To him Percival said:  “Sir, I would get those plates of armor off this knight, and I know not how to do it!”

Then Sir Launcelot laughed, and he said:  “Let be for a little while, and I will show thee how to get the plates of armor off.”  And he said:  “How came this knight by his death.”

Percival said:  “Sir, this knight hath greatly insulted Queen Guinevere (that beautiful lady), and when I followed him thither with intent to take her quarrel upon me, he struck me with his spear.  And when I took his spear away from him, and brake it across my knee, he drew his sword and would have slain me, only that I slew him instead.”

Then Sir Launcelot was filled with amazement, and he said:  “Is not that knight Sir Boindegardus?” And Percival said:  “Ay.”  Then Sir Launcelot said:  “Fair youth, know that thou hast slain one of the strongest and most terrible knights in all the world.  In this thou hast done a great service unto King Arthur, so if thou wilt come with us to the court of King Arthur, he will doubtless reward thee very bountifully for what thou hast done.”

Then Percival looked up into the faces of Sir Launcelot and Sir Lamorack and he perceived that they were very noble.  So he smiled upon them and said:  “Messires, I pray you tell me who you are and what is your degree.”  Then Sir Launcelot smiled in return and said:  “I am called Sir Launcelot of the Lake, and this, my companion, is called Sir Lamorack of Gales.”

[Sidenote:  Percival knoweth Sir Lamorack] Then Percival wist that he stood in the presence of his own brother, and he looked into the countenance of Sir Lamorack and marvelled how noble and exalted it was.  And he felt a great passion of love for Sir Lamorack, and a great joy in that love.  But he did not tell Sir Lamorack who he was, for he had learned several things since he had come out into the world, and one was that he must not be too hasty in such things.  So he said to himself:  “I will not as yet tell my brother who I am, lest he shall be ashamed of me.  But first I shall win me such credit that he shall not be ashamed of me, and then I will acknowledge to him who I am.”

Then Sir Launcelot said:  “I prithee, fair youth, tell me what is thy name since I have told thee ours, for I find that I have great love for thee so that I would fain know who thou art.”

Then Percival said:  “My name is Percival.”

At that Sir Lamorack cried out:  “I knew one whose name was Percival, and he was mine own brother.  And if he be alive he must now be just such a youth as thou art.”

Then Percival’s heart yearned toward Sir Lamorack, so that he looked up and smiled with great love into his face; yet he would not acknowledge to Sir Lamorack who he was, but held his peace for that while.

Then Sir Launcelot said:  “Now, fair youth, we will show you how to take the armor off of this dead knight, and after we have done that, we shall take you back to King Arthur, so that he may reward you for what you have done in the way that he may deem best.”