Belliance le Orgulus

Also known as: Belliance / Sir Belliance · Role: knight · First appears: Book VIII, Chapter XLI

Life events

• Belliance learned of Sir Frol’s death and vowed revenge against Sir Lamorak.(Book VIII, Chapter XLI)
  • With: Sir Frol
  • “Alas, said he, I will be revenged.”
• Sir Lamorak and Belliance fought fiercely until both were wounded and Belliance weakened by bleeding.(Book VIII, Chapter XLI)
  • With: Sir Lamorak
  • “Then they yede again unto battle, and either wounded other, that all the ground was bloody thereas they fought.”
• Belliance revealed that he had saved Lamorak’s life and killed his own sons for Lamorak’s sake.(Book VIII, Chapter XLI)
  • With: Sir Lamorak
  • “I slew my sons for thy sake, where I saved thy life, and now thou hast slain my brother Sir Frol.”
• Sir Lamorak and Belliance forgave one another, kissed with tears, and ended their hostility.(Book VIII, Chapter XLI)
  • With: Sir Lamorak
  • “And then either kissed other with weeping tears.”
• Sir Lamorak and Belliance swore never to fight against each other again.(Book VIII, Chapter XLI)
  • With: Sir Lamorak
  • “And then they sware together that none of them should never fight against other.”

Book VIII, Chapter XLI

• siblings with Sir Frol (Belliance identifies Sir Frol as his brother.) “for thou hast slain my brother Sir Frol, that was a better knight than ever wert thou.”
• enemies with Sir Lamorak (Belliance expresses a standing hatred and seeks revenge against Lamorak.) “Ah, said Sir Belliance, thou art the man in the world that I most hate, for I slew my sons for thy sake, where I saved thy life, and now thou hast slain my brother Sir Frol.”
• with Sir Lamorak (They reconcile, care for one another, and swear never to fight again.) “And then Sir Lamorak kneeled down, and unlaced first his umberere, and then his own, and then either kissed other with weeping tears. Then Sir Lamorak led Sir Belliance to an abbey fast by, and there Sir Lamorak would not depart from Belliance till he was whole. And then they sware together that none of them should never fight against other.”

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