The Questing Beast- "I am Merlin, and it was I who came to you in the likeness of a boy. I know all things: how that you shall die a noble death, being slain in battle, while my end will be shameful, for I shall be put alive into the earth."
The Sword Excalibur- So when the maiden drew near Arthur saluted her and said, "Maiden, I pray you tell me whose sword is that which an arm is holding out of the water? I wish it were mine, for I have lost my sword."
The Round Table- "Sir," answered Merlin, "what you say as to her beauty is true, but, if your heart was not set on her, I could find you another as fair, and of more goodness, than she. But if a man's heart is once set it is idle to try to turn him."
The Passing of Merlin- They journeyed together to many places, both at home and across the seas, and the damsel was wearied of him, and sought by every means to be rid of him, but he would not be shaken off.
King Arthur and Morgan le Fay- The King answered little, but the mantle pleased him, and he was about to throw it over his shoulders when the lady of the lake stepped forward and begged that she might speak to him in private.
The Quest of the Holy Graal-What was the Holy Graal? In the stories it is the holy vessel used by our Lord and brought to Britain by Joseph of Arimathea. But in the older heathen Irish stories there is a mysterious vessel of a magical sort, full of miraculous food, and probably the French writers of the romances confused this with the sacred vessel brought from the Holy Land.
The King's Pilgrimage-"At your pleasure, Sir," answered the youth, whose heart rejoiced because he was going alone with the King.
The Coming of the Holy Graal-"Comfort yourself," said Sir Lancelot, "for we shall win for ourselves great honour, and much more than if we had died in any other wise, since die we must."
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| The Holy Grail appears at The Round Table |
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