CHAPTER XVII. Yet more of the same battle, and how it was ended by Merlin. CHAPTER XVIII. How King Arthur, King Ban, and King Bors rescued King Leodegrance, and other incidents. CHAPTER XIX. How King Arthur rode to Carlion, and of his dream, and how he saw the questing beast. CHAPTER XX. How King Pellinore took Arthur's horse and followed the Questing Beast, and how Merlin met with Arthur. CHAPTER XXI. How Ulfius impeached Queen Igraine, Arthur's mother, of treason; and how a knight came and desired to have the death of his master CHAPTER XXII. How Griflet was made knight, and jousted with a knight CHAPTER XXIII. How twelve knights came from Rome and asked truage for this land of Arthur, and how Arthur fought with a knight. CHAPTER XXIV. How Merlin saved Arthur's life, and threw an enchantment on King Pellinore and made him to sleep. CHAPTER XXV. How Arthur by the mean of Merlin gat Excalibur his sword of the Lady of the Lake. CHAPTER XXVI. How tidings came to Arthur that King Rience had overcome eleven kings, and how he desired Arthur's beard to trim his mantle. CHAPTER XXVII. How all the children were sent for that were born on May-day, and how Mordred was saved. BOOK II. CHAPTER I. Of a damosel which came girt with a sword for to find a man of such virtue to draw it out of the scabbard. CHAPTER II. How Balin, arrayed like a poor knight, pulled out the sword, which afterward was the cause of his death. CHAPTER III. How the Lady of the Lake demanded the knight's head that had won the sword, or the maiden's head. CHAPTER IV. How Merlin told the adventure of this damosel. CHAPTER V. How Balin was pursued by Sir Lanceor, knight of Ireland, and how he jousted and slew him. CHAPTER VI. How a damosel, which was love to Lanceor, slew herself for