Le Morte Darthur, Chapter 335 summary

What happens

1. Queen Guenever faints, recovers with Sir Bors’s help, and pays three knights to search for Sir Launcelot.
2. The three search for nearly three months without news, then ask Sir Melion de Tartare to report their failure at court.
3. King Arthur and the queen request another search, and twenty-three knights undertake it across England, Wales, and Scotland.
4. The searchers divide into smaller parties, while Sir Aglovale and Sir Percivale visit their mother.
5. Their mother mourns King Pellinore and Sir Lamorak, but Sir Percivale refuses her plea to abandon knightly pursuits.
6. As the sons prepare to depart, their mother faints amid widespread weeping.

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What to notice

Percivale uses ancestry to explain his refusal to stay home. His answer places knightly identity against his mother’s need for comfort.

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