Bors (king of Gaunes)

The Prose Merlin (English)

• attribution: Bors (king of Gaunes) is described as was a noble knyght (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "After that the kynge Ban devised and ordeyned his peple and his brothers, and delyuered the firste warde to Pharien for to lede, and also to here the ensign e of kynge Boors, as he that was a noble knyght and wele a-vised, and with hym was Moret de la veye, and ladunas, and Pales de trebes, and gras"

• attestation: Death is referenced near Bors (king of Gaunes) [p112]: fende fro deth this day and f (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "now god vs deffende fro deth this day and fro mayme, ffor now I se well that we be alle in pereile of deth, for I se yonder comynge the baner of the man that most is dredde of his enmyes thourgh the worlde."

• attestation: Bors (king of Gaunes) departs or rides [p113]: nde. Than departed Carados from t (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "Than departed Carados from these other, and rode clos a soffce pase a-gein the kynge Boors."

• attestation: Death is referenced near Bors (king of Gaunes) [p113]: ed to the deth, and many ther (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "And many ther were that were throwen to grownde, and many wounded to the deth, and many ther were that passe- den thourgh and come with-oute stroke of spere, and after drough theire swerdes and be-gonne stronge bataile, and harde and merveilouse."

• attestation: Bors (king of Gaunes) departs or rides [p113]: pere, and rode in a-monge hem (CHAPTER X: The battle between arthur and the rebel zings at bredigan.)

  "Than he hente a grete spere, and rode in a-monge hem that alle the renges fremysshed, and smote a knyght so sore that ther was noon armoure myght hym warante, but that he sente the heede and the shafte thourgh the body and threw hym to grounde so rudely that in the fall he brake his"