shall do; he seeth that the lion thinketh them traitors and disloyal, deep, in such sort that Perceval saw him, and all the good hermits XXXIII. of that he seeth the lion do, nor never before had he seen any beast that never will he have mercy upon them, and forthwith runneth upon them, and then casteth forth their limbs and bodies into the water. castle would have lost his force; and that, so Perceval will run upon that they will do his will for ever and ever, so only he will let them and falleth all adown the walls into the water, that was swift and themselves, insomuch that he all but left to slay them for that no that he might love and prize so highly as this one. them, sword drawn, and sorely it misliked him that they defended not how his knights are dead, and how the lion helpeth to slay the last. that by right of evil man should the end be evil. On such wise was the the like disdain, that he runneth upon them and biteth and slayeth He setteth himself on the highest place of the walls, then lifteth the Perceval alloweth that this is well and seemly, and pleaseth him much keen and well-tempered, and so smiteth himself right through the body, depart safe and sound. Perceval looketh at the lion to know what he defence found he in them. But the lion is so far from holding them in The King of Castle Mortal was on the battlements of the wall, and seeth likewise, that marvelled much of a King that should slay himself in such manner; but they say according to the judgment of the scripture, to meet him and so cry him mercy passing sweetly in semblance, and say them, the lion will help him slay them. Perceval telleth the knights and that so they were destroyed and dead the King that was in the skirt of his habergeon and holdeth his sword all naked, that was right