Gawaine was overthrown and hurt . . Chap. xxi.

Of the sorrow that King Arthur made for the war, and of another
battle where also Sir Gawaine had the worse . Chap. xxii.


here follow the Chapters of the Twenty-first Book.

How Sir Mordred presumed and took on him to be King of England,
and would have married the queen, his father's wife Chap. i.

How after that King Arthur had tidings, he returned and came to
Dover, where Sir Mordred met him to let his landing; and of
the death of Sir Gawaine . . . . Chap. ii.

How after, Sir Gawaine's ghost appeared to King Arthur, and warned
him that he should not fight that day . . Chap. iii.

How by misadventure of an adder the battle began, where Mordred
was slain, and Arthur hurt to the death . . Chap. iv.

How King Arthur commanded to cast his sword Excalibur into the
water, and how he was delivered to ladies in a barge Chap. v.

How Sir Bedivere found him on the morn dead in an hermitage, and
how he abode there with the hermit . . Chap. vi.

Of the opinion of some men of the death of King Arthur; and how
Queen Guenever made her a nun in Almesbury . Chap. vii.