Charge Given to the Knights by King Arthur
God make you a good man and fail not of beauty. The Round Table was founded in patience,
humility, and meekness.Thou art never to do outrageousity, nor murder, and always to flee
treason, by no means to be cruel, and always to do ladies, damosels, and gentle women succour.
Also, to take no battles in a wrongful quarrel for no law nor for no world's goods.
Thous shouldst be for all ladies and fight for their quarrels, and ever be courteous and never
refuse mercy to him that asketh mercy, for a knight that is courteous and kind and gentle has
favor in every place. Thou shouldst never hold a lady or gentle woman against her will.
Thou must keep thy word to all and not be feeble of good believeth and faith. Right must be
defended against might and distress must be protected. Thou must know good from evil and the
vain glory of the world, because great pride and bobauce maketh great sorrow. Should anyone
require ye of any quest so that it is not to thy shame, thou shouldst fulfil the desire.
Ever it is a worshipful knights deed to help another worshipful knight when he seeth him a
great danger, for ever a worshipful man should loath to see a worshipful man shamed, for it
is only he that is of no worship and who faireth with cowardice that shall never show
gentelness or no manner of goodness where he seeth a man in any danger, but always a good
man will do another man as he would have done to himself.
It should never be said that a small brother has injured or slain another brother. Thou
shouldst not fail in these things: charity, abstinence and truth. No knight shall win
worship but if he be of worship himself and of good living and that loveth God and
dreadeth God then else he geteth no worship here be ever so hardly.
An envious knight shall never win worship for and envious man wants to win worship he
shall be dishonoured twice therefore without any, and for this cause all men of worship
hate an envious man and will show him no favour.
Do not, nor slay not, anything that will in any way dishonour the fair name of Christian
knighthood for only by stainless and honourable lives and not by prowess and courage
shall the final goal be reached. Therefore be a good knight and so I pray to God so ye
may be, and if ye be of prowess and of worthiness then ye shall be a Knight of the
Table Round.
Queen Marii
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