to them, "Servants of Jesu Christ, ye shall be fed
afore this table with sweet food, that never knights tasted."

When he had said, he vanished away; and they sat them at the table in
great reverence, and made their prayers. Then looked they, and saw a
man that had all the signs of the passion of Jesu Christ, and he said:
"My knights and my servants and my true children, which be come out of
deadly life into spiritual life, I will now no longer hide me from you,
but ye shall see now a part of my secrets and of my hid things; now
hold and receive the high meat which ye have so much desired."

Then took He Himself the holy vessel, and came to Galahad, who knelt
down and there he received the sacrament, and after him so received all
his fellows; and they thought it so sweet that it was marvellous to
tell.

Then said He to Galahad, "Son, knowest thou what I hold betwixt my
hands?"

"Nay," said he, "unless ye will tell me."

"This is," said He, "the holy dish wherein I ate the lamb at the Last
Supper. And now hast thou seen that thou most desiredst to see, but
yet hast thou not seen it so openly as thou shalt see it in the city of
Sarras, in the spiritual place. Therefore thou must go hence, and bear
with thee this holy vessel, for this night it shall depart from the
realm of Logris, that it shall never be seen more here. And knowest
thou wherefore? Because they of this land be turned to evil living;
therefore I shall disinherit them of the honour which I have done them.
Therefore go ye three unto the sea, where ye shall find your ship
ready."

Right so departed Galahad, Percivale and Bors with him. They rode
three days, and then they came to a rivage[1], where they found the
ship whereof the tale speaketh tofore. When they came to the board,
they found in the midst the table of silver, which they had left in the
castle of Carboneck, and the Holy Grail, which was covered with red
samite. Then were they glad to have such things in their fellowship.

They had remained some time in the ship, when they awoke of a morning
to see the city of Sarras afore them. Here they landed, and took out
of the ship the table of silver, Percivale and Bors going tofore and
Galahad behind. Right so they went to the city, and at the gate of the
city they saw an old bent man. Then Galahad called him, and bade him
help to bear this heavy thing.

"Truly," said the old man, "it is ten years since I might go without
crutches."