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Lavaine
Sir Lavaine, brother of Elaine, and
son of the lord of Astolat. Young, brave, and knightly. He
accompanied sir Lancelot when he went
to tilt for the ninth diamond.
Idylls of
the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (“Lancelot
and Elaine”)
"'Sir,' answered Sir Bernard, 'you shall have your wish, for
you seem one of the goodliest Knights in the world. And, Sir, I
have two sons, both but lately knighted, Sir Tirre who was
wounded on the day of his knighthood, and his shield you shall
have. My youngest son, Sir Lavaine, shall ride with you, if you
will have his company, to the jousts. For my heart is much drawn
to you, and tell me, I beseech you, what name I shall call you
by.'"
Tales of
the Round Table
"Alas, said Sir Launcelot, that most noble lady, that she
should be so destroyed; I had liefer, said Sir Launcelot, than
all France, that I had been there well armed. So when Sir
Launcelot was armed and upon his horse, he prayed the child of
the queen’s chamber to warn Sir Lavaine how suddenly he was
departed, and for what cause. And pray him as he loveth me, that
he will hie him after me, and that he stint not until he come to
the castle where Sir Meliagrance abideth, or dwelleth; for there,
said Sir Launcelot, he shall hear of me an I am a man living, and
rescue the queen and the ten knights the which he traitorously
hath taken, and that shall I prove upon his head, and all them
that hold with him."
Le
Morte d'Arthur By Sir Thomas Malory. Book
XIX
