Sir Launcelot
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One day Sir Launcelotand a old holy man see a devil
sitting over a corpse in a skirt. The devil tells them the dead
man was a good man who was killed in a fire which did not
leave any scars on the dead man's body. The devils says he is now
in heaven then the devil leaves and buries the corspe. The holy
man tells Launcelot to take some of the dead man's hair and
put it next to his skin, and to eat no meat and drink no wine
if you want to have any success. Launcelot does what the holy
man said and he continues on in his journey. He meets a lady
on a white palfrey who tells him he has in the past been
closer than he is now to the adventure he seeks, then she
tells him that he will find good lodging tomorrow but not
tonight. Then Launcelot decides to sleep in the forest he had
a dream that God came down and he blessed nine knights but
rebukes one of them as having wasted himself on worldliness.
The next morning Launcelot meets a hermit and learns that the
first of the seven knights in his dream are his ancestors,
the sinful 8th night is himself, and the ninth, Galahad .
Once again Launcelot continues on in his journey until he comes
to a big castle. There was a tournament held at the castle of
black knights against white knights. Launcelot decides to join
and he goes on the the black sides team because they are
weaker,so that helping them to victory will mean greater honor
to him. But Launcelot was driven out by the white knights so
he rests under a apple tree upset about his loss. Launcelot
falls asleep and a old man comes to him in his sleep and
reproaches him as evil, faithles, and full of sin. That night
Launcelot encounters a man on a black horse, who attacks and
slays Launcelot's horse just as he earlier as he slew Percival's.