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being the son of Bohor (compare Tennyson's Sir Bors), and the 

 latter of Bohor's brother, Ban. The two brothers had neighbor- 

 ing kingdoms near Saumur, in what was later Anjou,'^ which they 

 held as vassals of King Aramont of Brittany. Aramont recog- 

 nized Uther, and afterwards Arthur, as his suzerain. A certain 

 Claudas of Bourges, declaring himself vassal of the King of 

 Gaul, invaded the territory of Lancelot's father, who fled to 

 England to implore the assistance of Arthur; but when he had 

 departed, his castle was taken, and Ban soon after died. His 

 brother, Bohor, survived Ban but a few days, and his kingdom, 

 too, fell to the invader, Claudas. Lionel and his brother, named 

 Bohor after his father, were left with their mother in Monteclair, 

 the only castle that still remained of all that had belonged to 

 their father; but even from this they were soon expelled by 

 King Claudas.® When Lionel and Bohor had grown to boy- 

 hood, an attendant tells them that by one of the sons of Ban 

 and (the elder) Bohor the adventurous period of Great Britain 

 shall come to an end, at which Lionel grows first red, then pale, 

 and bursts into tears. This, he explains, is because Claudas still 

 holds his father's territories, whereupon Lancelot tells him that 

 he will never want for lands if only he lack not courage.*^ 



Eventually, as we are informed in the romance of Agravain, 

 Lancelot, who has regained his hereditary dominions, bestows 

 upon Lionel the kingdom of Gaul.* 



Anglo-Norman, and was carried to Vienna by Gui de Morville, one of 

 the hostages for Richard Coeur de Lion (before 1194). 



*As does the Vulgate Merlin (ed. Sommer), and the Dutch Lancelot, 

 ed. Jonckbloet, pp. 228-230. See Weston, Legend of Sir Lancelot du Lac, 

 PP- 52, 135-6, 143, 201. 



''Where the Angevin kings of England took the name of Plantagenets 

 (Michelet 4. 191). 



' See Romans 3. 3-21. 



' Romans 3. 90-91 ; for other references to Lionel see pp. 27, 60-65, 67, 72, 

 84-89, 92-94, no, 119, 127; 4. I, 18-23, 45 fif., 76, 79, 144-5, 209 (dubbing 

 of Lionel), 268-272, 320, 326, 330-332, 338-342; 5- 5-6, 1 18-120, 290-293, 

 295, 303, 314-5, 318-320, 323, 326, 334, 339, 351. (Cf. Le Morte Darthur, 

 pp. 169, 170, 183-5, 190, 192, 196, 397, 585, 604, 612-3, 676-9, 682-6, 743-4, 

 818, 829, 855.) On p. 59 we are told: Lionel etait le coeur d'enfant le 

 plus demesure que Ton put voir; aussi Galehault, le vaillant seigneur des 

 lies foraines, le surnomma-t-il Cceur sans frein [cf. 4. 270], le jour qu'il 

 fut arme chevalier.' 



* Romans 5. 323 ; cf . Le Morte Darthur, pp. 829, 855. 



