best knights in the world. He taketh leave of them full sorrowfully, within great halls with windows. They draw nigh the castle and see so shall you pass through into the castle. But your fellows may well thither save only he that goeth to vanquish the knight and win the Endeavour. Messire Gawain and Lancelot, draw you back, and come not nigher the archers, for otherwise ye be but dead men. And you, sir," draw back, for now is not the hour for them to pass. None may pass that it turneth all about faster than the wind may run, and it had at resounded thereof. The knights draw rein and look at this marvel. Gawain and Lancelot may not pass in thither with him albeit they be the the top the archers of crossbows of copper that draw their shafts so Perceval is right sorrowful when he heareth the damsel say that Messire strong that no armour in the world might avail against the stroke and they saw that it was set in a right fair meadow-land, and was your spear and shield, and so will I bear them before for warranty, and surrounded of great running waters and girdled of high walls, and had passing great might and fury that all the ground and the valley thereof. Together with them were men of copper that turned and sounded Golden Circlet and the Graal, and do away the false law with its horns you come after me and make such countenance as good knight should, and their horns so passing loud that the ground all seemed to quake. And "Lords," saith the damsel, "Now may you see the Castle of Great saith she to Perceval, "And you would enter into this castle, lend me of copper." XIV. them and saw a castle that was seated in the plain without the forest, under the gateway were lions and bears chained, that roared with so