These words spoken, Arthur took Tristram by the hand and led him to the Round Table, going with him round its circle, and looking into every seat that lacked a knight. When at length he came to that in which Sir Marhaus had formerly sat, he saw there engraved in letters of gold, "This is the seat of the noble knight Sir Tristram."

Then Arthur made Tristram a Knight of the Round Table with noble ceremony and great pomp, and with feasts that lasted many days. Glad were all there to have a knight of such prowess and high esteem in their company, and many friends Tristram made among his new brothers-in-arms.

But chief of all these was Lancelot, and for days together Lancelot and Tristram kept genial company, while their brotherhood gave joy to all, and most of all to King Arthur, who felt that the glory of his reign was now at its height, and that two such knights as these would spread the renown of the Round Table throughout the world.

END OF VOL. I.

Transcriber's Note:

1. Minor punctuation errors have been corrected.

2. Fifteen spelling errors have been corrected as follows:

Pg 38 "Tintagel" to "Tintagil" (15) (the Duke of Tintagil)

Pg 74 "churchyard" to "church-yard" (4) (near a church-yard)

Pg 114 "way-side" to "wayside" (2) (they reached a wayside)

Pg 166 "eat" to "ate" (of which Kay ate heartily)

Pg 200 "vassels" to "vassals" (4) (dead or my vassals)

Pg 206 "swept" to "wept" (wept for pity.)

Pg 212 "therefor" to "therefore" (and sureties therefore.")

Pg 223 "Badgemagus" to "Bagdemagus" (11) (King Bagdemagus)

Pg 246 "togther" to "together" (together in furious)

Pg 281 "threatingly" to "threateningly" (shook the sword threateningly)

Pg 284 "say" to "saw" (when he saw him coming)

Pg 287 "beleagured" to "beleaguered" (a hundred beleaguered him)

Pg 291 "is" to "if" (seemed as if she returned his love)

Pg 298 "Taulurd" to "Taulard" (2) (brother to that Taulard)

Pg 336 "wellnigh" to "well-nigh" (2) (he well-nigh lost his wits)

3. The following list of similar words appear in the original text and have been retained.

"Percival" (p 12) and Percivale (elsewhere)

"lady Colombe" (p 65) and "lady Columbe" (p 355)

"gerfalcon" (p 135) and "jerfalcon" (p 221)

"Sagramore" and "Sagramour"

"villain" (17) and "villanous" (8) and villany (3)