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King Arthur and His Knights CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY BOUGHT WITH THE INCOME OF THE SAGE ENDOWMENT FUND GIVEN IN 1 89 1 BY HENRY WILLIAMS SAGE liilillilili^^^^^^^ 3 1924 02/ Uao The original of tliis bool< is in tine Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924027098023 OF THE WORKS OF THOMAS BULFINCH 3 volumes 8vo Fine Cloth Binding with Gold Lettering Illustrated with Full-page Cuts and Chapter Headings Reduced price THE AGE OF FABLE Or Beauties of Mythology Revised and greatly enWg^ed edition Edited by Dr. Edward Everett Hale THE AGE OF CHIVALRY Or Legends of King Arthur, Stories of the Round Table, The Cnisades, Robin Hood, etc. Revised and g^atly enlarged edition Edited by Dr. Edward Everett Hale LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE Or Romances of the Middle Ages, Stories of Paladin and Saracen Willi introduction by Arthur Richmond Marsh, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature in Harvard University Lothrop, Lee Ci Shepard Co. BOSTON THE AGE OF CHITALET LEGENDS OF KING ARTHUE "KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS" "THE MABINOGEOS" "THE CRUSADES" "ROBIN HOOD" ETC. BY THOMAS BULFINCH A NEW ENLARGED AND REVISED EDITION EDITED BY E. E. HALE Throngs of knighta and barons bold, In weeds of peace high triumphs hold. With store of ladies, whose bright eyea Kain influence and judge the prize. AllLTON. BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPAED CO. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by THOMAS BULFINCH, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1884, by S. W. TILTON, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. MRS. JOSEPH COOLIDGE. Dear Madam, — To you, who have sympathized in my tastes, and encouraged my researches, I dedicate this attempt to depict the age of chivalry, and to revive the legends of the land of our fathers. Your friend and cousin, T. B. P E E P A C B. IN a former work the compiler of this volume endeavored to impart the pleasures of classical learning to the English reader, by presenting the stories of Pagan mythology in a form adapted to modern taste. In the present volume the attempt has been made to treat in the same way the stories of the second " age of fable," the age which witnessed the dawn of the several states of Modern Europe. It is believed that this presentation of a literature which held unrivalled sway over the imaginations of our ancestors, for many centuries, will not be without benefit to the reader, in addition to the amusement it may afford. The tales, though not to be trusted for their facts, are worthy of all credit as pictures of manners ; and it is beginning to be held that the manners and modes of thinking of an age are a more important part of its history than the conflicts of its peoples, generally leading to no result. Besides this, the literature of romance is a treasure- house of poetical material, to which modern poets frequently resort. The Italian poets, Dante and Ariosto, the English, Spenser, Scott, and Tennyson, and our own Longfellow and Lowell, are examples of this. These legends are so connected with each othei-, so consist- ently adapted to a group of characters strongly individualized in Arthur, Launcelot, and their compeers, and so lighted up by the fires of imagination and invention, that they seem as well adapted to the poet's purpose as the legends of the Greek and Roman mythology. And if every well-educated young person is expected to know the story of the Golden Fleece, why is the 5 b PREFACE, quest of the Sangreal less worthy of his acquaintance? Or if an allusion to the shield of Achilles ouglit not to pass unap- prehended, why should one to Escalibar, the famous sword of Arthur : — " Of Arthur, who, to upper light restored. With that teri'iiic sword. Which yet he brandishes for future war. Shall lift his country's fame above the polar star ? " * It is an additional recommendation of our subject, that it tends to cherish in our minds the idea of the source from which we sprung. We are entitled to our full share in the glories and recollections of the land of our forefathers, down to the time of colonization thence. The associations which spring from this source must be fruitful of good influences ; among which not the least valuable is the increased enjoyment which such associations afford to the American traveller when he visits England, and sets his foot upon any of her renowned localities. The readers of Tennyson are invited to peruse in these legends the originals of those stories which the poet has clothed in the drapery of verse, and given to the public in his " Idylls of the King," and in shorter poems. Perhaps some of them may be found more intelligible for our plain narrati\e of the same events. Thomas Bttlfinch. Boston, 1858. The late Mr. Bulfinch thus explained the work he had in hand when the first edition of this book was published. In the year 1858. So much attention has been given in England and America since that time to the legends of which he speaks that such an apology as he makes for his admirable versions of them now seems quite unnecessary. The popularity which Mr. Bulfinch's versions of the "Stories of the Round Table" at once attained has demanded several repeated editions of his book. * Wordsworth. PREFACE. ( In this edition the book has been materially enlarged in one or two directions. Since Mr. Bulfinch wrote, Mr. Tennyson, who has drawn so largely on these legends, has published seve- ral additional " Idylls of the King," from which I have added some illustrations. I have also taken advantage of the greater space to retain the original language of Sir Thomas Mallory in many of the stories where Mr. Bulfinch thought it neces- sary to abridge, and I have inserted one or two new stories from the " Mabinogeon." And lastly, I have added several new chapters, with a view of showing what the Age of Chiv- alry was in English history as a means of illustration of the tales of the Knights of King Arthur's time. For this purpose I have drawn upon Proissart and any other ancient chroniclers whose narratives seemed to suit my purpose, as well as upon Bishop Percy's collection of old English ballads and Ritson's ballads on Robin Hood. I have hoped that young readers who see the freshness and spirit of Proissart and the others may thus be induced to study history in the originals rather than be satisfied with the limping compilations and abridg- ments of modern writers. Edwakd E. Hale. Boston, August 9, 1883. CONTENTS. Part I. KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS. Chapter Pago ~' I. Introduction 13 II. The Mythical History of Ensland 27 III. Arthur 38 IV. Caradoc Brieperas 63 V. Sir Gawain 70 VI. Launcelot of the Lake 74 VII. The Story of Launcelot : The Adventure of the Cart . 86 VIII. The Story of Launcelot: The Lady of Shalott . 95 IX. The Story of Launcelot; Queen Guenever's Peril . 101 X. The Story of Tristram of Lyonesse . .106 XI. Tristram and Isoude 115 XII. The Story op Tristram ".~ 123 XIII. The End op the Story op Tristram 131 XIV. The Story op Perceval 139 XV. The Quest of the Sangreal 148 XVI. The End of the Quest 160 XVII. Sib Agrivain's Treason 174 XVIII. MoBTE d'Arthur 182 Patt M. THE MABINOGEON. XIX. The Britons 195 XX. The Lady of the Fountain 200 XXI. The Lady op the Fountain (continued) 206 XXII. The Lady of the Fountain (continued) 214 8 CONTENTS. 9 Chapter Page XXIII. Gbraint, the Son op Ebbin 222 XXIV. Geraint, the Son of Ekbin {continued) . , .233 XXV. Gebaint, the Son op Erbin (continued) , . .241 XXVI. PwTLL, Prince of Byved 252 XXVII. Branwen, the Daughter of Lltr, 259 XXVIII. Manawtddan 268 XXIX. KiLwiCH AND Olwen 279 XXX. KiLWiCH AND Olwen (continued) 291 XXXI. Peredub, the Son of Evrawc 298 XXXIl. Taliesin 308 Part MI. THE KNIGHTS OF ENGLISH HISTORY. XXXIII. King Richard and the Third Cru.sade .... 319 XXXIV. Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest ; 343 XXXV. Robin Hood and bis Adventures 353 XXXVI. Chevy Chase 362 XXXVII. The Battle of Otterboubne 370 XXXVIII. Edward the Black Prince 380 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, The Uncovering of the Holt Grail FrontUpiece {From painting by Th. Pl'^in illustrnting Wagner's " Parsifal.") facing page King Lear 32 (From painting by Ad. Schmitz.) The Swokb of the Lady of the Lake 62 Sir Gawain and Sir LAnNCELOT 92 Sir I>auncelot Bids Adieu to Elaine .98 {From painting by Gustave Dor^.) Sir Tristram's Death 136 {From painting by Th. Pijiit iltuntraiiv g Wagner's " Trixtan and Isolde.*') Sir Perceval in the Enchanted Garden 158 {From painting by Th. Pixis illustrating Wagner's^* Parsifal.") The Sangreal . 170 Morte D'Arthur .... 186 OWAIN and the JjION 218 Manawyddan and the Bishop 276 Richard Coeur de Lion in Battle 320 {From painting by Oustave Dori.) 10 THE AGE OF CHIVALRY. PART I. Kim ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS. KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national government. Numerous chiefs, more or less powerful, held local sway, as far as each could enforce his dominion, and occasionally those chiefs would unite for a common object ; but, in ordinary times, they were much more likely to be found in hostility to one another.
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