Happy Thoughts - Sleep Stories for Grownups-What Beaumains Asked

Happy Thoughts – Sleep Story for Grownups – What Beaumains Asked of the King    

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, this is Stefan Heir over at Positive Informations and
audio Stories bringing you happy thoughts, inspiration, motivation and entertainment
to start to day. We use the power of positive
words to help you live the positive, uplifting lifestyle that
you deserve. Today's episode is a sleep story. We're carrying

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on with the tales of King Arthur and the Round Table.
Is time to head off to a peaceful, enjoyable sleep
with this relaxing bedtime story. What Beaumain asked of the

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King as Pentecost drew near, King Arthur commanded that all
the knights of the Round Table should keep the feast
at a city called king kennedon Hard by the sands
of Wales, where there was a great castle. Now, it
was the king's custom that he would eat no food

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on the day of the Pentecost, which we call with Sunday,
until he had heard or seen some great marvel. So
on that morning Sir Gawaine was looking from the window
a little before noon when he spied three men on horseback,

(01:38):
and with them a dwarf on foot, who held their
horses when they alighted. Then Sir Gawaine went to the
King and said, sir, go to your food, for strange
adventures are at hand. And Arthur called the other kings
that were in the castle, and all the knights of

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the table that were one hundred and fifty, and they
all sat down to die. When they were seated, there
entered the hall two men, well and richly dressed, and
upon their shoulders leaned the handsomest young man that ever

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was seen by any of them, higher than the other
two by a cubit. He was wide in the chest
and large handed, but his great height seemed to be
a burden and ashamed to him. Therefore it was he
leaned on the shoulders of his friends. As soon as

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Arthur beheld him, he made a sign, and without more words,
all three went up to the high dais where the
king sat. Then the tall young man stood up straight
and said, King Arthur, God bless you and all your

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fair fellowship, and in especial the fellowship of the table round.
I have come hither to pray you to give me
three gifts, which you can grant me honorably, for they
would do no hurt you or any one else, ask
answered Arthur. And you shall have your asking, sir. This

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is my petition for this feast. For the other two
I will ask after give me meat and drink for
this one twelvemonth well, said the King. You shall have
meat and drink enough for that I give to every
man for the friend of all. But please tell me

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your name. I cannot tell you, that, answered he. That
is strange, replied the King. But you are the goodliest
young man I ever saw. And turning to Sir Kay,
the steward charged him to give the young man to
eat and drink of the best, and to treat him

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and always as if he were a lord's son. There
is little need to do, that, answered Sir Kay, for
if he had come of gentlemen and not of peasants,
he would have asked of you a horse and armor.
But as the birth of a man is, so are

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his requests. And seeing he has no name, I will
give him one, and it shall be Bomeat or fair hands.
And he shall sit in the kitchen and eat broth,
and at the end of a year he shall be
as fat as any pig that feeds on acorns. So

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the young man was up in charge of Sir Kay
that scorned and mocked him. Sir Launcelot and Sir Gawaine
were wolf when they heard what Sir Kay said, and
bade him leave off of his mocking, for they believed
the youth would turn out to be a man of
great deeds. But Sir Kay paid no heed to them,

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and took him down to the Great Hall and set
him among the boys and lads, where he ate sadly.
After he had finished eating, both Sir Launcelot and Sir
Gawaine bade him come to the room, and would have
had him eat and drink there, but he refused, saying

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he was bound to obey Sir Kay, into whose charge
the King had given him. So he was put into
the kitchen by Sir Kay and slept nightly with the
kitchen voice. This he bore for a whole year, and
was always mild and gentle, and gave hard words to

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no one. Only whenever the knights played at tourney, he
would steal out and watch them. And Sir Launcelot gave
him gold to spend and clothes to wear, and so
did Gawayne. Also, if there were any games held whereas
he might be, none could throw a bar nor cast

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a stone as far as he by two good yards.
Thus the year passed by till the feasts of Wisdom
died came again, and this time the king held it
at Carlyon. But King Arthur would eat no meat at
Whitsontide till some adventures were told him, and lead he

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was when a squire came and said to him, Sir,
you may go to your food, for here is a
damsel with some strange dells. At this the damsel was
led into the hall and bowed low before the king
and begged he would give her help. For whom, asked
the King, and what is the adventure? Sir? Answered she?

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My sister is a noble lady of great fame, who
is besieged by a tyrant and may not get out
of her castle. And it is because your knights are
said to be the noblest in all the world that
I came to you for aid. What is your sister's name,
and where does she dwell? And who is the man
who besieges her? And where does he come from? Sir

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King answered she. As for my sister's name, I cannot
tell it to you now, but she is a lady
of great beauty and goodness, and of many lands. As
for the tyrant who besieges her. He is called the
Red Knight of the Red Law Aunts. I know nothing

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of him, said the King. But I know him, cried
Sir Gawaine. And he is one of the most dangerous
knights in the world. Then say he has the strength
of seven and once when we cross swords, I hardly
escaped from him with my life ferdam So, then said
the King. There are many knights here who would gladly

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go to the rescue of your lady, but none of
them shall do with my consent unless you will tell
me her name and the place of her cast. Then
I must speak further, said the damsel. But before she
made an answer to the king, up came Beaumains and

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spoke to Arthurs, saying, Sir King, I thank you there
for this whole year I have lived in your kitchen
and had meat and drink, and now I will ask
you for the two gifts that you promised me on
this day ask them, answered the King, Sir, these shall
be my two gifts. First, grant me the adventure of

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this damsel, for it is mine by right you shall
have it, said the King. Then, sir, you shall bid
Sir Launcelot de Log to make me knight, for I
will receive knighthood at the hands of no other. All
this shall be done, said the King. Fie on you,

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cried the damsel. Will you give me none but a
kitchen boy to rescue my lady? And she went away
in a rage and mounted her horse. No sooner has
she left the hall than a page came to Beaumains
and told him that a horse and the fair armor
had been brought for him. Also there arrived at Dwarf,

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carrying all things that an knight needed. And when he
was armed, there were few men that were handsomer than he,
and the court wondered greatly whence these splendid droppings had come.
Then boumen came into the hall and took farewell of

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the King and Sir Gawaine and Sir Launcelot, and prayed
Sir Launcelot that he would follow after him. So he
departed and rode out of the damsel. Many looked upon
him and marveled at the strength of his horse and
his golden trappings, and envied Womay in his shining coat

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of mail. But they noted that he had neither shield
nor spear. Ah, I will ride after him, laughed Sir Kay,
and see if my kitchen boy will own me for
his better leave him and stay at home, said Sir Gawaine,

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and said Launcelot. But Sir Kay would not listen and
sprang upon his horse. Just as Boumain came up with
a damsel. Sir Kay reached Bermaine and said, Bermain, do
you not know me? Baumain turned and looked at him
and answered, yes, I know you for an ill mannered knight.

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Therefore beware of me. At this Sir Kay put his
spear in rest and charged him, and Bomains do his
sword and charged Sir Kay and dashed aside the spear
and thrust him through the side till Sir Kay fell
down as if he had been dead, and Baumains took
his shield and spear for himself. Then he sprang on

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his own horse, bidding first his dwarf take Sir Kay's horse,
and rode away. This was seen by Sir Launcelot, who
had followed him, and also by the damsel. In a
little while, Bamains stopped and asked Sir Launcelot if he
would tilt to them, and they came together with such

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a shock that both the horses and their riders fell
to the earth and were bruised sorely. Sir Launcelot was
the first to ride, and he helped Bomains from his horse,
and Domains threw his shield from him and offered to
fight on foot. And they rushed together like wild boars,

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turning and thrusting and parrying for the space of an hour,
and Sir Launcelot marveled at the young man's strength, and
thought he was more like a giant than a knight,
And dreading lest he himself should be put to shame,
he said, Bomains do not fight so art, we have
no quarrel that forbids us to leave off. That is true,

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answered Beaumains, laying down his arms. But it doesn't get
my lord to fill your might well, said said Launcelot.
I promise you I hadn't much ado to save myself
from you. Unshamed, therefore have no fear of any other knight.

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Do you think I could really stand against approved knight,
asked Baumayne. Yes, said Launcelot. If you fight as you
have fought to day, I will be your warrant against
any one. Then, I pray you, cried Beaumains, give me

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the order of the knighthood. You must first tell me
your name, replied Launcelot. And who are your kindred? You
will not betray me if I do, asked Wamayin. No,
that I will never do till it is openly known,

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said Launcelot. Then, Sir, my name is Gareth, and Sir
Gawaine is my brother. Ah, Sir, cried Launcelot. I am
more pleased with you than ever. I was sure you

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came of good blood, that you did not come to
the court for meat and drink only. And he bade
him kneel and gave him the order of knighthood. After that,
Sir Gareth wished to go his own ways and departed.
When he was gone, Sir Launcelot went back to Sir

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Kay and ordered some men that were by to bear
him home on a shield. And in time his wounds
were yielded. But he was scorned of all men, and
especially of Sir Gawaine and Sir Launcelot, who told him
that it was no good deed to treat any young
man so, and no one could tell what his birth

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might be or what it brought him to the court.
Then Beaumains wrote, after the damsel who stopped when she
saw him coming. What are you doing here? Said she?
Your clothes smell of the grease and tallow of the kitchen.
Do you think to change my heart towards you because

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of Yonder Knight, whom you slewed. No, truly, I know
well who you are, you turner of the spits. Go
back to King Arthur's kitchen, which is your proper plates,
Damsel replied Beaumains. You may say to me what you will,
but I will not quit you whatever you may do,
for I have vowed to King Arthur to relieve the

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lady in the castle, and I shall set her free
or die fighting for her. Fie on you, Scullion, answered she.
You will meet with one who will make you such
a welcome that you would give all the broth you
have ever cult never to have seen his face. I

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shall do my best to fight him, said Beaumain, and
held his peace. There's a lot more coming to that story.
The action has just begun. We'll be back again next

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