that haply it is of silver or other precious material, as easily be found complete. This, however, I have not (de Gradali). Now, a platter, broad and somewhat deep, is costly meats. I have not been able to find this history Our Lord supped with His disciples, whereof the history was Lord, as well as concerning the paten or dish in the which noblemen written in French only, nor, as they say, can it meats with their sauce are wont to be set before rich folk called in French "gradalis" or "gradale", wherein costly orders, and in the vulgar speech it is called "graalz", for angel to a certain hermit in Britain concerning S. Joseph, the year 720, and runs in English thus: that it is grateful and acceptable to him that eateth written out by the said hermit and is called "Of the Graal" part of which has been often quoted, is inserted in the Chronicle under by degrees ("gradatim") one morsel after another in divers it with attention. As soon as I can do so, I will translate the decurion who deposed from the cross the Body of Our therein, as well for that which containeth the victual, for for the contents thereof, to wit, the manifold courses of written in Latin, but it is in the possession of certain hitherto been able to obtain from any person so as to read into Latin such passages as are more useful and more likely "At this time a certain marvellous vision was revealed by an A comparison of this passage with the Introduction to the present work to be true." (9) (10) leaves no doubt that Helinand here refers to this "Book of the