Given to Georgiana Burne-Jones, donated by Sir Philip Burne-Jones, Bart. and Mrs. Mackail (i. e., Burne-Jones's children), 1922. Contains 1 page note in envelope, list of things needed (pewter mugs, etc.). Concludes, "William Morris finished writing…

William Morris script: whole page parchment folio, lines 58-79, written in gold, is headed ‘The Story of’, and has floral border in right margin. Unfinished

Section begins: In the marches of Gaunnes of Little Britain were of old time two kings, brothers of blood, who had wedded two sisters of blood: one had to name King Ban of Benwych, and the other King Bors of Gaunnes [parents of Lancelot]. Segment…

I read once in lazy humour Thorpe’s Northern Mythology on a cold May night when the north wind was blowing; in lazy humour, but when I came to the tale that is here amplified there was something in it that fixed my attention and made me think of it;…