Le Morte Darthur, Chapter 140 summary
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In Chapter 140, Sir Gareth beheads an armed attacker again, but his wound reopens, and Linet gathers and restores the severed head. At Arthur’s Pentecost feast, knights defeated by Beaumains submit to the king, and Sir Ironside promises service, renounces his violent practices, and asks Launcelot and Gawaine for forgiveness.
What happens
- Sir Gareth fights an armed knight, reopens his wound, and cuts the knight’s head into pieces before collapsing from blood loss.
- Dame Liones cries for help, and Sir Gringamore revives Gareth with a drink.
- Linet restores the head; Gareth’s bleeding stops, but physicians say only those responsible for the enchanted wound can heal it completely.
- At Pentecost, three defeated brothers bring their knights to Arthur and describe their defeat by Beaumains.
- Sir Ironside arrives with six hundred knights, submits to Arthur, and promises to abandon his former violence.
- Arthur offers Ironside honor and a seat at the Round Table on condition of reform; Ironside kneels to seek Launcelot’s and Gawaine’s forgiveness.
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What to notice
Arthur makes moral reform a condition of honoring Ironside. Submission alone does not satisfy him.
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Who retrieves and restores the pieces of the severed head?
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