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;82 VIII. SIR THOMAS MA LOR V.\\yte what bytokenes that noyse in the felde.'So syr Lucan85 departed, for he was greuously wounded in many places.And so as he yede, he sawe and herkened by the monelyghthow that pyllars and robbers were comen in to thefelde to pylle and to robbe many a ful noble knyghte ofbrochys and bedys, of many a good rynge, & of many a00 ryche jewel, and who that were not deed al oute, there theyslewe theym for theyr barneys and theyr rychesse. Whansyr Lucan vnderstode thys werke, he came to the kyngassone as he myght, and tolde h)Tn al what he had herde& seen.' Therfore, be my rede/ sayd syr Lucan, * it is95 beste that we brynge you to somrne towne.''I wolde itwere soo,' sayd the kyng.Capitulum V.'But I may not stonde, myn hede werches soo. A !SyrLauncelot,' sayd kyng Arthur, * thys day haue I sore mystthe. Alas that euer I was ayenst the, for now haue I mydethe. Wherof syr Gauwayn me warned in my dreme.'5 Than syr lucan took vp the kyng the one parte And SyrBedwere the other parte, & in the lyftyng the kyng sownedand syr Lucan fylin a sowne wyth the lyfte, that the parte ofhis guttes fyl oute of his bodye. And therwyth the nobleknyghtes herte braste. And whan the kyng awoke, he be-1 o helde syr Lucan how he laye foomyng at the mowth, & parteof his guttes laye at his feet.'Alas,' sayd the kyng, ' thys isto me a ful heuy syght, to see thys noble duke soo deye formy sake ; for he wold haue holpen me, that had more nedeof helpe than L Alas, he wold not complayne h)-m ; hys'5 herte was so sette to helpe me. Now Jhesu haue mercyvpon hys soule !'than syr bedwere wepte for the deth of hisbrother. ' leue th\s mornyng & wepyng,' sayd the kyng,