Butbecause，fairdamsel，thatyelovemeasyesayyedo，Iwill，foryourgoodwillandkindness，showyousomegoodness，……andalwayswhileIlivetobeyourtrueknight。\"Hereare\"amiablewordsandcourtesy。\"IcannotagreewithMrHarrisonthatMalory\'sbookismerely\"afiercelustyepic。\"Thatwasnottheopinionofitsprinterandpublisher，Caxton。Heproduceditasanexampleof\"thegentleandvirtuousdeedsthatsomeknightsusedinthesedays，……
nobleandrenownedactsofhumanity，gentleness，andchivalry。Forhereinmaybeseennoblechivalry，courtesy，humanity，friendliness，love，cowardice，murder，hate，virtue，andsin。Doafterthegoodandleavetheevil。\"
Inreactionagainstthebold-facedheroinesandsensualamoursofsomeoftheoldFrenchromances，anidealofexaggeratedasceticism，ofstainlesschastity，notoriouslypervadestheportionofMalory\'sworkwhichdealswiththeHolyGrail。Lancelotisdistraughtwhenhefindsthat，bydintofenchantment，hehasbeenmadefalsetoGuinevereBookXI。chap。viii。AfterhisdreamingvisionoftheHolyGrail，withthereproachfulVoice，SirLancelotsaid，\"Mysinandmywickednesshavebroughtmegreatdishonour，……andnowI
seeandunderstandthatmyoldsinhinderethandshamethme。\"Hewashuman，theLancelotofMalory，and\"felltohisoldloveagain，\"withaheavyheart，andwithlongpenanceattheend。Howsuchgoodknightscanbedeemedconsciencelessandvoidofcourtesyoneknowsnot，exceptbyasurvivalofthePuritanismofAscham。ButTennysonfoundinthebookwhatisinthebook——honour，conscience，courtesy，andthehero-
\"Whosehonourrootedindishonourstood，Andfaithunfaithfulkepthimfalselytrue。\"