[171] It seems likely that this was in =M.='s source, as we read that the old man has a spear in his hand, 'and that spere was called the spere of vengeaunce.' But the old man never speaks of it to Bors.
[172] As regards the mention of Galahad and Lancelot in =1533=, I find I have no special note. They are certainly not in =D. L.= and the two versions are in such habitual accord that I think I must have noted it had they differed here. Still, I think it only fair to point out my omission.
[173] On p. 200 of the _Studies_ there is a mistake. Dr. Sommer speaks of the fight between _Bors_ and Perceval and their healing by the Grail. It should, of course, be _Hector_, not _Bors_. We may note here that in this instance the Grail is stated to be the dish out of which Our Lord ate the Paschal lamb in the house of Simon the Leper; there is no mention of its containing the Blood of Christ, or of its being borne by a maiden as in =M.=
[174] There is no mention of Balyn's sword: this is clearly an interpolation of =M.=
[175] This passage throws into strong relief the absolute unreality of the Galahad _Queste_. The hero knows all about the Grail, its keeper, where it is to be found, his own relation to it. He has grown up under its shadow as it were. Nor need he fulfil any test to gain it: in all the records of his adventures there is no temptation such as that undergone by Perceval or Bohort; he is as fit to become keeper of the Grail (for this and not Grail-_King_ he practically becomes) when he leaves Arthur's court as when he finally, after a series of aimless adventures, arrives at Corbenic. Contrast this with the earlier versions: the hero knows nothing of the Grail; not till after he has beheld the Talisman and failed to accomplish the necessary test does he even hear the name; when he would make amends for his negligence he can no longer find the castle, and not till he has proved himself worthy through long-continued trial is the opportunity once lost again offered to him. Neither do the inhabitants of the Grail Castle know their deliverer; they hope that it may be he, since they believe none other might find the way, but they do not know him, whereas Galahad is well known to the dwellers in Corbenic.