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Lionel and Bohort in the Lancelot Propre (La Marche de Gaule)

Claudas, King of the Terre Deserte had conquered the land of Lionel and Bohort, as well as Lancelot when they were children. Their parents were dead or exiled. Lancelot lived with the Lady of the Lake, but Lionel and Bohort had been captured. When one of the Lady of the Lake’s servants arrive during a feast to shame Claudas concerning his treatment of the children, he claims he wants nothing but their good, that he will give them their land back when they come of age, and to prove it he summons them. The Lady gives them flower crowns and jewelry enchanted so that nobody can harm them while they wear it. As a gesture of good faith Claudas gives his cup of wine for Lionel to drink. Bohort screams to him to throw it on the ground, but insted he hits Claudas with it. Then, they proceed to seize a sword and a scepter that were lying around and start waving them around, killing Claudas’ son.