Thomas Malory
Thomas Malory
Sir Thomas Malorywas an English writer, the author or compiler of Le Morte d'Arthur. Since the late nineteenth century, he has generally been identified as Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revel in Warwickshire, a knight, land-owner, and Member of Parliament. Previously, it was suggested by antiquary John Leland and John Bale that he was Welsh. Occasionally, other candidates are put forward for authorship of Le Morte d'Arthur, but the supporting evidence for their claim has been described as "no more...
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love-is long joy
The joy of love is too short, and the sorrow thereof, and what cometh thereof, dureth over long.
horse heart two
Then he looked by him, and was ware of a damsel that came riding as fast as her horse might gallop upon a fair palfrey. And when she espied that Sir Lanceor was slain, then she made sorrow out of measure, and said, O Balin ! two bodies hast thou slain and one heart, and two hearts in one body, and two souls thou hast lost.
mistake long wit
Wit thou well that I will not live long after thy days.
kings war book
It befell in the days of Uther Pendragon, when he was king of all England, and so reigned, that there was a mighty duke in Cornwall that held war against him long time. And the duke was called the duke of Tintagil.
kings flower heart
For as well as I have loved thee heretofore, mine heart will not serve now to see thee; for through thee and me is the flower of kings and knights destroyed.
pain blood feet
Always Sir Arthur lost so much blood that it was a marvel he stood on his feet, but he was so full of knighthood that knightly he endured the pain.
knights body
With that truncheon thou hast slain a good knight, and now it sticketh in thy body.
kings wind doors
What, nephew, said the king, is the wind in that door?
pain love-is endure
The sweetness of love is short-lived, but the pain endures.
kings winning men
Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place; and men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the holy cross.
fighting knights purpose
The very purpose of a knight is to fight on behalf of a lady.
gratitude enough
Enough is as good as a feast.
anvil england english-author sword
Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England.
death hath knights lord love loved man noblest together war
Through this same man and me hath all this war been wrought, and the death of the most noblest knights of the world; for through our love that we have loved together is my most noble lord slain.