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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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ed him gladly andgave greeting to the lady Achefleur, who hadreturned after so many years; and they dweltthere together happily. Sir Perceval had manyadventures and did many noble deeds, andcame to be one of the chief knights of all thegoodly fellowship of the Round Table. SIR GAWAIN AND THEGREEN KNIGHT I How Arthur held a feast at Camelot At Christmastide King Arthur held ahigh feast at Camelot, and thither camemany a comely lord and lovely lady, and allthe noble brotherhood of the Round Table.They held rich revels with merriment andglee. Now they would sally forth to joustright gayly together, and again they wouldmake the high hall ring with the sound ofcarols and dancing. The feast was held forfifteen days with all the mirth that men coulddevise. Hall and chamber were crowded withthe loveliest ladies and the bravest knightsthat ever lived, and Arthur was the comeliestking that ever held a court. On New Years Day a double portion was served at the table of state, and thither came 46
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48 PAGE, ESQUIRE, AND KNIGHT the king with all his knights from the servicein the chapel. They greeted each other forthe New Year, and gave rich gifts one toanother, and laughed and rejoiced together. But when they were all served Arthurwould not eat, for he had a custom that ona feast day he would neither eat nor drinktill he had heard some strange adventure, orknightly deed, or till some stranger knightor distressed damsel had given a challengeor sought redress of the knights of the RoundTable. With the sound of trumpets and thewaving of banners the first course of thatfeast was brought in and served, and so greatwas the abundance that the serving men couldscarce find place on the tables for the dainties.Each helped himself as he liked best, but stillArthur sat at the head of the board, andthough he made much mirth yet would henot eat. Suddenly there rushed in at the hall doora man terrible to look upon. He was tallerand broader and mightier than any man thatwas ever seen, so that h

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