HowMerlnlkenedtheRoundTabletotheworld,andhowtheknghtsthatshouldachevetheSangrealshouldbeknown。
ALSOMerlnmadetheRoundTablentokenngofroundnessoftheworld,forbytheRoundTablestheworldsgnfedbyrght,foralltheworld,Chrstanandheathen,reparuntotheRoundTable;andwhentheyarechosentobeofthefellowshpoftheRoundTabletheythnkthemmoreblessedandmorenworshpthanftheyhadgottenhalftheworld;andyehaveseenthattheyhavelosttherfathersandthermothers,andalltherkn,andtherwvesandtherchldren,fortobeofyourfellowshp。tswellseenbyyou;forsnceyehavedepartedfromyourmotheryewouldneverseeher,yefoundsuchfellowshpattheRoundTable。WhenMerlnhadordanedtheRoundTablehesad,bythemwhchshouldbefellowsoftheRoundTablethetruthoftheSangrealshouldbewellknown。AndmenaskedhmhowmenmghtknowthemthatshouldbestdoandtoenchevetheSangreal?Thenhesadthereshouldbethreewhtebullsthatshouldenchevet,andthetwoshouldbemadens,andthethrdshouldbechaste。Andthatoneofthethreeshouldpasshsfatherasmuchasthelonpasseththeleopard,bothofstrengthandhardness。
TheythatheardMerlnsaysosadthusuntoMerln:
Sthenthereshallbesuchaknght,thoushouldestordanbythycraftsasege,thatnomanshouldstntbutheallonlythatshallpassallotherknghts。ThenMerlnansweredthathewoulddoso。AndthenhemadetheSegePerlous,nthewhchGalahadsatnathsmeatonWhtsundaylastpast。Now,madam,sadSrPercvale,somuchhaveheardofyouthatbymygoodwllwllneverhaveadowthSrGalahadbutbywayofkndness;
andforGod’slove,faraunt,canyeteachmesomewaywheremayfndhm?formuchwouldlovethefellowshpofhm。Farnephew,sadshe,yemustrdeuntoacastlethewhchscalledGoothe,wherehehathacousn-