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When he had shared his wealth, he then did a very wise thing in receiving his land from the King's hand; and then he begged the King to crown him at his court. WHEN HE HAD SHARED HIS WEALTH HE THEN DID A VERY WISE THING IN RECEIVING HIS LAND FROM THE KING'S HAND AND THEN HE BEGGED THE KING TO CROWN HIM AT HIS COURT
n and full of years. The messengers then started out: the nobles who went to seek him, and who were the greatest men of the land, sought and searched for him until they found him at Tintagel three weeks before Christmas; they told him the truth what had happened to his old, white-haired father, and how he now was dead and gone. This grieved Erec much more than he showed before the people. But sorrow is not seemly in a king, nor does it become a king to mourn. There at Tintagel where he was, he caused vigils for the dead and Masses to be sung; he promised and kept his promises, as he had vowed to the religious houses and churches; he did well all that he ought to do: he chose out more than one hundred and sixty-nine of the wretched poor, and clothed them all in new garments. To the poor clerks and priors he gave, as was right, black copes and warm linings to wear beneath. For God's sake he did great good to all: to those who were in need he distributed more than a barrel of small coins.  THE KING WHO WAS AN OLD MAN AND FULL OF YEARS THE MESSENGERS THEN STARTED OUT THE NOBLES WHO WENT TO SEEK HIM AND WHO WERE THE GREATEST MEN OF THE LAND SOUGHT AND SEARCHED FOR HIM UNTIL THEY FOUND HIM AT TINTIGO THREE WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS THEY TOLD HIM THE TRUTH WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HIS OLD WHITE HAIRED FATHER AND HOW HE NOW WAS DEAD AND GONE THIS GRIEVED ERIC MUCH MORE THAN HE SHOWED BEFORE THE PEOPLE BUT SORROW IS NOT SEEMLY IN A KING NOR DOES IT BECOME A KING TO MOURN THERE A TINTAGO WHERE HE WAS HE CAUSED VIGILS FOR THE DEAD AND MASSES TO BE SUNG HE PROMISED AND KEPT HIS PROMISES AS HE HAD VOWED TO THE RELIGIOUS HOUSES AND CHURCHES HE DID WELL ALL THAT HE OUGHT TO DO HE CHOSE OUT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE OF THE WRETCHED POOR AND CLOTHED THEM ALL IN NEW GARMENTS TO THE POOR CLERKS AND PRIORS HE GAVE AS WAS RIGHT BLACK COPES AND WARM LININGS TO WEAR BENEATH FOR GOD'S SAKE HE DID GREAT GOOD TO ALL TO THOSE WHO WERE IN NEED HE DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN A BARREL OF SMALL COIN
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