and willed her to attempt her cure. Rejoiced at this news, we intrusted
the king to her care, and soon after set sail.'"

Sir Thomas Malory, who wrote the book called the "Historie of King
Arthur," or more commonly the "Morte d'Arthur," utters these high thoughts
concerning the memory of the great king:--

"Oh, yee mightie and pompeous lords, shining in the glory transitory of
this unstable life, as in raigning over great realmes and mightie great
countries, fortified with strong castles and toures, edified with many a
rich citie; yee also, yee fierce and mightie knights, so valiant in
adventurous deeds of armes; behold, behold, see how this mightie
conquerour king Arthur, whom in his humaine life all the world doubted,
see also the noble queene Guenever, which sometime sat in her chaire
adorned with gold, pearles, and precious stones, now lye full low in
obscure fosse or pit, covered with clods of earth and clay; behold also
this mightie champion Sir Launcelot, pearelesse of all knighthood, see now
how hee lyeth groveling upon the cold mould, now being so feeble and faint
that sometime was so terrible. How and in what manner ought yee to bee so
desirous of worldly honour so dangerous! Therefore mee thinketh this
present booke is right necessary often to be read, for in it shall yee
finde the most gracious, knightly, and vertuous war of the most noble
knights of the world, whereby they gat praysing continually. Also mee
seemeth, by the oft reading thereof, yee shall greatly desire to accustome
your selfe in following of those gracious knightly deedes, that is to say,
to dread God, and to love righteousnesse, faithfully and couragiously to
serve your soveraigne prince; and the more that God hath given you the
triumphall honour, the meeker yee ought to bee, ever feareing the
unstablenesse of this deceitfull world."