Then Sir
Bedivere
took the king upon his back and so went with him to
that water.
that water.
Tennyson
"Cecil intimated that she must go to bed, if it were
only to satisfy her people.
'Must! ' she exclaimed; 'is must a word to be addressed to princes?
Little man, little man, thy father if he had been alive durst not have
used that word, but thou hast grown presumptuous because thou knowest
that I shall die. '"
Lingard, 'Hist'. , vol. vi. , p. 316. ]
[Footnote 10: 'Romance, Id'. , v. :
"Then Sir Bedivere departed and went to the sword and lightly took it
up and went to the waterside, and then he bound the girdle about the
hilt and then he threw the sword as far into the water as he might,
and then came an arm and a hand above the water, and met it and caught
it and so shook it thrice and brandished it, and then vanished away
the hand with the sword in the water. "]
[Footnote 11: 'Romance, Id. ', v. :
"'Alas,' said the king, 'help me hence for I dread me I have tarried
over long'.
Then Sir Bedivere took the king upon his back and so went with him to
that water. "]
[Footnote 12: 'Romance, Id'. , v. :
"And when they were at the waterside even fast by the bank hoved a
little barge and many fair ladies in it, and among them all was a
queen and all they had black hoods and all they wept and shrieked when
they saw King Arthur. 'Now put me into the barge,' said the king, and
so they did softly. And there received him three queens with great
mourning, and so they set him down and in one of their laps King
Arthur laid his head; and then that queen said: 'Ah, dear brother, why
have ye tarried so long from me? '"]
[Footnote 13: 'Romance, Id'. , v. :
"Then Sir Bedivere cried: 'Ah, my Lord Arthur, what shall become of me
now ye go from me and leave me here alone among mine enemies? '
'Comfort thyself,' said the king, 'and do as well as thou mayest, for
in me is no trust to trust in. For I will unto the vale of Avilion to
heal me of my grievous wound. And if thou never hear more of me, pray
for my soul. '"]
[Footnote 14: With this 'cf>/i>. Greene, 'James IV'. , v. , 4:--
"Should all things still remain in one estate
Should not in greatest arts some scars be found
Were all upright nor chang'd what world were this?
only to satisfy her people.
'Must! ' she exclaimed; 'is must a word to be addressed to princes?
Little man, little man, thy father if he had been alive durst not have
used that word, but thou hast grown presumptuous because thou knowest
that I shall die. '"
Lingard, 'Hist'. , vol. vi. , p. 316. ]
[Footnote 10: 'Romance, Id'. , v. :
"Then Sir Bedivere departed and went to the sword and lightly took it
up and went to the waterside, and then he bound the girdle about the
hilt and then he threw the sword as far into the water as he might,
and then came an arm and a hand above the water, and met it and caught
it and so shook it thrice and brandished it, and then vanished away
the hand with the sword in the water. "]
[Footnote 11: 'Romance, Id. ', v. :
"'Alas,' said the king, 'help me hence for I dread me I have tarried
over long'.
Then Sir Bedivere took the king upon his back and so went with him to
that water. "]
[Footnote 12: 'Romance, Id'. , v. :
"And when they were at the waterside even fast by the bank hoved a
little barge and many fair ladies in it, and among them all was a
queen and all they had black hoods and all they wept and shrieked when
they saw King Arthur. 'Now put me into the barge,' said the king, and
so they did softly. And there received him three queens with great
mourning, and so they set him down and in one of their laps King
Arthur laid his head; and then that queen said: 'Ah, dear brother, why
have ye tarried so long from me? '"]
[Footnote 13: 'Romance, Id'. , v. :
"Then Sir Bedivere cried: 'Ah, my Lord Arthur, what shall become of me
now ye go from me and leave me here alone among mine enemies? '
'Comfort thyself,' said the king, 'and do as well as thou mayest, for
in me is no trust to trust in. For I will unto the vale of Avilion to
heal me of my grievous wound. And if thou never hear more of me, pray
for my soul. '"]
[Footnote 14: With this 'cf>/i>. Greene, 'James IV'. , v. , 4:--
"Should all things still remain in one estate
Should not in greatest arts some scars be found
Were all upright nor chang'd what world were this?
