Король Артур и рыцари Круглого стола
Chapter XII
ThenavoicesaidtoGalahad,“Son,withthisbloodwhichdrippethfromthespearanointthouthemaimedkingandhealhim.Andwhenthouhastthisdone,departhencewiththybrethreninashipthatyeshallfind,andgotothecityofSarras.Andbearwiththeetheholyvessel,foritshallnomorebeseenintherealmofLogris.”
AtthatSirGalahadwalkedtothebleedingspear,andtherefromanointinghisfingerswentoutstraightwaytothemaimedKingPelles,andtouchedhiswound.Thensuddenlyheuprosefromhisbedaswholeamanaseverhewas,andpraisedGodpassingthankfullywithallhisheart.
ThenSirGalahad,SirBors,andSirPercivaldepartedastheyhadbeentold;andwhentheyhadriddenthreedaystheycametothesea-shore,andfoundtheshipawaitingthem.Thereintheyentered,andsawinthemidstthesilvertableandthevesseloftheSangreal,coveredwithredsamite.Thenweretheypassingglad,andmadegreatreverencethereto.AndSirGalahadprayedthatnowhemightleavetheworldandpasstoGod.Andpresently,thewhileheprayed,avoicesaidtohim,“Galahad,thyprayerisheard,andwhenthouaskeththedeathofthebodythoushalthaveit,andfindthelifeofthysoul.”
Butwhiletheyprayedandslepttheshipsailedon,andwhentheywoketheysawthecityofSarrasbeforethem,andtheothershipwhereinwasSirPercival’ssister.ThenthethreeknightstookuptheholytableandtheSangrealandwentintothecity;andthere,inachapel,theyburiedSirPercival’ssisterrightsolemnly.