WYNKYN DE WORDE, 1498.

‘Thenne syre Launcelot rose vp or day. And tolde the heremyte. It

were well doon sayd the heremyte/that ye made ye redy/and that ye

dysobeye not the aduysyon. Thenē syr Launcelot toke his .vij.

felowes w^t hym/& on fote they yede from Glastynbury to Almesbury.

the whyche is lytyl more than .xxx. myle. And thyder they came

wythin two dayes for they were weyke & feble to go. And whan syr

Launcelot was come to Almesbury wythin the Nunnery/quene Gweneuer

deyed but halfe an houre afore/And the ladyes tolde syr

Launcelot/that quene Gweneuer tolde them all or she passyd/that syr

Launcelot had be preest nere a twelue month and hither he cometh as

fast as he may/to fetche my corps. And besyde my lorde kyng

Arthur/he shal bury me.’

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