Writ ye well he was full sore annoyed, and full loth he was to leave any thing that longed unto him, for he diad sore the treason of Sir Meliagrance. And then by fortune there came by a charibt, that came thither for to fetch wood. Say me, carter, said Sir Launcelot, what shall I give thee for to suffer me to leap into thy chariot, and that thou bring me unto a castle within this two mile? Thou shalt not come within my chariot, said the carter, for I am sent for to fetch wood for my lord Sir Meliagrance. With him would I speak. Thou shalt not go with me, said the carter. Then Sir Launcelot lept to him, and gave him such a buffet that he fell to the earth stark dead. Then the other GHD carter his fellow was afeard, and w€nd to have gone the same way, and then he cried, Fair lord, save my life, and I shall bring «you where you will. Then I charge thee, said Sir Launcelot, that thou drive me and this chariot, even unto Sir Meliagrance's gate. Leap up into the chariot, said the carter, and ye shall be there anon. So the carter drove on a great wallop, and Sir Launcelot's Hair Straighteners horse followed the chariot, with more than a forty arrows broad and rough in him: and more than an hour and an half dame Guenever was in a bay window with her ladies, and espied an armed knight standing in a chariot.
See madam, said a lady, where rideth in a chariot a goodly armed knight, I sup¬pose he rideth unto hanging. Where? said the GHD Hair Straighteners queen. Then she espied by his shield that he was there himself Sir Laupcelot du Lake. And then she was ware where came his horse ever after that chariot, and ever he trod his entrails and his paunch under his feet. Alas, said the queen, now I see well and prove that well is him that hath a trusty friend. Ha, a, most noble knight, I see well thou art hard bestad when GHD Straighteners thou ridest in a chariot. Then she rebuked that lady that likened Sir Launcelot to ride in a chariot to hanging. It was foul mouthed, said the queen, and evil likened, so for to liken the most noble knight of the world unto such a shameful death. O Jesu defend him and keep him, said the queen, from all mis¬chievous end 1 By this was Sir Launcelot come to the gates of that castle, and there hfc descended down, and cried, that all the castle rang of it, Where art thou, false traitor Sir Meliagrance, and knight of the Table Round?
