a son once had 1. 44 SIR PERCEVAL AND HIS MOTHER 45 Then his heart was lightened, and he tookher up upon his back (little was his pride)and ran with her to a castle that was nearthe edge of the wood. The porter at the gatestared when he saw Sir Perceval, but he lethim in, and they wrapped his mother in softcoverings and laid her on a silken couch andgave her a potion to drink. She fell asleep,and there she lay for three days and threenights. In all that time there was no thoughtin the castle for any but her, and some onewatched ever by her day and night. At last she waked, and the strangeness wasgone from her look and her mind was clear.Together Sir Perceval and his mother thankedGod, and when she had been clad in soft grayand green robes, Sir Perceval took her hometo the court. All welcomed him gladly andgave greeting to the lady Achefleur, who hadreturned after so many years; and they dweltthere together happily. Sir Perceval had manyadventures and di

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