young knight to remove his armor, and he wore a red garment, while the old
man placed on his shoulders a mantle of fine ermine, and said, "Sir,
follow after." Then the old man led him to the "Siege Perilous," next to
Sir Lancelot, and lifted the cloth and read, "Here sits Sir Galahad," and
the youth sat down. Upon this, all the knights of the Round Table
marvelled greatly at Sir Galahad, that he dared to sit in that seat, and
he so tender of age. Then King Arthur took him by the hand and led him
down to the river to see the adventure of the stone. "Sir," said the king
to Sir Galahad, "here is a great marvel, where right good knights have
tried and failed." "Sir," said Sir Galahad, "that is no marvel, for the
adventure was not theirs, but mine; I have brought no sword with me, for
here by my side hangs the scabbard," and he laid his hand on the sword and
lightly drew it from the stone.

It was not until long after, and when they both had had many adventures,
that Sir Lancelot discovered Galahad to be his son. Sir Lancelot once came
to the sea-strand and found a ship without sails or oars, and sailed away
upon it. Once, when he touched at an island, a young knight came on board
to whom Lancelot said, "Sir, you are welcome," and when the young knight
asked his name, told him, "My name is Sir Lancelot du Lac." "Sir," he
said, "then you are welcome, for you are my father." "Ah," said Lancelot,
"are you Sir Galahad?" Then the young knight kneeled down and asked his
blessing, and they embraced each other, and there was great joy between
them, and they told each other all their deeds. So dwelt Sir Lancelot and
Sir Galahad together within that ship for half a year, and often they
arrived at islands far from men where there were but wild beasts, and they
found many adventures strange and perilous which they brought to an end.

When Sir Lancelot at last died, his body was taken to Joyous-Gard, his
home, and there it lay in state in the choir, with a hundred torches