him save only one, and the hermit asketh him what it is whereof he is the head of a knight that lay upon a mattress of straw and was covered spring, and bethinketh him, since it behoveth him to go to so high a The knights go rowing along the river, and Lancelot rideth until he there as that the lord of the land hath had good right to plain him rehearseth all his sins, and saith that of all thereof doth he repent saluteth the knights and damsels, and they return his salute right took. Lancelot cometh anigh the bank the swiftest he may, and so sweetly. harbour?" "Lords, whose castle is it?" there when he is in this country; but such knights have been harboured There was a knight within in the midst of the boat that was fishing "Sir," say they, "It is King Fisherman's, and the good knights lodge thereof." unwilling to repent. cometh to the foot of the mountain and findeth a hermitage beside a took. A little cock-boat followed the boat, wherein he set the fish he "Sir," saith Lancelot, "it seemeth to me the fairest sin and the to the good man. He alighteth and confesseth to the good man, and white and bald, and a damsel, as it seemed him, that held in her lap "Yea, Sir," say they, "Beyond that mountain, right fair and rich, and with an angle, the rod whereof seemeth of gold, and right great fish he "Lords," saith Lancelot, "is there no castle nigh at hand nor no this river runneth thither all round about it." hostel and so rich, where the Holy Graal appeareth, he will confess him with a coverlid of marten's fur, and another damsel sate at his feet.