Evalach (King of Sarras)

Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail)

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131)

  "And the lord of the city himself was there, called Hevalach the Unknown."

• attribution: The title King is attributed to Evalach at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132)

  "thought that now the hour and the time had come when his word could be heard and put to work, because of the great need that King Evalach had for the aid of our Lord."

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132)

  "en his word could be heard and put to work, because of the great need that King Evalach had for the aid of our Lord."

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 140 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 140)

  "At this word, Evalach answered and said to him: "How then do you testify that this God, whom you hold to be so powerful, whom you call lord of all thi"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187 (segment 3) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187)

  "some of those who had stayed behind ran to the tree that had the ugly bark and began to cut all around it. And when they had done this, they would not stop at that. Rather, they pierced it with"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187 (segment 4) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187)

  "would not stop at that. Rather, they pierced it with augers in the four branches that were there; and when they had thus maimed it, both with the wounds they had made around it and the holes they had bored"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187 (segment 6) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187)

  "have bathed in it; until it fell. And when it had fallen, nothing at all remained of it in that place except only the outer bark, which remained there all in a heap; but the core within, which was more"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187 (segment 8) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187)

  "it fell that it launched itself into the pit where the people who had fallen in were. And when the king looked, he saw the tree flung forth from the pit, and it drew to itself a very great number"

• attestation: Narrative content at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187 line 2 attests to events in the Grail history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187)

  "After that, the tree returned to its place and clothed itself again in the bark it had had before. But it"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187 (segment 1) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187)

  "that no one could say enough about it, for there was always more to tell. When those two were inside, all the others were compelled by sheer force to go after them, and they all went and leaped in one"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187 (segment 2) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 187)

  "after them, and they all went and leaped in one after another, without any of them coming back. And when so many had leaped in that the lesser part remained, some of those who had stayed behind ran to the"

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 189 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 189)

  "When King Evalach saw him so terribly astonished, he took him by the hand and began to comfort him, and told him not to be afraid, for no harm could c"

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Evalach at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 189 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 189)

  "so terribly astonished that he could not speak for a very long time."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 189 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 189)

  "Then he himself went to the bed and took two candles that were burning before his bed, and carried them right before the three trees to look at them and to understand what manner of thing they might be."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 189 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 189)

  "Then they clearly recognized that there were three of them, and that the middle one, which had had the ugly bark, grew from the first tree, and the third issued from both the one and the other."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Evalach at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 189 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 189)

  "And the king looked up and saw that each of the branches had letters written upon them, some in gold and others in azure."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 189 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 189)

  "And the letters on the first tree said: "This one forms;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 189 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 189)

  "" and the second one had letters that said: "This one saves."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 189 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 189)

  "" And the others on the third tree said: "This one purifies."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Evalach at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 189 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 189)

  "" And when the king looked at them, he saw that all three trees came from a single trunk, and that it was so fine that no one could discern its beginning no matter how hard they looked, and the trunk was so high that no man, however clear his sight, could see its end, for any effort he might put into it."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Evalach at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 189 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 189)

  "But so subtle was the intertwining of the three trees that when the king thought"

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "n his heart how this could have come about, he heard a voice that said to him: "Evalach, why do you marvel? Just as the child entered the chamber befo"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Evalach at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "As he went thinking and marveling in his heart how this could have come about, he heard a voice that said to him: "Evalach, why do you marvel?"

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196)

  "Now the time and the hour draw near when King Evalach shall abandon the error of idols and turn to the faith of the glorious Trinity."

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 202 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 202)

  "And they all rushed upon Josephes with all their might, but King Evalach leaped to his feet and seized a bare sword, and swore by the power of justice"

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203)

  ""What," said Evalach, "is it then true that Tholomer the fugitive shall drive me to the fear of death, and shall have power and strength over me for t"

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 208 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 208)

  ""King Evalach! I bring you news most terrible and most grievous and most exceedingly perilous;"

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 209 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 209)

  "s at Tarrabiel, a castle that was nine leagues from Sarras and six leagues from Evalachin where Tolomers was laying siege."

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 216 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 216)

  "And they rode at great speed toward Evalachin, straight to where Tolomers was encamped."

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 217 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 217)

  "which was called Evalachin had been founded by Evalach in his time."

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 217 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 217)

  "And it stood on the strongest piece of land that any man had ever seen in ten days' distance, for it could not be taken in any manner by force, except by starvation."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 217 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 217)

  "And it had a gate from which no army could prevent the entry or exit of those within."

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 217 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 217)

  "For it was higher than the dry land, and below it ran a very swift and roaring river that was as wide as a bow could shoot an arrow."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 217 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 217)

  "That gate could not be breached by those outside unless they first conquered the town by naval assault."

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 217 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 217)

  "And for this reason it could not be defended against, for no ship could endure near it that was against those within."

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 217 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 217)

  "In such a manner was the whole castle situated, with nothing but rock a good stone's throw in height, and only one gate."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 217 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 217)

  "At that gate there was a stretch of flat ground no wider than the entrance of two carts could hold, and the flat area was no more than thirty feet in length;"

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 220 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 220)

  "And the men of Evalach struck them very hard and killed a very great number of their foot soldiers, many of whom they found unarmed."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 220 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 220)

  "in complete disarray."

• attestation: A death event (kill) involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 220 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 220)

  "There was very great loss of men and horses, such that between one side and the other a good fifteen thousand were killed."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 220 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 220)

  "There the king Evalach lost a great part of his men, so that he could no longer endure the battle, and instead turned his back and fled toward a castle of his called la Coisnes, which was less than two leagues from there."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 220 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 220)

  "but the night separated the armies."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 220 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 220)

  "he turned back to his camp where he had left his equipment when the chase began."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223)

  "" "And do you know," said Evalach, "who told her the news?"

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223)

  "" "And do you know," said Evalach, "who told her the news?" "By my faith," he said, "I do not know for certain, but I saw her taking counsel with a ma"

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224)

  "his hand, and he went as fast as the horse could carry him."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224)

  "And when he came to the king, he said: "Sire, your castellan of la Choine greets you and sends you word that you should think about how to act, so that you may be avenged, for Tholomers has come to besiege la Choine and thinks to capture you inside, and he has brought only half his men, and the other half has remained before Evalachin."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224)

  "" And when the king heard this, he called his knights and said to them: "Lord knights!"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224)

  "Have you heard about the Christian, how he speaks truly in all things, for I have never yet found him to be a liar in any word he has told me."

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224)

  "e, and he has brought only half his men, and the other half has remained before Evalachin."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224)

  "And when the company had traveled about two short leagues, those at the rear of the army looked and saw coming from a dense forest a great company of men on horse and on foot, all armed, and they may well have numbered four thousand men or more."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Evalach at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224)

  "And when they saw them, they pointed them out to the king."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Evalach at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224)

  "And the king immediately commanded all his men to arm themselves."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224 (sentence 10) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224)

  "As they were arming, behold, one man separated from those over there."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224)

  "And he came riding at great speed toward the army, wearing his helm on his head and his shield at his neck."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224)

  "And he held his lance gripped in the middle."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Evalach at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 224)

  "And when the king saw him"

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 228 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 228)

  "nor from out of a city."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 228 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 228)

  "And so they did when they were ready."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 228 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 228)

  "Then he summoned the one who guarded the city and commanded him, as dearly as he loved his own life, that the city be sealed shut as soon as they had gone out, so that no man should set foot in it unless he himself commanded it from his own mouth."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 228 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 228)

  "rather, each man let his horse run free — the king and all the others together — shields held close before their chests, lances stiff under their arms."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 228 (sentence 11) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 228)

  "For they had ridden all night without sleeping or resting, and so they were more burdened."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 228 (sentence 12) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 228)

  "And the men of Esvalach had rested and slept all night, and so they were stronger and more nimble;"

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 229 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 229)

  "In all that rock, there was but a single passage, and it was so narrow that ten men could not enter it abreast in any manner in the world."

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 229 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 229)

  "And King Evalach and his men pursued them very fiercely, until they came to the narrow pass of a very high rock, which was the most perilous passage i"

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 229 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 229)

  "Ewalac fought very well, but he himself fought so well that no man of his age should have undertaken what he did."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 229 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 229)

  "And King Evalach and his men pursued them very fiercely, until they came to the narrow pass of a very high rock, which was the most perilous passage in the land: that rock was as high as one could throw a stone upward, and on the right side it stretched to a river that flowed to Orcaus, which was called Cordaniste."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 229 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 229)

  "And on the left side, it stretched to the bed of Babiel."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 229 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 229)

  "Up to that passage, the men of Evalach and the men of Tholomer advanced."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 229 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 229)

  "There was such great slaughter, and so much blood of men was spilled, that the color still shows on the rock and will show until the end of the world."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 31 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 31)

  "And they halted there and then advanced at a walk, until they were less than two bowshots from their enemies."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 31 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 31)

  "and commanded the banner to be lowered, and said to all his knights that, as dearly as they held their lives and their honor and his own, none of them should break ranks until they saw his own person move forward;"

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 31 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 31)

  "and he himself was a fairly good knight, and he knew much of war for the young bachelor that he was."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 31 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 31)

  "When Ewalach saw him halt, he considered, as one who had seen many such affairs, that the place where those men had halted was not without great strength."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 333 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 333)

  "Then Ewalach called his knights and said to them: "Lord knights, you see well how great is your need this day, to be valiant."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 333 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 333)

  "Thus he arranged that all his battalions would join together, two by two, for he had a good half more men than Ewalach had."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 333 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 333)

  "So the battalions were drawn up on both sides, and in each of Ewalach's battalions there were ten thousand and three hundred men, both on foot and on horseback."

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 333 (segment 2) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 333)

  "up on both sides, and in each of Ewalach's battalions there were ten thousand and three hundred men, both on foot and on horseback. And in each of Tholomer's there were five thousand or more, and he had lost many"

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 35 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 35)

  "And there where he saw him go, helmet lowered and the great shaft of his lance under his arm, and his shield pressed tight to his arm upon his strong war-horse, swift and all ready to do great deeds."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 35 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 35)

  "for certainly I have not deserved it toward you."

• attribution: Evalach is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 35 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 35)

  "But all the same, it is true that a noble heart will never betray itself."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 35 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 35)

  ""Now may you be in the keeping and protection of the one whose sign I bear, that if he is the true God as men bear witness, may he guard your body this day from shame and peril and send you as great an honor as you can have."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Evalach at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 35 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 35)

  "Now see how our Lord is gracious and merciful, who deigns to"

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 35 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 35)

  "How I have been undone and betrayed, I who have always pushed away such a friend!"

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 35 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 35)

  "My body cannot rest until that which you do for me, more than you should, has been most richly repaid to you;"

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 236 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 236)

  "And when the lances were shattered, and the knives and the falchions and the great sharp axes of steel were drawn, then there was such great carnage, and the melee was so deadly — what with swords and axes and other weapons with which they struck upon haunches and upon helmets and upon shields and upon hauberks — that it seemed as if"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 236 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 236)

  "hear sinners and grants their prayers and their requests when they ask him with a true heart."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Evalach at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 236 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 236)

  "" For as soon as Ewalach had prayed to our Lord as you have heard, it was granted to him at once;"

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 236 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 236)

  "Rather, he won so much earthly honor that all those who watched them that day in the battle truly said that if he alone had not been there, Ewalach would that day have lost his life and his land forever, beyond recovery."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Evalach at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 238 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 238)

  "he did nothing but wonders."

• attribution: The title King is attributed to Evalach at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 238 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 238)

  "for it did not seem to him that such wonder or such prowess could come from such a body as his, nor did he think that he had it from the one who had given it to him through the prayer of King Ewalach, who was very glad of it."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 239 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 239)

  "And those came in disorder, as fast as their horses could carry them, and so eager and desirous were they for the clash that they could not hold themselves in formation, nor deigned to."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 239 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 239)

  "And they rested beneath their blows while the others wore themselves out."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 239 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 239)

  "to endure the onslaught for a good while."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 239 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 239)

  "But there was too great a weight of men between the two battalions that had been defeated and the two that had come to their aid."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 239 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 239)

  "And when the seneschal of Ewalach, who had the third battalion, saw him recover so mightily that it seemed as if he had come all fresh and all"

• attestation: A journey or movement by Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 240 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 240)

  "" At these words the seneschal broke into a charge, and his companions rode straight at the troops of the two battalions that had assembled against Ewalach's nephew."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 241 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 241)

  "they struck them very hard, for they had a much greater force of men than those on this side had, but no matter how hard they came, those on the other side could never push them back so much as the length of a lance shaft;"

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 241 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 241)

  "yet again as many more as there already are."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 241 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 241)

  "" They held together just as he had commanded, and those on the other side came all in disorder;"

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 241 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 241)

  "And when he came upon them, he and his companions threw themselves among them, and they were as lost as if they had been at sea."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 243 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 243)

  "And King Ewalach strove mightily to fight his way back to where the seneschal lay."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 243 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 243)

  "For this was the knight in all the world whom he hated the most."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 243 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 243)

  "And when he saw Ewalach coming so fiercely, he thought that he could not hold him for long, for he would be rescued from him;"

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 243 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 243)

  "so he drew a short blade and thrust it into his body from below, then Ewalach leapt forward and charged."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 243 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 243)

  "And Ewalach aimed straight for him, and they struck each other so hard that the pieces flew from both sides of what they held."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 243 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 243)

  "The battalions clashed together, mingling one with another, and when the lances shattered, the swords were drawn;"

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 243 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 243)

  "there was a very great and very fierce battle, and a great slaughter of men and horses."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 243 (sentence 10) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 243)

  "And those men defended themselves very fiercely, so that they could neither pierce through nor take ground from them;"

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 252 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 252)

  "And when he felt that he was wounded, he rushed after them just as swiftly as he had done at the beginning, and they began to hurl darts and arrows at him and to shoot so much that they wounded him in many places, both him and his horse."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 252 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 252)

  "for he cared for him more than for any living thing."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 252 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 252)

  "that he would ever rise again from the place where he lay, and he aimed toward the thickest and most crowded rank he could see, his axe gripped tight, and as he straightened up, he was struck by an arrow through the left shoulder so hard that the iron point showed well more than halfway through."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 252 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 252)

  "And when he saw that he could not endure their missiles any longer, and he felt that he was not yet mortally wounded, he launched himself out of the press on his horse, which was very strong and swift, and he headed straight for the battle where Ewalach was;"

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 252 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 252)

  "And when those men saw him go, they spurred after him, and he never stopped until he threw himself into the press where he recognized the banner of Ewalach;"

• attribution: The title lord is attributed to Evalach at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 252 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 252)

  "and he saw his men, who were greatly dismayed and turning nearly to defeat, because they could not see their lord."

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 260 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 260)

  "And when Evalach saw them rallying and regrouping, he cried out his war cry very loudly and drew apart with his men."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 260 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 260)

  "Then he spurred his horse and charged, and wherever he went, the white knight always went before him, the banner in his hand and his sword drawn when needed."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 260 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 260)

  "And Evalach cried out to them: "Truly, you are all taken, not one of you shall escape;"

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 260 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 260)

  "" And when those men heard him speak thus, they did not know what to do, and it seemed to them indeed to be true because of Tholomer's horse that Evalach was riding;"

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 260 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 260)

  "and they were not only afraid of Tholomier's capture by Ewalach, but of his death."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 260 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 260)

  "Evalach's men struck into them very hard."

• attestation: An emotional response involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 260 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 260)

  "And those who were greatly dismayed received them like bewildered men."

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284)

  "And the tale tells of king Evalach that he is at Orcaus, most glad and most joyful, and he has inquiries made about the white knight — what may have b"

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284)

  "And the tale tells of king Evalach that he is at Orcaus, most glad and most joyful, and he has inquiries made about the white knight — what may have become of him, and who he is, and from what land;"

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 388 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 388)

  "but as soon as you moved to strike in the battle at the beginning, Evalach, the king who is here, said, when he saw you move forth:"

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289)

  "And king Evalach said that truly he spoke the truth;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 293 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 293)

  "And the king asked her how so: and she said that she was already a Christian, and had"

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 293 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 293)

  "h: that the lazy worker shall lazily receive his reward, and therefore let king Evalach know that he should not take me for a fool or a madman, for Th"

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 293 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 293)

  "are set, go sit down to eat."

• attestation: A death event (crucif) involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 293 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 293)

  "This is what the true Lord, the true crucified one, commands you through my mouth: that the lazy worker shall lazily receive his reward, and therefore let king Evalach know that he should not take me for a fool or a madman, for Tholomiers the fugitive has now just died and passed from this world, and the Holy Spirit has just revealed this to me."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 293 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 293)

  "And as each one was baptized, he found his name written at once upon his forehead, exactly as he was to have it through baptism, and the name that king Evalach received was called Mordrains in the faith, and the name of the one who had the cross on his arm was called Climachides, which meant the same as Standard-Bearer of the glorious Lord."

• attestation: Military action involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 293 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 293)

  "Afterward the queen Sarrasinte was called, and she was commanded to go be baptized, and she answered that she would not allow herself to receive baptism twice."

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 296 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 296)

  "by touching the sign of the cross, and I saw that you had Séraphe and the king Evalach baptized, and I feared that you would bring other grief upon Th"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361)

  "" "How," he said, "lady, are you of such great power that you can carry those whom you wish to all places?"

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361)

  ""Ha, King Evalach," said the lady, "you are deceived, for I shall tell you how you have forsaken the faith by which you were always held in honor."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361)

  ""By the command of the one who brought you here," she said, "you shall leave, for I brought you here by my cunning and because I wished to have the place and time to be in your company, which I have always so desired."

• attribution: The title lord is attributed to Evalach at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361)

  "And if you do not wish to refuse so fair a companion as I am, I shall take you with me and make you lord of all my land, of which I have a very great abundance."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361)

  "" "In faith," she said, "I am of such great power and such great cunning that I can seize all those I wish and carry them wherever it pleases me."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361)

  "" "Lady," he said, "of great power you are then, and of great cunning;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361)

  "nor did I think that in all the men and all the women who exist in the world, there was as much cunning as I have heard spoken of by one man and by you."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361)

  "But that man has still greater power than you have."

• attribution: Evalach is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361)

  "For he can make ugly men fair and poor men rich and fools wise;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361)

  "but he told me that no one can do a perfect or lasting work unless he had in his company the sign of the most holy cross."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 361)

  "Never, so long as you hold this law and this faith that you have received, shall you have a single day of honor or peace, and you can already see the beginning of it."

• attestation: Evalach is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 362 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 362)

  ""King Evalach, if you would believe me and do my will, I would yet bring it about that you would recover all your land, and know in truth that you can"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Evalach at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 362 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 362)

  "" said the king, "for God's sake, how do you know that he is as ill as you have said?"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 362 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 362)

  "" "Truly," she said, "I know it as surely as one who has seen it with her own eyes, since you rose from the bed where you two were sitting together."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (brother) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 362 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 362)

  "" Then the king was greatly astonished and readily believed that she spoke the truth about his brother-in-law being near death, because of the other signs she told him that were true and that he well recognized."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Evalach at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 362 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 362)

  "By this news he was so troubled in his heart that he very nearly fell into despair, and he thought that our Lord had forgotten him and cast him aside."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 362 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 362)

  ""King Evalach, if you would believe me and do my will, I would yet bring it about that you would recover all your land, and know in truth that you can never deliver it through any man or woman alive, except through me."

• attestation: Evalach participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 362 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 362)

  "Nor from where you are now shall you ever leave, unless I cast you out;"

• attestation: A death event (die) involving Evalach is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 362 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 362)

  "rather you will have to remain here so long that you will die of hunger, for this is the most desolate place in any part of the sea."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Evalach at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 362 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 362)

  "And you will often see such wonders come that"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 370 (segment 4) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 370)

  "which had made him forget all his sorrows. Then he began to reproach himself most severely for the faintheartedness he had felt the evening before, and he cried out to God for mercy. And when he saw the ship draw"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 375 (segment 1) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 375)

  "thought it, I knew it, for I am the certain knower of all thoughts. And when I saw that she harbored such folly toward me, I would not suffer her to be any longer in my company, but cast her"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 376 (segment 1) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 376)

  "was at ease in his vigils; then the lord of the ship came forward, took him by the right hand, and called him by his baptismal name, and asked him if he was hungry, and the king replied that there"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 376 (segment 2) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 376)

  "if he was hungry, and the king replied that there was no hardship so great that he would not forget it if he could be long in his company. And he took him and led him to the ship and"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 376 (segment 5) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 376)

  "them and of whichever kind pleases you to eat." And as soon as the king had seen this great marvel, he was sated merely from the sight of it, so that he felt no hunger at all, no more than"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 376 (segment 6) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 376)

  "that he felt no hunger at all, no more than if he had just now eaten, and he said: "Sire, I would have you know that I am right now so refreshed by your good words and by seeing these"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 390 (segment 1) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 390)

  "wants to have lordship over the third bird, which is female, and because of this there grows among the three of them great hatred and great strife, until the two males fight each other and kill one another: so there"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 390 (segment 3) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 390)

  "was the bird that descended upon the king on the rock, and when he had put to his mouth the bread that he had found upon the step. When he heard it coming as it descended roaring, he was seized"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 390 (segment 5) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 390)

  "was holding so hard that it knocked it flying from his fists and falling into the sea. And when it had done this, it soared upward very swiftly and then came back again roaring, and found the king lying stretched"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 392 (segment 1) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 392)

  "for such harm as to lead me to death. And because you have made so clear a demonstration of it, my mouth shall never taste, in this peril where I am, any food, however much the body may suffer for"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 392 (segment 2) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 392)

  "am, any food, however much the body may suffer for it, unless you, by your kindness, send it to me, nor shall I ever set foot outside this rock, unless you, by whose will I believe I came here, lead"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 392 (segment 4) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 392)

  "the ship came forward and the lady after him, and the man spoke to him all the good words that could serve to comfort and relieve him, and the woman spoke to him all those words that could be harmful"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 393 (segment 3) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 393)

  "splendid ship coming, but he saw neither man nor woman on it. The ship was of very great beauty and fitted with very rich quarters and very fine ones, and when it had sailed a very long time across the"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 393 (segment 4) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 393)

  "when it had sailed a very long time across the sea, the ship drew closer and closer to the rock, until the storm began to grow very fierce and was so great and so hideous that there was no living"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 394 (segment 1) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 394)

  "the ship, so great and so tall and so splendid and so beautiful as it was; he saw no one inside it nor heard anyone. The weather did nothing but grow fiercer; lightning flashed incessantly all around; thunderbolts fell around"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 394 (segment 2) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 394)

  "grow fiercer; lightning flashed incessantly all around; thunderbolts fell around him so thickly that he could not count them, nor did he expect at all to escape from that peril, so great and perilous did he see it. Rather, he"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 394 (segment 5) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 394)

  "— that was the suffering of the body. Then he suffered the lightning flashes and the thunder and the assaults of the thunderbolts that fell — that was the suffering of the heart. And never, for all these hardships, could"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 394 (segment 6) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 394)

  "of the heart. And never, for all these hardships, could he be brought to the point of entering the ship and abandoning the rock. And when the storm had lasted a very long time, the sky began to clear and"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 394 (segment 7) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 394)

  "a very long time, the sky began to clear and the brightness of the sun's rays spread everywhere. The king saw the weather changed and was very glad of it; the heat of the sun struck upon him. He began"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 395 (segment 1) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 395)

  "was descending to earth to reduce everything to ashes. The king felt that great burning heat, and if he had been in distress before, now his pain and his hardship increased a hundredfold; the heat tormented him greatly. He saw"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 395 (segment 2) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 395)

  "increased a hundredfold; the heat tormented him greatly. He saw before him the ship all prepared, where he could have taken shelter, if he had dared, and escaped the sun; but he feared the anger of his Lord, for he"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 395 (segment 4) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 395)

  "long time, until the strength of his heart failed him and he was so weak that he could endure no more, and he fainted; and when he had fainted, he fell face down and lay on the ground for a"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 395 (segment 5) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 395)

  "fell face down and lay on the ground for a very long time, like one who had lost hearing and feeling and sight. And when he came out of his faint, he raised his head a little to see whether"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 395 (segment 6) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 395)

  "faint, he raised his head a little to see whether the heat still held that same burning intensity as he had seen before, and when he saw the day temperate and the air sweet and mild, as it should be"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 395 (segment 7) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 395)

  "and the air sweet and mild, as it should be between nones and vespers, and that the heat was gone, he was greatly relieved. Then he tried to see if he could stand up, despite the dizziness in his head;"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 478 (segment 1) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 478)

  "will be a marvel to behold. And so you may see in this sword the likeness of two women of whom I have heard you speak, for just as the virgin who is to come, as you said, shall make"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 478 (segment 2) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 478)

  "virgin who is to come, as you said, shall make amends for what our first mother did wrong, just so shall that maiden make amends for what I have done wrong to this sword; for she shall put on it"

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  "wrong to this sword; for she shall put on it a belt beautiful and rich, made from the thing she loves most upon herself." Salemons held this speech to be foolish, and he marveled greatly at how what she said"