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Knight of the Well

The lady praised her dead lord as the most courteous and generous knight in all the world

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The lady praised her dead lord as the most courteous and generous knight in all the world (Ywain and Gawain, Ywain and Gawain > Lines 751-900)

Priests and monks conducted the funeral service for the slain knight (Ywain and Gawain, Ywain and Gawain > Lines 751-900)

Ywain and Gawain

  • attestation: The lady praised her dead lord as the most courteous and generous knight in all the world (Ywain and Gawain > Lines 751-900)

    "In al þe werld fro end to ende Es none so curtayse ne so hende"

  • attestation: Priests and monks conducted the funeral service for the slain knight (Ywain and Gawain > Lines 751-900)

    "Prestes and monkes on þaire wyse Ful solempnly did þe servyse"