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Bors
King Bors of Gaul, brother of king Ban
of Benwicke [Brittany]. They went to the aid of Arthur when he was first established on the
British throne, and Arthur promised in return to aid them against
king Claudas, "a mighty man of men," who warred against them.
"There are two brethren beyond the sea, and they kings both ...
the one hight king Ban of Benwieke, and the other hight king Bors
of Gaul, that is, France." Le
Morte d'Arthur By Sir Thomas Malory
The
Adventure Of Sir Bors
Bors, called sir Bors de Ganis, that is of Wales, brother of sir Lionell and nephew of sir Launcelot. "For all women he was a virgin, save for one, the daughter of king Brandegoris, on whom he had a child, hight Elaine; save for her, sir Bors was a clean maid". When he went to Corbin, and saw Galahad the son of sir Launcelot and Elaine (daughter of king Pelles), he prayed that the child might prove as good a knight as his father, and instantly a vision of the holy greal was vouchsafed him; for—
"There came a white dove, bearing a little censer of gold in her bill ... and a maiden that bear the Sancgreall, and she said, "Wit ye well, sir Bors, that this child ... shall achieve the Sancgreall" ... then they kneeled down ... and there was such a savor as all the spicery in the world had been there. And when the dove took her flight, the maiden vanished away with the Sancgreall."
"Sir Bors was with sir Galahad and sir Percival when the
consecrated wafer assumed the visible and bodily appearance of
the Saviour. And this is what is meant by achieving the holy
greal; for when they partook of the wafer their eyes saw the
Saviour enter it." Le
Morte d'Arthur By Sir Thomas Malory
N.B.—This sir Bors must not be confounded with sir
Borre, a natural son of king Arthur and Lyonors (daughter of the
earl Sanam), nor yet with king Bors of Gaul, i.e.,
France.
