Quotes from James Knowles

For to die with honour is far better than to live disgraced.

Sir Lancelot increased in fame and worship above all men, for he overthrew all comers, and never was unhorsed or worsted, save by treason and enchantment.

Arise, Lord King, for the enemy is come; even Ambrosius and Uther, upon whose throne thou sittest—and full twenty thousand with them—and they have sworn by a great oath, Lord, to slay thee, ere this year be done; and even now they march towards thee as the north wind of winter for bitterness and haste.

envy and jealousy because he

ing Vortigern the usurper sat upon his throne in London, when, suddenly, upon a certain day, ran in a breathless messenger, and cried aloud— "Arise, Lord King, for the enemy

Filled with mixed rage and fear, the king called for the astrologers and wizards, and took counsel with them what these things might be, and how to overcome them. The wizards worked their spells and incantations, and in the end declared that nothing but the blood of a youth born without mortal father, smeared on the foundations of the castle, could

I pray, Lord, that workmen may be ordered

knights." Prianius was christened, and made a duke and knight of the Round Table. So Prianius

Damsel, wherefore art thou girt with that sword, for it beseemeth thee not?

for love cometh of the heart and not by constraint." "That is true," said the king; "for love is free.

Then all the host of craftsmen, fearing for their lives, found out a proper site whereon to build the tower, and eagerly began to lay in the foundations.

How is it possible to remove such vast stones from so great a distance, as if Britain, also, had no stones fit for the work?

for it is better that we slay a coward than through a coward be all slain.