Mordred

Roman de Brut

• attestation: Mordred had served Arthur's wife and honour despitefully (Roman de Brut > Mordred and Arthur's End)

  "Mordred, who had served his wife and honour so despitefully"

• attestation: Mordred learned of Arthur's plan to return but was unafraid, as peace was not in his heart (Roman de Brut > Mordred and Arthur's End)

  "Mordred learned of Arthur's purpose. He cared not though he came, for peace was not in his heart"

• attestation: Mordred sent letters to Cheldric of Saxony requesting military aid (Roman de Brut > Mordred and Arthur's End)

  "He sent letters to Cheldric of Saxony, praying him to sail to his aid"

• attribution: Peace was not in Mordred's heart and he did not care that Arthur was coming (Roman de Brut > Mordred and Arthur's End)

  "He cared not though he came, for peace was not in his heart"

• attestation: Mordred believed himself strong enough to prevent Arthur from landing at any haven (Roman de Brut > Mordred and Arthur's End)

  "He considered he was so strong as to drive Arthur from any haven"

• attribution: Mordred's sin was described as so black that offering peace would be a jest (Roman de Brut > Mordred and Arthur's End)

  "so black was his sin that to proffer peace would be but a jest"

• attestation: Mordred was determined never to abandon what he had taken (Roman de Brut > Mordred and Arthur's End)

  "Let come what might he would never abandon his spoil"

• attestation: The queen remembered her sin of setting her love on Mordred, her husband's sister's son (Roman de Brut > Mordred and Arthur's End)

  "Her lord she had shamed, and set her love on her husband's sister's son"

• relationship: Mordred was Arthur's sister's son (nephew) (Roman de Brut > Mordred and Arthur's End)

  "set her love on her husband's sister's son"

• attestation: Mordred had fled before Arthur because he could not endure against him in the field (Roman de Brut > Mordred and Arthur's End)

  "Mordred had fled from before the king, because he might not endure against him, and durst not abide him in the field"

• attestation: The queen called to mind her sin and remembered that her name was hated because of Mordred (Roman de Brut > Mordred and Arthur's End)

  "She called to mind her sin, and remembered that for Mordred her name was a hissing"

• attestation: The queen had married Mordred in defiance of right, since she was already Arthur's wife (Roman de Brut > Mordred and Arthur's End)

  "she had wedded Mordred in defiance of right, since she was wife already"

• attestation: Mordred was slain in battle along with the greater part of his followers (Roman de Brut > Mordred and Arthur's End)

  "Mordred slain in the press, together with the greater part of his folk"