And now hast thou seen that thou most desired 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 wotest thou wherefore?  For he is not served nor worshipped to his right by them of this land, for they be turned to evil living; therefore I shall disherit them of the honour which I have done them.  And therefore go ye three to-morrow unto the sea, where ye shall find your ship ready and with you take the sword with the strange girdles, and no more with you but Sir Percivale and Sir Bors.  Also I will that ye take with you of the blood of this spear for to anoint the maimed king, both his legs and all his body, and he shall have his health.  Sir, said Galahad, why shall not these other fellows go with us?  For this cause:  for right as I departed my apostles one here and another there, so I will that ye depart; and two of you shall die in my service, but one of you shall come again and tell tidings.  Then gave he them his blessing and vanished away.

CHAPTER XXI

How Galahad anointed with the blood of the spear the maimed king, and other adventures

And Galahad went anon to the spear which lay upon the table, and touched the blood with his fingers, and came after to the maimed king and anointed his legs.  And therewith he clothed him anon, and start upon his feet out of his bed as an whole man, and thanked Our Lord that He had healed him.  And that was not to the world ward, for anon he yielded him to a place of religion of white monks, and was a full holy man.  That same night about midnight came a voice among them which said:  My sons and not my chief sons, my friends and not my warriors, go ye hence where ye hope best to do and as I bad you.  Ah, thanked be Thou, Lord, that Thou wilt vouchsafe to call us, Thy sinners.  Now may we well prove that we have not lost our pains.  And anon in all haste they took their harness and departed.  But the three knights of Gaul, one of them hight Claudine, King Claudas’ son, and the other two were great gentlemen.  Then prayed Galahad to every each of them, that if they come to King Arthur’s court that they should salute my lord, Sir Launcelot, my father, and of them of the Round Table; and prayed them if that they came on that part that they should not forget it.  Right so departed Galahad, Percivale and Bors with him; and so they rode three days, and then they came to a rivage, and found the ship whereof the tale speaketh of tofore.  And when they came to the board they found in the middes the table of silver which they had left with the maimed king, and the Sangreal which was covered with red samite.