Quote#World
When Percivale and Bors saw Galahad dead they made as much sorrow as…
Quote byThomas Malory · 1405–1471
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1469) (first known edition 1485), Book XVII, ch. 23.
English (original)
When Percivale and Bors saw Galahad dead they made as much sorrow as ever did two men. And if they had not been good men they might lightly have fallen in despair.
— Thomas Malory
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