Le Morte Darthur, Chapter 380 summary
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In Chapter 380, Sir Percivale refuses a dream woman's demand for service, then meets an old man who explains the dream as a struggle over his Christian faith. The visitor warns him of a great contest, departs by ship, and leaves Percivale to rejoin his lion.
What happens
- The woman riding the serpent demands Percivale's service as payment for killing her beast, but he refuses.
- Percivale wakes weak and troubled, then approaches a ship where an old man offers comfort.
- The old man explains that the woman riding the lion represents the Church and warns of a great spiritual contest.
- He identifies the other woman's demand as an attempt to make Percivale abandon his baptism.
- The ship departs after Percivale leaves it, and he returns to the lion with joy.
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