Verse romance · c. 1340

Sir Perceval of Galles

by Anonymous (Middle English)

A tail-rhyme romance of the boy Perceval, reared in the wilds by his widowed mother, who rides to Arthur's court, avenges his father's death on the Red Knight and wins a lady's release from a Saracen sultan.

Contents · 8 parts

• Stanzas I–XXabout 320 lines
• Stanzas XXI–XLabout 320 lines
• Stanzas XLI–LXabout 320 lines
• Stanzas LXI–LXXXabout 320 lines
• Stanzas LXXXI–Cabout 320 lines
• Stanzas CI–CXXabout 320 lines
• Stanzas CXXI–CXLabout 320 lines
• Stanzas CXLI–CXLIII48 lines

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