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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Four Arthurian Romances by Chretien DeTroyes: body such a cut as he will not recover from until April and May
be passed. He smashes his nose-guard against his teeth, breaking
three of them in his mouth. And Meleagant's rage is such that he
cannot speak or say a word; nor does he deign to cry for mercy,
for his foolish heart holds tight in such constraint that even
now it deludes him still. Lancelot approaches and, unlacing his
helmet, cuts off his head. Never more will this man trouble him;
it is all over with him as he falls dead. Not a soul who was
present there felt any pity at the sight. The King and all the
others there are jubilant and express their joy. Happier than
they ever were before, they relieve Lancelot of his arms, and
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