Sir Launcelot bids adieu to Elaine

ELAINE: THE LADY OF SHALLOT. Elaine is a name associated with a number of women in the myths. She was the daughter of Pelles, and he tricked Lancelot into sleeping with her. On another occaision he slept with her thinking she was Guinevere. They were the parents of Galahad, the most pure and perfect knight of the Round Table. In another rendering of the tale, she fell in love with Lancelot, who wore her token during a tourney. She died of love for him, and her body was born on a boat down the Thames to Arthur's court, with a letter saying why she had died. She was the Lady of Shallot.

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