The Romance of Morien by Jessie Laidlay Weston
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circumstances agreeing with those here hinted at. The story will be
found in Malory Book XV. 9. PAGE 102.--_That cometh altogether from his sin against his mother_. The reason here alleged for Perceval's failure to find the Grail is that given by Chretien and Wolfram, and is another indication of the writer's familiarity with the early _Perceval_ story. 10. PAGE 116.--_Sir Agloval's explanation, (a) The Lancelot quest_. The special quest here referred to is that undertaken in search of Lancelot when he fled from court in a frenzy, induced by Guinevere's jealousy of King Pelles' daughter. During this quest Agloval visits his mother, sees Perceval, and brings him to court (_cf. Legend of Sir Lancelot_ pp. 161-2). _(b) The lost heritage_. The fact that Perceval regains possession of the heritage of which he has, before his birth, been deprived is recorded in certain of the _Perceval_ romances; the _Parzival_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach, the prose _Perceval li Gallois_, and the English _Sir Percyvelle of Galles_, but it is not found in Chretien. It is clear, to a close observer, that the compiler of the Dutch _Lancelot_ knew the early _Perceval_ tradition in a form closer to the version of the German, than that of the French poet. Later on, in the _Queste_ section, he introduces a reference to this inheritance, where none exists in the French versions I have examined (_cf. Legend of Sir Lancelot_ p. 174). 11. PAGE 127.--_Lancelot's adventure with the beast._ This is a condensed account of the well known story of _The Fahe Claimant_. Two versions of this story have already been given in this series, the |
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