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Lamoracke
Sir Lamoracke, Lamerocke, Lamorake, Lamorock, or Lamarecke, one of the knights of the Round Table, and one of the three most noted for deeds of prowess. The other two were sir Launcelot and sir Tristram. Sir Lamoracke’s father was king Pellinore of Wales, who slew king Lot. His brothers were sir Aglavale and sir Percival; sir Tor, whose mother was the wife of Aries the cowherd, was his half-brother. Sir Lamoracke was detected by the sons of king Lot in adultery with their mother, and they conspired his death. Le Morte d'Arthur By Sir Thomas Malory
Sir Gawain and his three brethren, sir Agrawain, sir Gahêris, and sir Modred, met him [sir Lamoracke] in a privy place, and there they slew his horse; then they fought with him on foot for more than three hours, both before him and behind his back, and all-to hewed him in pieces. Le Morte d'Arthur By Sir Thomas Malory.
"So leave we Sir Tristram in Brittany, and speak we of Sir Lamorak de Galis, that as he sailed his ship fell on a rock and perished all, save Sir Lamorak and his squire; and there he swam mightily, and fishers of the Isle of Servage took him up, and his squire was drowned, and the shipmen had great labour to save Sir Lamorak’s life, for all the comfort that they could do." Le Morte d'Arthur By Sir Thomas Malory. Book VIII
"Also that traitor king slew the noble knight Sir Tristram, as he sat harping afore his lady La Beale Isoud, with a trenchant glaive, for whose death was much bewailing of every knight that ever were in Arthur’s days; there was never none so bewailed as was Sir Tristram and Sir Lamorak, for they were traitorously slain, Sir Tristram by King Mark, and Sir Lamorak by Sir Gawaine and his brethren." Le Morte d'Arthur By Sir Thomas Malory. Book XIX
Roger Ascham says, “The whole pleasure of La Morte d’Arthur standeth in two special poyntes: in open manslaughter and bold bawdye, in which booke they are counted the noblest knights that doe kill most men without any quarrell, and commit foulest adulteries by sutlest shiftes: as sir Launcelote with the wife of king Arthur his master, sir Tristram with the wife of king Marke his uncle, and sir Lamerocke with the wife of king Lote that was his aunt.”—Works, 254 (fourth edit.).
“My name,” said he, “is Sir Tristram of Lyonesse.”
“And mine, Sir Lamoracke of Gaul.”
Then both cried out together, “Well met;” and Sir Lamoracke said, “Sir, for your great renown, I will that ye have all the worship of this battle, and therefore will I yield me unto you.” And therewith he took his sword by the point to yield him.
“Nay,” said Sir Tristram, “ye shall not do so, for well I know ye do it of courtesy, and not of dread.” And therewith he offered his sword to Sir Lamoracke, saying, “Sir, as an overcome knight, I yield me unto you as unto the man of noblest powers I have ever met with.”
“Hold,” said Sir Lamoracke, “let us now swear together nevermore to fight against each other.”
Then did they swear as he said.
The
Legends of King Arthur And His Knights By Sir James
Knowles
"The introduction of a brother, as a definite character, belongs to the later stages of Arthurian tradition. The brothers vary in number and name, but the most noted are Sir Agloval and Sir Lamorak, who appear to belong to distinct lines of development, Sir Agloval belonging mainly to the Lancelot, Sir Lamorak to the Tristan tradition. So far I have not met with the latter in any version of the prose Lancelot, though Dr. Sommer in his Studies on the Sources of Malory, refers to him as mentioned in that romance; in the Tristan, on the contrary, he is a leading figure. The Morien story, as I have remarked in the preface, has obviously been modified by the influence of the later Lancelot legend, hence, probably, the rôle assigned to Agloval." The Romance of Morien by Jessie L. Weston
