Nasciens (baptismal name of Séraphe)

Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail)

• attestation: Nasciens 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)

  "At once Nasciens spoke of God and said so much to them that king Evalach ran to be baptized, along with the one who, by the sign of the cross, had his"

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 294 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 294)

  "The next day Nasciens departed from the king and his sister, and took Joseph along with him, to baptize the people throughout the land and to teach th"

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 302 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 302)

  "And Nasciens came back together with him, and when they had arrived and Josephe heard the news, he had very great joy, and he chose a number of his co"

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 304 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 304)

  "And Nasciens had them taken to Orbérique;"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 307 (segment 1) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 307)

  "he had looked inside, he drew back and began to tremble greatly, as if he were entirely seized by fever throughout his whole body. He sat down, and when he had sat down, he felt that he could not see"

• attestation: An emotional response involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 307 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 307)

  "He sat down, and when he had sat down, he felt that he could not see at all, and then he was very greatly dismayed."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 307 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 307)

  "And when the king saw him sit down and tremble, he marveled greatly and asked him what manner of thing it could be that they had seen."

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 307 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 307)

  "Then Nasciens replied:"

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 307 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 307)

  "he had looked inside, he drew back and began to tremble greatly, as if he were entirely seized by fever throughout his whole body."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 308 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 308)

  ""

After these words, all were astonished by the marvels that he had thus described, and the king asked him whether he spoke truly that he had lost the clarity of his eyes, and Nasciens said that he would not wish that he had not lost it, on condition that he had not seen and beheld that great marvel."

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 308 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 308)

  "And Nasciens said that he would reveal as much of it as any mortal tongue could reveal, or should."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 312 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 312)

  ""Toward the world he will be very good, as one who will be full of all prowess, and full of all beauty and of all boldness, and moreover he will be good toward God, for he will be full of charity and of great devotion, and he will be the sovereign key of all chastity."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 312 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 312)

  "And the one who will see these marvels will be the last man of the lineage of Nascien, and just as Nascien was the first man who"

• attestation: A death event (die) involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 312 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 312)

  "bold will surrender their bodies;"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 312 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 312)

  "and through this, those who shall have recognized the feats of prowess within themselves — and know this truly — the marvels within the Graal shall never be seen by any mortal man save one alone, and he will be filled with all the virtues that the body and heart of a man can and should have;"

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 312 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 312)

  "for he will be good toward God and very good toward the world."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 312 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 312)

  "And by this lance with which you were struck, never shall any man be struck save one alone, and he will be a king and will descend from your lineage, and he will be the last of the worthy;"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 323 (segment 3) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 323)

  "And when he had placed it on his head again, he saw a nephew of his, who was the son of Nascien his brother-in-law, whom a great bird in the likeness of an eagle seized and carried him beyond the"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 323 (segment 5) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 323)

  "was on the ground, all the people of the land came and bowed before him, and all men and all women came to him, and when they had all bowed to him and made great celebration, he saw that a"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 323 (segment 6) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 323)

  "to him and made great celebration, he saw that a great lake sprang forth from his belly, and from the lake there were born nine rivers, very beautiful and very great, of which eight were roughly of one size and"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 323 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 323)

  "the wolf fled, and never again did it take any of his food from him."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 323 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 323)

  "Afterward it seemed to him that he found his crown again, and when he tried to put it on his head he found it entirely changed, for it was of the clearest and most beautiful stone that any man, to his mind, had ever seen."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (son of) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 323 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 323)

  "And when he had placed it on his head again, he saw a nephew of his, who was the son of Nascien his brother-in-law, whom a great bird in the likeness of an eagle seized and carried him beyond the sea before his very eyes, to a most strange land, and there the eagle set him down."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 323 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 323)

  "And when he was on the ground, all the people of the land came and bowed before him, and all men and all women came to him, and when they had all bowed to him and made great celebration, he saw that a great lake sprang forth from his belly, and from the lake there were born nine rivers, very beautiful and very great, of which eight were roughly of one size and one depth, but the one that was last of all was in breadth and depth greater than all the others in appearance, and it was so powerful and so roaring that there was nothing that could withstand it."

• attribution: Nasciens is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 323 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 323)

  "This river was so turbid at the beginning and as thick as mud, and in the middle it was as clear and as pure as a precious stone, and as powerful and as roaring as you have heard, and still it was, at the end, of another manner, for it was a hundredfold clearer and"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 323 (segment 1) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 323)

  "the wolf fled, and never again did it take any of his food from him. Afterward it seemed to him that he found his crown again, and when he tried to put it on his head he found it entirely"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 323 (segment 4) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 323)

  "likeness of an eagle seized and carried him beyond the sea before his very eyes, to a most strange land, and there the eagle set him down. And when he was on the ground, all the people of the land"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 328 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 328)

  "" Then Nascien rose and went straight to the king, and when he arrived, the king had risen, so he greeted him and asked and requested that he grant him a boon."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 328 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 328)

  "And when Nascien had led him so far that he had sworn upon his faith, he told him that he asked as his boon that the king tell him what thing he had been so pensive about all night."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 328 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 328)

  "When the king heard this, he knew well at once that the queen"

• relationship: A kinship relationship (brother) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 328 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 328)

  "having prepared himself, he went straightaway to the bed of Nascien his brother, sighing deeply and weeping most bitterly."

• attestation: An emotional response involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 328 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 328)

  "And when Nascien saw her weeping, he was much dismayed, for he loved her dearly in his heart;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 328 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 328)

  "he took her in his arms and asked her most urgently why she was weeping so;"

• attribution: The title lord is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 328 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 328)

  "and the queen sat down beside him and told him of the state of her lord and of the sighs and the tears that he had shed that night in such great number."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (brother) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 328 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 328)

  ""Dear sweet brother," she said, "for this I fear that he has fallen into an evil thought, and I pray you and beseech you, for the love of the high Lord to whose faith you have given yourself, that you go to him and speak to him, and ask him for a boon."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 328 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 328)

  "And when he has pledged to you, upon his faith, to grant the boon, then ask him to tell you what he was thinking about so long tonight, for that is the thing in the world I would most willingly know."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 328 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 328)

  "And the king replied that he should know well that there was no boon so great in the world, provided he had the power, that he would not give it without refusal and without delay."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 326 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 326)

  "The truth is that I was lying beside the queen, and I began to consider in my heart that I had sinned greatly in times past, and that it should well be enough by now;"

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 326 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 326)

  "I searched and questioned my own heart deeply to see if I could discover it."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 326 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 326)

  "had revealed and accused him;"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 326 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 326)

  "and he immediately told Nascien his entire vision and recounted it just as he had seen it concerning himself and his nephew."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 326 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 326)

  ""But I have not yet told you," he said, "the reason why I have been so deep in thought, and that is the gift you were asking of me;"

• attribution: Nasciens is described with negative attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 326 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 326)

  "I would be acting disloyally if I did not tell you the truth of it, since I have promised it to you."

• attribution: Nasciens is described with negative attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 326 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 326)

  "and my conscience was reproaching me that I was still living in some disloyalty;"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 326 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 326)

  "but I could not in any way perceive what it might be;"

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 326 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 326)

  "And never could I find that I was disloyal toward anyone except only toward you, and that is the thing in the world that grieves me most."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 326 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 326)

  "For you are the living man toward whom I should least offend, and I shall tell you what this disloyalty is."

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 327 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 327)

  "When he had said this, he began to think very deeply, and Nasciens said to him: "Sire, on this matter, let go of this worry."

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 330 (segment 1) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 330)

  "see anything except only the flashes of light that struck within from time to time through the openings of the doors and windows; and if they had wished to leave from within, they could not have, for they could not"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 330 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 330)

  "see anything except only the flashes of light that struck within from time to time through the openings of the doors and windows;"

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 331 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 331)

  "ays and relates that when the king had been lifted from the bed beside Nascien, Nasciens remained completely unconscious as though dead;"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 331 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 331)

  "and that great calamity which befell in the palace was never heard nor seen outside the palace, except only that throughout the city one could hear the crash of the thunder and the sound of the trumpet, but the other wonders were never heard nor seen."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 331 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 331)

  "And then it happened that the queen was coming from visiting a church that she had founded in the name of the Virgin Marie."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 331 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 331)

  "And when she came to her palace, she found all the servants within lying completely unconscious on the ground, and she thought they were sleeping, so she passed on, until she found a great company of the king's knights, who were in the same condition as the other servants were."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 331 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 331)

  "She had them called to;"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 331 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 331)

  "And then she marveled greatly at what this could be."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 331 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 331)

  "but they had so lost their hearing and their sight that they had neither sense nor memory of anything, and they were so pale and so discolored that it seemed they had just risen from illness."

• attestation: An emotional response involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 331 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 331)

  "And when the queen saw them in such a state, she was greatly dismayed, so much so that she nearly fell to the ground in a faint."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (brother) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 332 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 332)

  "And when she came to the entrance, she looked inside, and she saw Nascien her brother who sat on the couch from which the king had been lifted, and Nasciens was weeping most bitterly as hard as he possibly could, and was arguing with a man who appeared to be before him, from the words one could hear them exchanging, but otherwise one could know nothing of the truth."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (brother) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 332 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 332)

  "and the queen, when she heard the voice and saw no one, was greatly frightened, for she feared that some evil spirit had assailed him, wishing to cast him out of the holy faith, and she rushed inside, and ran to her brother, and embraced him and asked him why he was weeping so tenderly."

• attestation: An emotional response involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 332 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 332)

  "And when he saw her, he began to weep again and to cry out much more loudly than he had done before."

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 332 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 332)

  "scien her brother who sat on the couch from which the king had been lifted, and Nasciens was weeping most bitterly as hard as he possibly could, and w"

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 332 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 332)

  "when she saw that no words could be drawn from them, she turned and ran at full speed straight toward the great royal door."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 332 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 332)

  "Now one could hear only the voice, and one could see nothing of the one from whom the voice issued, only Nascien who was speaking to him;"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 333 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 333)

  "The mourning grew in force;"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens 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)

  "And when the queen saw him weeping so, she asked him what he had done with the king, and she was seized with very great fear;"

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative 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)

  "she began to weep and to cry out in a loud voice: "Dear brother Nascien!" Then Nasciens came before her and she cried out to him like a maddened woman"

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Nasciens 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)

  "And then all the men and women were greatly afraid for her, lest she fall into the loss of body and soul and of sense and memory from the anguish of the fainting."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (brother) is attested between figures 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)

  "And when she had recovered, she began to weep and to cry out in a loud voice: "Dear brother Nascien!"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens 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 Nasciens came before her and she cried out to him like a maddened woman that he should tell her why he had worn such a grievous expression, and he told her the truth at once, and that by such an adventure the king had been lifted from beside him and carried away he knew not to what place, and for this reason he was showing such great grief as she could see."

• attestation: An emotional response involving Nasciens 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)

  "At these words the outcry in the hall was very great;"

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens 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)

  "the queen fainted often and repeatedly, and the king's people, both the knights and the servants, began to cry out in loud voices."

• attestation: An emotional response involving Nasciens 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)

  "the queen made such lamentation, and fainted so often that she could attend to nothing except only her grieving;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens 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)

  "but Nasciens took her in his arms, striving greatly to comfort and calm her, and he said"

• attestation: Nasciens 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)

  "and she fainted again right then."

• attestation: A death event (kill) involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334)

  "He stepped forward and said, before all the others, that he had so thoroughly investigated and inquired about the king that Nasciens had killed him by treachery, because he wished to have the kingdom."

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334)

  "others, that he had so thoroughly investigated and inquired about the king that Nasciens had killed him by treachery, because he wished to have the ki"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334)

  "that she should know in truth that the king was entirely safe and sound wherever he was."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334)

  "For the one with whom he was arguing when she came into the chamber had told him true news of this."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334)

  "And she asked him who it was that had been speaking to him, and he said that he was a messenger of our Lord Jhésu-Crist."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334)

  "To this all replied that if it were true that Nasciens had been in the place where the king was lost, and he could say no more about it, it would indeed appear that there was some foul deed."

• attestation: An emotional response involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334)

  "The queen made very great lamentation, and never by any mortal man could she be relieved of her sorrow."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334 (sentence 11) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334)

  "For it was proven truth that in the place where he was lost there was no one but him and Nascien alone."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334)

  "The news spread throughout the land of the king who had been thus lost so that no one knew any tidings of him."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334)

  "The barons assembled and asked counsel of one another as to what this could be, and what end the king might have met."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334)

  "At this council there was a knight who had long been of the king's household;"

• attribution: Nasciens is described with negative attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334)

  "he was very treacherous and traitorous beyond what any mortal heart could conceive."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334 (sentence 12) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334)

  "And Nasciens himself could not say what had become of him."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334 (sentence 14) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 334)

  "And if he were certain of this, and it were proven against him, it would be right that he should be kept in custody for a"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 335 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 335)

  "To this counsel they all agreed and swore upon the relics that there would not be a single one among them who would not lay hands on Nascien to seize him, as soon as they believed he would summon them."

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 335 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 335)

  "And Nasciens told them everything, from beginning to end, just as he had partly seen and heard it."

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 335 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 335)

  "time until it was heard whether any news might be learned of the king's death or of his life."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 335 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 335)

  "Then they went to the court and found Nascien and the queen, who was making such great grief that no living man could calm her, and this was on the third day after the king had been lost."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 335 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 335)

  "And when they came to the queen, they inquired about the truth of the adventure just as it had occurred."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 335 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 335)

  "Then he told them the dream that the king had dreamed the night before this had befallen him."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 335 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 335)

  "They questioned him thoroughly about all things, and he answered them truthfully about everything, until he admitted to them the whole truth—that there was no one in the chamber but the two of them when the king was lost."

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 335 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 335)

  "At these words, they all seized him from every side, and he asked why they were taking him, and they answered him that it was because they suspected him of the king's death and no one was under suspicion but him alone."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 335 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 335)

  "Nasciens protested vehemently, as one who bore no guilt in it, and offered to undergo all ordeals if anyone came forward"

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 337 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 337)

  "Thus Nasciens was in prison, and never through any suffering or sorrow that he felt or endured could the devil drive him so far as to put him in anger"

• attestation: An emotional response involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 337 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 337)

  "great fear and great sorrow in her heart."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 337 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 337)

  "For this was the thing she held most dear after the king."

• attestation: An imprisonment of Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 337 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 337)

  "She mourned for him greatly many times and would very willingly have delivered him from prison if she had had the power, but she was a woman alone;"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 337 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 337)

  "she could not prevail against her baronage."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 337 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 337)

  "Thus Nasciens was in prison, and never through any suffering or sorrow that he felt or endured could the devil drive him so far as to put him in anger toward God or in despair, and he always cried out to our Lord for mercy for his sins and said: "Fair Lord God, of this anguish in which I am and which I endure, I do not complain;"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 337 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 337)

  "for I have well deserved it, since I was so presumptuous that I dared to look upon the great marvel of your secrets, which neither I nor any other man conceived and engendered of human frailty could worthily see or gaze upon, unless your grace alone first made him clean and pure."

• attestation: An imprisonment of Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 337 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 337)

  ""

In this conviction Nasciens endured great suffering in the prison both by night and by day, and never from this resolve could he be moved."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 337 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 337)

  "But now the tale falls silent at this point."

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 377 (segment 3) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 377)

  "greater than all the other eight." When the king heard these words, he was very astonished and marveled greatly in his heart at who this man could be, for he did not think that any mortal man could know the"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 377 (segment 2) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 377)

  "should not be troubled. For He will not forget him whom you saw in your vision descend from heaven and bathe his whole body in the ninth river, which was greater than all the other eight." When the king heard"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 377 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 377)

  ""I know well," he said, "what your thought is."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (brother) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 377 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 377)

  "You are thinking of Nascien your brother-in-law, of whom his wife told you the news yesterday evening, but about him you should not be troubled."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 377 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 377)

  "For He will not forget him whom you saw in your vision descend from heaven and bathe his whole body in the ninth river, which was greater than all the other eight."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 377 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 377)

  "" When the king heard these words, he was very astonished and marveled greatly in his heart at who this man could be, for he did not think that any mortal man could know the things that he was saying, and therefore he thought much in his heart that this was no mortal man, but he was not so bold as to inquire further, and when he had waited a long while, he said to him:

"Nevertheless, fair sire, these visions of which you have spoken, tell me for God's sake, if it please you, what they may signify, for I have been greatly troubled by them for a very long time."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 377 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 377)

  "" And he answered him: "You will never find anyone to tell you that, until the hour when you will have seen and discovered the place that will seek to take from you your good food, and then you will know for certain what this place is and why it will seek to take your food from you."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 377 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 377)

  "After that you will understand what the entire vision signifies from beginning to end, but of everything I warn you well that you should never be troubled or frightened by anything you see."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 377 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 377)

  "For of great marvels to behold, you may soon be quite certain, and for this reason the voice spoke in your palace, when you and Nascien lay"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 377 (segment 1) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 377)

  ""I know well," he said, "what your thought is. You are thinking of Nascien your brother-in-law, of whom his wife told you the news yesterday evening, but about him you should not be troubled. For He will not forget him"

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 396 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 396)

  "and when he recognized them, all the blood drained from him, so greatly was he astonished;"

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 396 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 396)

  "While he was lost in that thought, the ship drew ever nearer, and a horse began to neigh in that ship and to snort and to paw with its hooves so violently that it seemed to him it must shatter and break apart the whole ship;"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 396 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 396)

  "he marveled at it so greatly that at times he thought he had been dreaming, and at other times all the adventures that had befallen him came back to his memory, just as you have heard."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 396 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 396)

  "Thus he pondered in his heart and reflected, and the day passed meanwhile until it began to grow toward evening, and then he looked far out to sea and saw a ship coming, so beautiful and so splendid that never before in his life had he seen a ship of such rich adornment or such beauty."

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 396 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 396)

  "The ship came very swiftly and with great noise;"

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 396 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 396)

  "and when it had drawn near to him, he saw two shields hanging from the two windows of a very beautiful small castle that was at the front."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (brother) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 396 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 396)

  "Of these two shields, he recognized that one was his own and the other was his brother-in-law Nascien's;"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 396 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 396)

  "and he began to think so deeply that he forgot himself entirely."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398)

  "And when he had risen again and was about to ask the knight what had happened to him, he looked back toward the rock and saw that he was so far from it that he could scarcely see it anymore."

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398)

  ""who lies all dead in that ship."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398)

  "" And when the king heard this, he fainted at once and fell to the ground stretched out full length."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398)

  "And when he had recovered, he asked to see him and cried out as desperately as a man driven mad would have done."

• attestation: A death event (kill) involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398)

  "And then the one who had brought him the news raised him up and took him by the left hand and led him into the ship, while he made such great grief that he very nearly killed himself."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398)

  "When the king had entered the ship and saw the bier, he ran straight toward it and lifted a very rich cloth with which it was covered and saw the face and the likeness of Nascien just as clearly as he had ever seen him."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398)

  "He fainted again so terribly that anyone who saw him would not have thought he could escape without being either dead or maimed."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398)

  "And when he saw this, he felt such great grief that he could not utter a single word;"

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398)

  "rather, he fell back in a faint right before the bier, and when he came out of his faint, he made the sign of the cross upon himself, and as soon as he had made it, he saw neither man nor woman in all the ship, nor did he see the bier."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398)

  "And then he began to weep most bitterly from his eyes and said: "Ah!"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 398)

  "Fair Lord God, how badly I have kept watch!"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399)

  ""

"The one who told you today that Nascien lay dead in the ship — that was the trial, for it was the devil, who is always the wolf against the sheep of Jhésu-Crist, that is, against His people."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399)

  "He is the wolf who in your vision took from you all the good foods that the lamb brought you, and of that lamb you will know well yet what it"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399)

  "When he saw him, he was utterly dismayed and said: "Ah!"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399)

  "Lord, how he has deceived me, the one you commanded me to guard against!"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399)

  "Truly you told me the truth, that the devil would cast me from the rock by the left hand."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399)

  "" And then he began to weep and to make very great grief, and the man said to him: "Do not weep so much;"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399)

  "well see that you are angry with me, and I have well deserved it."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399)

  "" And as soon as he had said this, he saw at the front of the ship the man from the fair ship who had spoken good words to him all week."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399)

  "be still, and take care not to do wrong, for you have great need of it."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399)

  "" And the king said to him: "Ah!"

• attribution: The title lord is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399)

  "fair lord, you who know all things, now instruct me, for God's sake, what I may do and how I may conduct myself?"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399)

  "" And the man said to him: "You will see many most fearsome adventures that will befall you;"

• relationship: A kinship relationship (brother) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399)

  "never will you drink nor eat until you see Nascien your brother-in-law come to you as a true and good Christian;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399)

  "and as soon as you see him as a Christian should go, know that your deliverance has come."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 399)

  "And the trial that I told you this morning you would overcome, and that before then you could not see your vision — of this I will tell you the truth."

• attribution: Nasciens is described with negative attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 404 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 404)

  "and in this manner alone you may be safe, for never in any place where you do this will the devil have any power to do anything to your body by which your soul might be damned."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 404 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 404)

  "And so the tale falls silent here about him and speaks of Nascien."

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 404 (segment 1) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 404)

  "might return sometimes, if it were not cleansed. But now it is entirely purified of the filth and the evil that dwelt there, by the sprinkling of water which, through the sign of the holy cross — and the sign"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 404 (segment 2) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 404)

  "the sign of the holy cross — and the sign that one makes of it is purified and — sanctified and by the conjuring of the holy Trinity; nor shall any evil spirit ever enter therein. For they fear nothing"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 404 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 404)

  "might return sometimes, if it were not cleansed."

• attribution: Nasciens is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 404 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 404)

  "But now it is entirely purified of the filth and the evil that dwelt there, by the sprinkling of water which, through the sign of the holy cross — and the sign that one makes of it is purified and — sanctified and by the conjuring of the holy Trinity;"

• attribution: Nasciens is described with negative attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 404 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 404)

  "nor shall any evil spirit ever enter therein."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 404 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 404)

  "For they fear nothing so much as the holy cross and the sign that one makes of it, which is sanctified, and the conjuring of the holy faith;"

• relationship: A kinship relationship (Father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 404 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 404)

  "and if you wish to enter a place that is fearful to enter, take some water and purify it first by the sign of the holy cross and then by the conjuring of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and by this holy blessing the water will be entirely sanctified and cleaned and purified of all filth, and in whatever place it is sprinkled with true faith, the devil will not be so bold as to go there, but will always flee the place, nor on any day that it has been sprinkled there will he approach, but will stay far away;"

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 404 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 404)

  "" With that the holy man fell silent and departed, and the king remained in the ship just as you have heard."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 407 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 407)

  "And when he thought he would sleep, as one who greatly desired it, he felt the hand seize him by the hair whether he wished it or not, and it pulled him upright against his will."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 407 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 407)

  "And when he had been pulled upright, he felt his hands all bound and his feet as well, and when he took his first step, he felt that his chains lay before him."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 407 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 407)

  "While he was dozing, he felt a hand that gripped him firmly by the arm, and he was so overcome with sleep that he pushed it away, and the hand seized him again a third time, and at the third time he pushed it away again."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 407 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 407)

  "and when he reached the bottom of the dungeon, which was so dark and black, he saw a light appear just as if it had come out of the wall."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 407 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 407)

  "Then he was very joyful and much at ease;"

• attestation: A religious ritual or devotional act is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 407 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 407)

  "sign was the birth of the child signified, and rightly so: for his life was thereafter such as the sign showed and signified, and the words that come hereafter will make clear the truths of it."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 407 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 407)

  "And when he felt this, he tried to cry out, but he could not utter a single word from his mouth, and he marveled greatly at what this could be and was much astonished by it."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 410 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 410)

  "and when he had ridden along the road a good half league, as fast as the horse could carry him, he looked ahead and saw Nascien;"

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 410 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 410)

  "Then he leaped upon one of his horses and took a lance and commanded that all his men should go after him, each by his own way, and he entered a path that led to the main road."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 410 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 410)

  "And the moon shone very fair and very bright, and the night was quite peaceful and mild;"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 410 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 410)

  "he recognized him well, as one who had seen him many times, and he spurred on after him."

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 410 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 410)

  "And Nascien, when he saw him coming, was seized with great fear, and the hand still held him all the while."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 410 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 410)

  "And then the cloud spread itself entirely over him, so that he saw plainly the body to which the hand belonged;"

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 410 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 410)

  "and it seemed to him that it was so great that no tongue could tell the truth of it nor reveal it, and it was filled with such wondrous brightness that the sun, when it is at its greatest brightness and greatest heat in summertime, does not have a hundredth of the brightness that the body had."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 410 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 410)

  "Because of the great marvel that he witnessed, he was so astonished that he lost all his senses, so that he did not know where he was, and he fell into such a swoon that he saw nothing and felt nothing."

• attestation: An emotional response involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 410 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 410)

  "did not go out of his mind, and he began to grieve so greatly that never would any man make greater grief."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 411 (sentence 10) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 411)

  "And they looked and saw on his right cheek the mark of the hand that had touched him, and on his left they saw the mark of the foot."

• attribution: Nasciens is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 411 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 411)

  "Rather, he fell down to the ground in a dead faint, and where he lay stretched out upon the ground, the cloud came over his body, and he who was within the cloud placed his hand upon his right cheek and upon his left placed his foot likewise."

• attribution: The title lord is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 411 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 411)

  "And those of the household who saw it come without their lord were much astonished and were seized with great fear for him."

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 411 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 411)

  "They searched for him high and low until they found him in the middle of the road where he still lay as if he were dead;"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 411 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 411)

  "but they had no certain news of which road he had taken in pursuing Nascien."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 411 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 411)

  "When the next day came and it was light, they set out to search for him;"

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 411 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 411)

  "he saw it red and blazing, it terrified him so greatly that he would not have stayed in the saddle for all the world."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (wife) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 414 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 414)

  "Then he commanded that he be killed at once, and his wife fell at his feet immediately and begged him not to do this, but if he wished to put him to death, to let him starve in prison or die of some other misery;"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 414 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 414)

  "was being hunted down."

• attestation: A death event (die) involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 414 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 414)

  "and he who had more cruelty in his heart than a tiger or a lion or any other wild beast answered that he did not wish him to outlive him, but rather that he himself with his own eyes would see him die."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 414 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 414)

  "Then he called his servants before him and commanded them to take his body and carry him, sick as he was, to the battlements of the tower on high."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (son of) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 414 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 414)

  "They carried out his command, and when he had been carried up, he commanded that Celydoines, the son of Nascien, be brought up after him."

• attestation: A death event (die) involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 414 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 414)

  "For he himself wished to see the justice done, and then he would not care at what hour he died."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 414 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 414)

  "And those to whom he gave this command were in great anguish for love of the child."

• attribution: The title lord is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 414 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 414)

  "But they dared not refuse the command of their lord."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 414 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 414)

  "Then they took him and lifted him up high above the battlements of the tower, and"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 416 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 416)

  "For our Lord had placed them there to witness it, as those whom He had chosen for His service;"

• attribution: The title lord is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 416 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 416)

  "they left their lord lying in a faint."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 416 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 416)

  "And as soon as they had fled, fire descended from the sky and struck the left side of the tower so violently that it drove half the battlements from the top down to the middle story."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 416 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 416)

  "for they had all received the faith and were baptized in the name of the Trinity."

• attestation: A death event (crucif) involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 416 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 416)

  "Thus the true crucifix saved those who had turned to His belief and delivered to death the one who had risen against His glorious name."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 416 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 416)

  "For He is the one against whom all powers are mortal."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 416 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 416)

  "And the queen Sarrachinte, when she learned the news, was very glad and greatly comforted, for she truly believed that the power of Jhésu-Crist had freed them and that through Him they were safe wherever they might be."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 416 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 416)

  "And the barons of the kingdom, by whose counsel Nascien had been seized, when they learned the truth of"

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 7)

  "And because they could clearly see that He had given a true sign of it and that they bore no guilt in it, for that reason they came to beg her mercy."

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 422 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 422)

  "e, and never could any man or woman comfort her, until it happened one day that Nasciens her lord had escaped, and his son as well, and when she had h"

• attribution: The title lord is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 422 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 422)

  "the lady for a very long time, and never could any man or woman comfort her, until it happened one day that Nasciens her lord had escaped, and his son as well, and when she had heard true news of it, she began to take a little comfort and showed a fairer countenance than she had been wont to show before."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 422 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 422)

  "And then it came to the seventh day after Nasciens had escaped from prison, and that night it happened that she lay in her bed and was dozing, as one who had not slept for a long time, and she then began to rest."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (sister) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 422 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 422)

  "As she was dozing, a vision came to her that Nasciens appeared before her and said to her: "Fair sweet sister, follow me, for I am going to the sweet land of the west which God has provided to be known and honored by my seed and by yours."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 422 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 422)

  "" And when she awoke in the morning, she remembered this dream and greatly marveled at what it could be and signify, and it seemed to her that there could be no truth in it."

• attribution: Nasciens is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 422 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 422)

  "and holy church was still in those days very tender and very young, as one that was only just beginning in that land."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 422 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 422)

  "As soon as she had heard the service, she confessed the vision to the priest, and earnestly begged him, for holy charity's sake, that he would pray to our Lord"

• attribution: Nasciens is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 422 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 422)

  "In the morning, she went first to the holy church to pray;"

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 425 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 425)

  "but since you have undertaken it thus, there is nothing left but to set out in the morning without further delay."

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 425 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 425)

  "il ended, and the vavasor prepared gold and silver, of which he had plenty, for Nasciens and the duchess had greatly enriched him for the love of thei"

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 425 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 425)

  "know well that as soon as I learned he had escaped, I would have given you that counsel, were it not that I feared you would not wish to take me with you;"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 425 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 425)

  "" With that, the council ended, and the vavasor prepared gold and silver, of which he had plenty, for Nasciens and the duchess had greatly enriched him for the love of their son whom he was raising;"

• attribution: Nasciens is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 425 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 425)

  "and when the next day came, the duchess rose very early and went to the holy church, as was her custom, to pray."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (wife) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 425 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 425)

  "And the vavasor had told his wife that the lady wished to go to her sister-in-law the queen, and he had already had the saddles put on and everything prepared as if for departure."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 425 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 425)

  "And as soon as the lady returned from the church, the lady mounted, she and the vavasor and his eldest son, who was called Elicanors, so says the tale, and his father's name was Corsapins."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (wife) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 425 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 425)

  "Then the duchess took leave of the vavasor's wife, and her husband likewise, and his son, but her husband gave her no sign that he was to go any farther than to the queen, for he did not wish to give her any inkling of anything, because his lady had forbidden it."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 425 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 425)

  "Thus all three set out: they took four horses, of which three were for their riding and the fourth was a pack horse that was fully laden with coins"

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 426 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 426)

  "laden with gold and silver in plates and with tableware most rich and most beautiful."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 426 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 426)

  "They held to this road until they had traveled more than a league."

• attribution: The title lord is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 426 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 426)

  "And then the vavassour called his lady and said to her: "Lady, now tell me which direction you think we should seek my lord;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 426 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 426)

  "for I do not believe you truly know in what land he is, and because we have no certainty of it, we shall have to go forth in adventure wherever we may go."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 426 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 426)

  "" "In faith," said the lady, "it is true that I know nothing certain of it;"

• attribution: The title lord is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 426 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 426)

  "but because my lord told me in my vision that he wished to go to the land of the west, my heart draws me more in that direction than to any other land, and I advise that we go that way by the most direct route that we can."

• attestation: A religious ritual or devotional act is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 426 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 426)

  "" Then they all turned onto a road to the right and crossed a river that flowed to Orbérike, which was called Arécuse."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 426 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 426)

  "And when they had crossed the river, they rode swiftly until they came at dusk to the edge of the land of Nascien."

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 426 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 426)

  "They took lodging very early in the evening and stayed in a castle that bordered the duchy, and it was called Hemelians."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 426 (sentence 11) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 426)

  "The next morning they rose very early;"

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 427 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 427)

  "lady did not wish to be noticed in the town because she was traveling too poorly, and there was yet another reason, for the people of the castle and of all the surrounding country were Saracens;"

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 427 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 427)

  "And when they had put that castle five leagues behind them, they entered the valleys of Calamine, into a land that is very plentiful in nard and cinnamon and balm."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 427 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 427)

  "They traveled until on the third day they came to a very rich city called Nuisance, which was the chief seat of the king of Méochide."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 428 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 428)

  "but because the manner of its turning is not known to all those men and women who have heard tell of it, it is fitting that this tale should reveal the truth of it;"

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 428 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 428)

  "This place was on an island in the western sea, which was thirteen days' journey from the place where Nascien had been imprisoned, and it is called by the people of the country the turning island."

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 428 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 428)

  "That island is rightly called turning, for it is true that it turns;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 428 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 428)

  "for otherwise it would be a mere entanglement of words, if for each doubtful matter it spoke of it did not openly show reason and understanding, like a manner of people who say many words and would affirm them as true, yet cannot bring forth any witness except only that they have heard others say it."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 428 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 428)

  "But from this bad practice this tale excuses itself, for it scarcely brings forward any word in which doubt may be perceived without"

• attribution: Nasciens is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 429 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 429)

  "For the sky was by nature hot and light, and the earth was by nature cold and heavy, and therefore some may well understand that in some manner the sky felt the coldness of the earth and of the water likewise, and those two in turn felt in some way the great heat of the sky."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 429 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 429)

  "making it fully and openly known, and for this reason it is rightly called the history of histories."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 429 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 429)

  "Now the story returns to recount the true nature of the island where Nascien was carried, which the country folk, as I have told you, call the turning island."

• attestation: A religious ritual or devotional act is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 429 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 429)

  "It is a proven truth from the beginning of all things, when the establisher of the world devised and separated the four elements, which were all to be in one mass and in one form, and he placed the sky, which scripture calls fire, above the other three, which is full of all brightness and all purity;"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 429 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 429)

  "he established it in the highest place, for he made it the covering and enclosure of all the others."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 433 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 433)

  "And because it felt a great part of the nature of the sky, it came about that no grass or trees ever grew there, nor could any beast endure there, nor any bird."

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 433 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 433)

  "And along with this quality, it has yet another that it has from the sky, which is this: every time the firmament turns, the island turns just as the firmament does — that is, the sky."

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 433 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 433)

  "In such manner as you have heard the island turns."

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 433 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 433)

  "To that island Nascien was carried by the cloud, and there the cloud set him down in a dead faint, as one who had so"

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 433 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 433)

  "Now the tale has explained to you for what reason the country folk call it the turning island."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 433 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 433)

  "When the mass of which I have told you came floating to the place where the lodestone was, it stopped;"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 433 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 433)

  "for the force of the lodestone held it because it was full of iron dross, as you have heard."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 433 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 433)

  "But never could the force of the lodestone pull hard enough to make it join to itself — not because there was more iron than lodestone, but because as much celestial warmth as was in it kept it lighter and made it by force tend upward."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 433 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 433)

  "In this manner, this mass remained in that place in the sea and was afterwards called by the country folk an island, because all masses of earth that appear in the sea and in other waters, wherever they may be, are called by this name."

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 434 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 434)

  "and he saw all around him the island, ugly"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 434 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 434)

  "lost his senses from the marvels he had seen that he did not know whether he existed or did not exist."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 434 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 434)

  "And when the cloud had set him down, it departed, and Nascien lay on the ground a very long time, just as though he were dead."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 434 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 434)

  "And when he came out of his faint and back to his senses and his awareness, and he opened his eyes, there is no need to ask whether he was greatly bewildered;"

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 434 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 434)

  "And when he found himself on the turning island in such manner as you have heard, and he saw no one but only sky and water, he was greatly dismayed, for he did not know how he had come there;"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 434 (segment 1) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 434)

  "lost his senses from the marvels he had seen that he did not know whether he existed or did not exist. And when the cloud had set him down, it departed, and Nascien lay on the ground a very long"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 434 (segment 2) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 434)

  "departed, and Nascien lay on the ground a very long time, just as though he were dead. And when he came out of his faint and back to his senses and his awareness, and he opened his eyes, there is"

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 436 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 436)

  "And when Nasciens looked at himself then, he saw that he had wings, very large and very light, and they were all white;"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 436 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 436)

  "wished to fly very high: among them there were some who flew very low, and another group of them could not fly at all;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 436 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 436)

  "Then the most beautiful and the greatest of them came, and seized him with its two feet and carried him up into the air very high, and then said to him: fly."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 436 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 436)

  "and he flew just as easily as if he were walking on his own feet."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 436 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 436)

  "Afterward, the great bird came after him, the one who had taught him to fly, and asked him what he had to eat: "I will give you what you ask for and what I am able to obtain;"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 436 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 436)

  "they remained pressed to the ground."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 436 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 436)

  "" and the bird said to him: "Truly I shall never be satisfied unless you give me your heart;"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 436 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 436)

  "" and he took it at once and handed it over;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 436 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 436)

  "and the bird carried it away with great joy and said in its language: "Now I am fully satisfied since I carry away what I wished to have and what no one knows;"

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 436 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 436)

  "this is the little mouse from which the great lion shall escape, who shall conquer by strength of body and limbs all earthly beasts, and when he has conquered them all and placed them beneath him through the greatness of his valor, and he has"

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 438 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 438)

  "According to how the cold was in greater abundance, and according to how the force of heat abounded, so the island had to rise up again and distance itself from the lodestone little by little, so that at times it was almost entirely above the water."

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 438 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 438)

  "When Nasciens heard this strife, he was very frightened, but he could not perceive, no matter how much he pondered, by what reason this could come abo"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 438 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 438)

  "the island turned at the command of the firmament, from which it had retained its nature in part, and the lodestone by whose force the iron-bearing earth was held fast did not wish to allow it to move from its ground;"

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 438 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 438)

  "but so great was the force of the lodestone against the force which came from the firmament, as is that of a small fountain compared to the sea, and by the force of the lodestone, this you may well know, there could not be much resistance;"

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 438 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 438)

  "for the firmament had greater power, and for this reason the island turned despite the force of the lodestone and despite the weight of the earth and despite its binding."

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 438 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 438)

  "For this reason the strife was so great between the earth and the lodestone that at times the island sank into the sea, so that the water rose up to the height of the shore."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 438 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 438)

  "Then he stood up fully and felt the island trembling beneath him and looked and saw that one of the ends was sinking at"

• attribution: Nasciens is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 445 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 445)

  ""

Then Nasciens raised his right hand high and made upon himself the sign of the holy cross and then entered into the ship."

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 445 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 445)

  "Then Nasciens stopped and began to think very deeply about what the letters said;"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 445 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 445)

  "that you be overtaken by any disbelief, however little it may be."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 445 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 445)

  "and when he had thought for a while, he said to himself that he would enter the ship;"

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 445 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 445)

  "but the words were to be feared, for they were so weighty;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 445 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 445)

  "and when he had thought this, he said to himself that he would enter within the ship, and then he reconsidered another thing and said:

"Fair Lord God, these letters say that in this ship there is nothing but faith, and if the letters are true, then I know well and without any doubt that the ship has come here for You;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 445 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 445)

  "and if it has come on Your behalf, then no evil can come from it nor anything that is contrary to Your glorious holy name and to whoever truly believes in You;"

• attestation: A death event (die) involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 445 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 445)

  "and I believe in You and worship You with my whole heart, just as I have learned through the mouth of Your servants that You wish to be believed and worshipped, and in the trust of Your high name I shall enter within, for belief in You saves all those who have set their minds on You, in whatever peril their bodies may be."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 445 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 445)

  "And when he had entered into the ship, he began to look on one side and the other, and said to himself that he did not think that on sea or on land one could find a ship of such great"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 445 (segment 1) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 445)

  "that you be overtaken by any disbelief, however little it may be. Then Nasciens stopped and began to think very deeply about what the letters said; and when he had thought for a while, he said to himself that he"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 448 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 448)

  "red cloth, very rich, all covered with letters of gold that said: "I am wondrous to behold and a greater wonder to know."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 448 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 448)

  "For never could anyone grip me, however large his hand, nor shall anyone ever grip me save one alone, and he shall surpass in his craft all those who came before him and who shall come after him."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 448 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 448)

  ""

Thus said the letters on the hilt;"

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 448 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 448)

  "Then he looked at the blade of the sword, which he saw drawn out from the scabbard as far as you have heard, and he saw other letters that were as red as blood;"

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 448 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 448)

  "and as soon as Nasciens had read them, as one who well knew Latin, he marveled greatly at what this could be."

• attestation: A death event (die) involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 448 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 448)

  "then he drew himself a little forward and began to read them, and he saw that they said: let no one ever be so bold as to draw it, unless he could strike better with it than any other and more boldly, and whoever drew it otherwise, let him know well that it would be he who would first die by it, and this had already been proven."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 448 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 448)

  "When Nasciens had read the letters, he marveled more than at any other thing, for he had a very great desire to draw the sword out of the scabbard and to see what it was."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 448 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 448)

  "For the marvels that the letters on the outside spoke of made him all the more eager."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 448 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 448)

  "Then Nasciens began to look at the scabbard, but no matter how much he"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 450 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 450)

  "And he looked at the scabbard and saw that on that side it was blacker than any pitch in appearance, and if he had been"

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 450 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 450)

  "Nasciens gazed upon the scabbard for a long time, and when he had looked at it enough from one side, he thought that he would not commit so base an ac"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 450 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 450)

  "dear, and she shall place them in the stead of these;"

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 450 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 450)

  "and that woman shall call this sword by its true name and shall reveal it by her hand, and never before then shall there be anyone who knows how to name or call us by our true names."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 450 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 450)

  ""

Nasciens gazed upon the scabbard for a long time, and when he had looked at it enough from one side, he thought that he would not commit so base an act as to fail to see what it was like on the other side, whatever might come of it."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 450 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 450)

  "And when he had turned it, he saw that it was as red as blood on that side, and there were other letters, black as coal, and these letters said: "He who shall prize me most shall find in me the most to blame in his hour of greatest need;"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 450 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 450)

  "Then he took it very gently and turned it to the other side, but no matter how softly he turned it, the entire bed trembled from end to end."

• attribution: Nasciens is described with negative attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 450 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 450)

  "and to the one to whom I should be most gentle, to that one I shall be most cruel, and this shall happen but once;"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 450 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 450)

  "for thus it must be, without fail."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 450 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 450)

  ""

Such were the words that the letters said, which were on that side of the sword."

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 451 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 451)

  "Thus Nasciens was in dispute with himself over the scabbard, so that at one moment he affirmed one thing and at the next he contradicted it, so that h"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 451 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 451)

  "Thus Nasciens was in dispute with himself over the scabbard, so that at one moment he affirmed one thing and at the next he contradicted it, so that he could not arrive at any certain conclusion to which he might hold;"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 451 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 451)

  "nor does the tale describe it at this point, nor of what manner it was."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 451 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 451)

  "For the time and the place have not yet come when it should describe it, nor how the sword was forged, nor in what place, nor of what the scabbard was made, nor from what place it was brought to where the sword was first placed within it, nor does it describe at this point the power of the scabbard, which was very great, nor of what manner it was, nor the great marvels that later came to pass in the kingdom of Logres and in many other places in Grand-Bretagne."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 484 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 484)

  "who had devised it never saw it again."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 484 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 484)

  "And so the tale falls silent here at this point."

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 484 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 484)

  "For it has well described how the ship was devised and in what manner, and how the spindles were of natural color without any paint: so it returns to tell of Nascien, from whom it has been a long time."

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 487 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 487)

  "While Nasciens was making his prayer in such manner as you have heard, he looked out over the sea toward the east and saw a small boat coming."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 487 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 487)

  "that which you gave me to keep, that is the soul of me."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (mother) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 487 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 487)

  "And if I am, fair Lord, so feeble a shepherd and of such poor foresight that I, by my guardianship alone, cannot fully carry out the charge, Lord, be my own shepherd and come to guard the soul of me as your sheep, so that the everlasting adversary, the cruel one, may not find me outside your keeping, for this I know well: that if he finds me alone, separated from your mother who is called holy Church, that enemy who is so powerful will easily be able to strangle so poor and so feeble a sheep as I am."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 487 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 487)

  "There was in it a man of great age, and it came straight toward Nascien in the boat and approached the shore as close as the length of two lances, but no closer did it come."

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 487 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 487)

  "The boat was of such great richness that Nasciens did not think that in all"

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 488 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 488)

  "ide surrounded by precious stones, of which there was such great abundance that Nasciens said to himself that the richest man in the world, nor the ri"

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 488 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 488)

  "the world, on sea or on land, could one find one so rich."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 488 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 488)

  "For it was on the outside surrounded by precious stones, of which there was such great abundance that Nasciens said to himself that the richest man in the world, nor the richest prince, as he believed, could not appraise even half of them."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 488 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 488)

  "And still the boat was adorned with another thing, at which Nasciens marveled no less;"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 488 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 488)

  "for on the side, on one part and the other, there were arrows numbering up to twelve, all of which were of silver, except for the points which were of the finest gold that one could find, and they were so sharp and so cutting in front that one could scarcely find any so sharpened or so piercing as they were: at this Nasciens marveled most greatly."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 488 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 488)

  "When Nasciens saw the worthy man near him, he perceived that the boat had come to a stop so that it would go no further, so he believed."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 488 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 488)

  "He stood upright and greeted the worthy man and said to him that he was welcome."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 488 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 488)

  "And the worthy man returned his greeting and asked him about his condition and how he came to be in a place so strange and so far removed from all people: "Truly, fair lord," said Nasciens, "I do not know very well who brought me here."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 489 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 489)

  ""Lord," said Nasciens, "if what you tell me is true and you are a mortal man, it cannot be that I am as far from people as you would have me understand."

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 489 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 489)

  "" "Ah! lord," said Nasciens, "how do you know this?" "I saw him today, this very day, dead," said the worthy man."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 489 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 489)

  "renegade Christian must."

• attribution: The title lord is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 489 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 489)

  "lord," said Nasciens, "how do you know this?"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 489 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 489)

  "" "I saw him today, this very day, dead," said the worthy man."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 489 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 489)

  "For since it is still morning, I can see clearly that you have not come from far away, today on this day, unless you travel faster than an earthly man."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 489 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 489)

  "" "I tell you," said the worthy man, "that I saw him dead today, and yet you are farther from your country than you think, and if you do not believe me at all, you will repent of it as much or more than you think;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 489 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 489)

  "and as much or more as you did yesterday, when you spoke the word about the ship, by which you immediately found yourself in the water."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 489 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 489)

  ""

When Nasciens understood that this man reminded him of the word about the ship, which he had spoken to him and which no one could have said or understood except God alone, he thought that our Lord had revealed it to this man and that He had sent him to comfort him and to keep him company, and then he answered him: "Lord, I believe you in everything you say, but about that ship which you have reminded me of, tell me news of it, if you know what became of it, and whether fortune will ever bring it back to a place where I might be, so that I could see it at leisure as I saw it not long ago."

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 489 (segment 1) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 489)

  "renegade Christian must." "Ah! lord," said Nasciens, "how do you know this?" "I saw him today, this very day, dead," said the worthy man. "Lord," said Nasciens, "if what you tell me is true and you are a mortal man,"

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490)

  "" "Lord," said Nasciens, "what you tell me, that it grows each day — then it is not a ship like any other."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490)

  "For it grows and improves each day, and will grow as long as this world endures."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490)

  "" "You speak truly," said the worthy man, "it is not a ship like other ships;"

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490)

  "rather it is a sign from the high Master who brought you here, and one should call it a symbol rather than a ship."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490)

  "" "Truly, lord," said Nasciens, "I well believe that you speak the truth, and therefore I pray you, for God's sake, and to comfort me, that you tell me what it signifies, and I ask you this in the name of charity."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490)

  "" "And I will tell you," said the worthy man."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490)

  "and just as the ship contained nothing but faith, as the inscription on the side attests, just so is there nothing in holy Church but faith and truth."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490 (sentence 10) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 490)

  "For from these two things was it first drawn forth and founded."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 495 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 495)

  "company: virginity, charity, patience;"

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 495 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 495)

  "and thus armed with these three things, he vanquished our death and brought life back to the world."

• attribution: Nasciens is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 495 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 495)

  ""

While the worthy man was recounting in such a manner the meaning of the ship and of the things that were within it, it happened that the hearing and the telling pleased Nascien so much and the words were so sweet to him that he fell asleep upon the shore, very much at ease in his own heart."

• attribution: Nasciens is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 495 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 495)

  "Nor did the sweetness of these words, there where he fell asleep in such a manner, cease — for it seemed to him that the worthy man was still telling him what he had begun to say."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 495 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 495)

  "And when he who was in the boat saw that he had fallen asleep, he departed from there and went away and in a short time was so far from the shore that one could not see him either near or far."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 495 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 495)

  "And when the worthy man had departed from the rock, Nascien who was asleep upon the shore continued sleeping all the while."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 495 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 495)

  "As he slept, it seemed to him that before him came a serpent, great and marvelous, which attacked him and threatened him very fiercely, and it very nearly struck him a wound in the left side;"

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 495 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 495)

  "and he defended himself very vigorously, but his defense would not have availed him in the end, when a small worm, of poor power in appearance, came to help him."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 495 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 495)

  "And as soon as the serpent saw the little red creature coming to the aid of Nascien, it dared not wait for it, but fled far from him."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 495 (sentence 10) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 495)

  "Thus it happened to Nascien in his sleep, from which he was greatly distressed, so that he woke and opened his eyes, like one who"

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 536 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 536)

  "of the sea the beautiful and magnificent ship where the sword was, the one that Nasciens had gazed upon so intently."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 536 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 536)

  "king Labiaus shall not enter, for he has already removed himself from it;"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 536 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 536)

  "rather he shall enter into the sovereign dwelling and into the joy that is called Paradis, and do you know when that shall be?"

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 536 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 536)

  "On the day of tomorrow."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 536 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 536)

  "For know in truth that he shall depart from this world tomorrow."

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 536 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 536)

  "" Then the wind struck the small boat, and in a short while it was driven out to sea and so far from the shore that those who had placed him in the boat were so overwhelmed that they could never see him again."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 536 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 536)

  "And so the child traveled in such a manner for three days in the company of the lion, which never touched him nor did him harm, whether because the beast saw itself bewildered and in peril, or because the mercy of our Lord was at work there."

• attestation: Military action involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 536 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 536)

  "On the fourth day, it happened that he found in the middle of the sea the beautiful and magnificent ship where the sword was, the one that Nasciens had gazed upon so intently."

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 536 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 536)

  "And it happened that the small boat drew alongside the hull of the ship, and when the child, who well knew letters of many kinds, saw the letters on the hull and understood well what they meant, he entered the ship at once and left the lion in the small boat."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 536 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 536)

  "And when he was inside the ship and found the bed so beautiful and so splendid and the crown and the spindles that were so marvelous, he gazed upon them most willingly, for he had never"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 538 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 538)

  "" And the child told him that he came in that ship, and showed him the ship, and when he saw it, he told him that he had seen that ship before."

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 538 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 538)

  "e came up beside him and had looked at him carefully, he recognized that it was Nasciens his father, at which he felt such great joy that no one could"

• relationship: A kinship relationship (father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 538 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 538)

  "Great was the joy of father for son and of son for father, and each asked the other about his state, until Nasciens asked the child how he had escaped from the prison of Galafre."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 538 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 538)

  "He gently woke him, and the man started up as if in bewilderment and opened his eyes, and when he saw the child, he leapt up very quickly and threw his arms around his neck and kissed him much and embraced him and wept over him with joy and pity and said: "Fair sweet son, sweet creature, who brought you to this island, which is so far from people and from Christian habitation?"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Nasciens at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 539 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 539)

  "through the vision that our Lord showed him in his sleep."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 539 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 539)

  "Then they departed from the island and came to the sea and entered the ship and remained therein until the hour of tierce."

• attestation: Nasciens participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 539 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 539)

  "Then he described all the adventures that had befallen him since the last time he had seen him, and when Nasciens had heard this news, he blessed his Creator and wept with pity that He had brought all things to perfection so well."

• attestation: Nasciens is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 539 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 539)

  "adventures that had befallen him since the last time he had seen him, and when Nasciens had heard this news, he blessed his Creator and wept with pity"

• attestation: A journey or movement by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 539 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 539)

  "And then it happened that the wind rose, great and wondrous, and the tempest and the foul weather began to rage across the sea, so great and so fierce that no one could have seen it without great fear."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Nasciens is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 539 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 539)

  "And the wind, which had grown strong, cruel, and savage, struck the ship full on, and drove it so far from the island in a short while that Nasciens, who was at the hull of the ship and gazed upon the sea that was so stirred up, could see no land neither near nor far, and he thanked God and worshiped Him for all that He sent him and said his prayers and his devotions such as he knew them."