Sir Ebel

Also known as: Ebel · Family: Red City · Role: knight · First appears: Book X, Chapter LXI

Book X, Chapter LXI

sworn: King Hermance (Ebel states that he owed true faith to Hermance.) “And when my lord King Hermance was in that vessel, he required me for the true faith I owed unto him for to write a letter in this manner.”
with King Hermance (Ebel found and transported the wounded King Hermance.) “And when they were departed, then by fortune I came to the well, and found my lord and king wounded to the death. And when I heard his complaint, I let bring him to the water side, and in that same ship I put him alive.”
with Sir Palomides (Sir Ebel explains the cause of the castle's mourning to Sir Palomides.) “Then there came afore him one whose name was Sir Ebel, that said thus: Wit ye well, sir knight, this dole and sorrow is here made every day, and for this cause: we had a king that hight Hermance, and he was King of the Red City, and this king that was lord was a noble knight, large and liberal of his expense;”

employer: King Hermance (Ebel describes writing and carrying out commands from his lord, King Hermance.) “This letter, said Ebel, I wrote by my lord’s commandment, and then he received his Creator; and when he was dead, he commanded me or ever he were cold to put that letter fast in his hand.”
with King Hermance (King Hermance is Ebel's lord and commanded him to write the letter.) “This letter, said Ebel, I wrote by my lord’s commandment”

Extracted from the original text of Le Morte d'Arthur. Made with Rho MD.