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Chapter Fourth
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How Sir Percival undertook the adventure of the castle of Beaurepaire and how he fared therein after several excellent adventures
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Sir Percival breaks his fast at a forest cottage.
Now the way that Sir Percival travelled led him by the outskirts2 of the forest, so that somewhiles he would be in the woodland and somewhiles he would be in the open country. And about noontide he came to a certain cottage of a neatherd that stood all alone in a very pleasant dale. That place a little brook3 came bickering4 out from the forest and ran down into the dale and spread out into a small lake, besides which daffadowndillys bloomed in such abundance that it appeared as though all that meadow land was scattered5 over with an incredible number of yellow stars that had fallen down from out of the sky. And, because of the pleasantness of this place, Sir Percival here dismounted from his horse and sat him down upon a little couch of moss6 under the shadow of an oak tree that grew nigh to the cottage, there to rest himself for a while with great pleasure. And as he sat there there came a barelegged lass from the cottage and brought him fresh milk to drink; and there came a good, comely7 housewife and brought him bread and cheese made of cream; and Sir Percival ate and drank with great appetite.
Now whilst Sir Percival sat there resting and refreshing8 himself in that wise, there appeared of a sudden coming thitherward, a tall and noble knight10 riding upon a piebald war-horse of Norway strain. So when Sir Percival beheld11 that knight coming in that wise he quickly put on his helmet and mounted his horse and made him ready for defence in case the knight had a mind to
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| n.疆绳,统治,支配;vt.以僵绳控制,统治 | |
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outskirts
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bickering
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| v.争吵( bicker的现在分词 );口角;(水等)作潺潺声;闪烁 | |
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comely
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refreshing
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knight
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beheld
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| v.看,注视( behold的过去式和过去分词 );瞧;看呀;(叙述中用于引出某人意外的出现)哎哟 | |
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haughtiness
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liberate
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knights
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| 骑士; (中古时代的)武士( knight的名词复数 ); 骑士; 爵士; (国际象棋中)马 | |
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undertaking
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assent
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vehement
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behold
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overthrow
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overthrown
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agility
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besought
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kinsman
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haughty
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succor
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behooves
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velocity
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thighs
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slew
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hermit
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chapel
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reclaim
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obedience
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onward
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slain
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guile
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toil
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tepid
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linen
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chamber
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beholds
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gracefulness
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falcon
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sable
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cuffs
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rosy
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fragrant
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gems
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divers
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dagger
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harp
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enchanted
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valor
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gales
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dependence
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lamentation
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disarm
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