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第251章 BOOK XVI(7)

Of the holy communication of an Abbot to Sir Bors,and how the Abbot counselled him.

AND that night was Sir Bors served richly;and on the morn early he heard mass,and the Abbot came to him,and bade him good morrow,and Bors to him again.And then he told him he was a fellow of the quest of the Sangreal,and how he had charge of the holy man to eat bread and water.Then [said the Abbot]:Our Lord Jesu Christ showed him unto you in the likeness of a soul that suffered great anguish for us,since He was put upon the cross,and bled His heart-blood for mankind:there was the token and the likeness of the Sangreal that appeared afore you,for the blood that the great fowl bled revived the chickens from death to life.And by the bare tree is betokened the world which is naked and without fruit but if it come of Our Lord.Also the lady for whom ye fought for,and King Aniause which was lord there-to-fore,betokeneth Jesu Christ which is the King of the world.And that ye fought with the champion for the lady,this it betokeneth:

for when ye took the battle for the lady,by her shall ye understand the new law of Jesu Christ and Holy Church;and by the other lady ye shall understand the old law and the fiend,which all day warreth against Holy Church,therefore ye did your battle with right.For ye be Jesu Christ's knights,therefore ye ought to be defenders of Holy Church.And by the black bird might ye understand Holy Church,which sayeth I am black,but he is fair.And by the white bird might men understand the fiend,and I shall tell you how the swan is white without-forth,and black within:it is hypocrisy which is without yellow or pale,and seemeth without-forth the servants of Jesu Christ,but they be within so horrible of filth and sin,and beguile the world evil.Also when the fiend appeared to thee in likeness of a man of religion,and blamed thee that thou left thy brother for a lady,so led thee where thou seemed thy brother was slain,but he is yet alive;and all was for to put thee in error,and bring thee unto wanhope and lechery,for he knew thou were tender hearted,and all was for thou shouldst not find the blessed adventure of the Sangreal.And the third fowl betokeneth the strong battle against the fair ladies which were all devils.Also the dry tree and the white lily:the dry tree betokeneth thy brother Lionel,which is dry without virtue,and therefore many men ought to call him the rotten tree,and the worm-eaten tree,for he is a murderer and doth contrary to the order of knighthood.And the two white flowers signify two maidens,the one is a knight which was wounded the other day,and the other is the gentlewoman which ye rescued;and why the other flower drew nigh the other,that was the knight which would have defouled her and himself both.And Sir Bors,ye had been a great fool and in great peril for to have seen those two flowers perish for to succour the rotten tree,for an they had sinned together they had been damned;and for that ye rescued them both,men might call you a very knight and servant of Jesu Christ.

CHAPTER XIV

How Sir Bors met with his brother Sir Lionel,and how Sir Lionel would have slain Sir Bors.

THEN went Sir Bors from thence and commended the Abbot unto God.And then he rode all that day,and harboured with an old lady.And on the morn he rode to a castle in a valley,and there he met with a yeoman going a great pace toward a forest.Say me,said Sir Bors,canst thou tell me of any adventure?Sir,said he,here shall be under this castle a great and a marvellous tournament.Of what folks shall it be?said Sir Bors.The Earl of Plains shall be in the one party,and the lady's nephew of Hervin on the other party.Then Bors thought to be there if he might meet with his brother Sir Lionel,or any other of his fellowship,which were in the quest of the Sangreal.And then he turned to an hermitage that was in the entry of the forest.

And when he was come thither he found there Sir Lionel,his brother,which sat all armed at the entry of the chapel door for to abide there harbour till on the morn that the tournament shall be.And when Sir Bors saw him he had great joy of him,that it were marvel to tell of his joy.And then he alighted off his horse,and said:Fair sweet brother,when came ye hither?Anon as Lionel saw him he said:Ah Bors,ye may not make none avaunt,but as for you I might have been slain;when ye saw two knights leading me away beating me,ye left me for to succour a gentlewoman,and suffered me in peril of death;for never erst ne did no brother to another so great an untruth.And for that misdeed now I ensure you but death,for well have ye deserved it;therefore keep thee from henceforward,and that shall ye find as soon as I am armed.When Sir Bors understood his brother's wrath he kneeled down to the earth and cried him mercy,holding up both his hands,and prayed him to forgive him his evil will.Nay,said Lionel,that shall never be an I may have the higher hand,that I make mine avow to God,thou shalt have death for it,for it were pity ye lived any longer.

Right so he went in and took his harness,and mounted upon his horse,and came to-fore him and said:Bors,keep thee from me,for I shall do to thee as I would to a felon or a traitor,for ye be the untruest knight that ever came out of so worthy an house as was King Bors de Ganis which was our father,therefore start upon thy horse,and so shall ye be most at your advantage.And but if ye will I will run upon you thereas ye stand upon foot,and so the shame shall be mine and the harm yours,but of that shame ne reck I nought.

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