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	Le Morte d'Arthur Book 2 - full Malory text
		All this made Merlin by his subtle craft, and there he told the king, When I am dead these tapers shall burn no longer, and soon after the adventures of the Sangreal shall come among you and be achieved.
		And when Balin was weaponless he ran into a chamber for to seek some weapon, and so from chamber to chamber, and no weapon he could find, and always King Pellam after him.
		And so the most part of the castle, that was fallen down through that dolorous stroke, lay upon Pellam and Balin three days.
	www.arthurian-legend.com /le-morte-darthur/le-morte-darthur-2c.php (1744 words)

	Lugodoc's Guide to Malory's Le Morte Darthur
		The Early Years - books 1to 4 - Arthur's birth, the establishment of his court, and the begetting of his son Mordred by his half sister Margawse.
		Sir Balin deals the Dolorous Stroke on the Maimed King, and Merlin is lost.
		book 2 - The adventures of Balin: his part in Arthur's fourth battle (Terrabil, in which most of Arthur's main enemies are defeated and his grip on the kingship of Britain is made secure) and how he deals the Dolorous Stroke to King Pellam, who becomes the Maimed King.
	www.lugodoc.demon.co.uk /MYTH/Arthur/Mal0.htm (1705 words)

	Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table, Volume 1
		Chapter 11 CHAPTER XI Of the interment of twelve kings, and of the prophecy of Merlin, and how Balin should give the dolorous stroke.
		Chapter 15 CHAPTER XV How Balin fought with King Pellam, and how his sword brake, and how he gat a spear wherewith he smote the dolorous stroke.
		How Sir Marhaus after that he was arrived in Ireland died of the stroke that Sir Tristram had given him, and how Tristram was hurt.
	etext.lib.virginia.edu /toc/modeng/public/Mal1Mor.html (4812 words)

	Ernest Rhys's "The Dolorous Stroke" (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Return to the The Holy Grail Menu of The Camelot Project at the University of Rochester
		"For sithen increased neither corn nor grass, nor well nigh no fruit, nor in the water was no fish: wherefore men call it the lands of the two marches, the waste land, for that Dolorous Stroke."
		He drew his sword for the Dolorous Stroke
	www.lib.rochester.edu /camelot/rhysstroke.htm (76 words)

	Encyclopedia of the Celts : Broceliande - Bwlch Y Saethu
		Balin's name may be a variant of Brulen/Varlan who, elsewhere and long before Arthur's time, was thought to have struck the Dolorous Stroke.
		It is an abbreviation of 'fairy stroke' or 'elf stroke', and was supposed to come from an elf-shot or an elf-blow, which struck down the victim, animal or human, who was then carried off invisibly, while a Stock remained to take its place.
		Sometimes this was a transformed fairy, sometimes a lump of wood, transformed by glamour and meant to be taken for the corpse of the victim.
	www.celticgrounds.com /chapters/encyclopedia/b.html (18441 words)

	Quotes on dolorous
		John made a silent, dolorous negative; as he had done once or twice before, when the actor urged us to accompany him to Coltham for a few hours only--we might be back by midnight, easily.
		The child struck a few notes, heavy and dolorous, filling the church like a thunder-cloud, then suddenly left off, and opening the flute-stop, burst into altogether different music.
		The fate his fateful eye discerned Far off now dimmed it, ere he turned His face toward Camelot, to tell Arthur of all the storms that woke Round Balen, and the dolorous stroke, And how that last blind battle broke The consummated spell.
	www.ufaqs.com /quotes/?search=dolorous (459 words)

	www.myspace.com/thedolorousstroke
		Formed in late 2006, The Dolorous Stroke are an exciting new prospect in the world of folk-rock.
		Influenced by the likes of Steeleye Span, Horslips and Mike Oldfield they take songs and tunes from the Irish, Scottish and English folk traditions, along with some originals, and create a sound which is a throwback to the golden age of folk-rock.
		Hi The Dolorous Stroke, KingBathmat has a new song "Nobody Steals My Girl" up on myspace and it's free to download for the month of May, there will be a new song every month afterwards until the album is released near the end of the year.
	profile.myspace.com /index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=159279619 (224 words)

	David Gregory : search word
		And so dolorous stroke, lay upon Pellam and Balin three days.
		And King Pellam lay so, many years sore wounded, and the quest of the Sangreal, for in that place was part of the into this land, and there himself lay in that rich bed.
		And that King Pellam was nigh of Joseph's kin, and that was the most his hurt, for through that stroke, turned to great dole, tray and we meet never no more.
	www.searchword.org /da/david-gregory.html (585 words)

	Legend of Excalibur (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Merlin foretold that Balin will delivered the Dolorous Stroke and years from now, two of the greatest knights in the world would fight one another over the graves of Launceor and Lione.
		The Dolorous Stroke had not only wounded a king, but set off an earthquake and laying waste to the land.
		Pellam was seriously wounded and his wound would not heal until the Grail knight (Galahad) healed him twenty-two years later, at the end of the Grail quest.
	www.timelessmyths.com /arthurian/excalibur.html (7640 words)

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		Merlin prophesied it would be the site where Lancelot and Tristram should fight years later, and told Balin that he would strike the Dolorous Stroke against King Pellam.
		In the same year, he was also too late to save Tristram's mother, Queen Elizabeth of Lyonesse, who died of exposure searching for her husband.
		Merlin told Pellinore that the unknown lady he allowed to die was in fact Pellinore's own daughter, and prophesied Pellinore would meet his doom for such ungallant behavior.
	www.employees.org /~pcorless/pendragon/merlin.txt (2654 words)

	Amazon.com: "dolorous stroke": Key Phrase page
		See all pages with references to "dolorous stroke".
		" It is in the Suite that we find the motif of the Dolorous Stroke, executed by Balain on King Pellehan, causing devastation to the land and a wound that can be healed only...
		CHAPTER X1 Of the interment of twelve kings, and of the prophecy of Merlin, and how Balin should give the dolorous stroke.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/dolorous-stroke (326 words)

	YouTube - Secret Chiefs 3 - Dolorous Stroke
		YouTube - Secret Chiefs 3 - Dolorous Stroke
		Secret Chiefs 3 playing at the Black Cat Club in DC.
		secret chiefs trey spruance timb harris dolorous stroke
	www.youtube.com /?v=bxcMPQzxCt0 (212 words)

	Amazon.com: "dolorous stroke": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		See all pages with references to "dolorous stroke".
		" It is in the Suite that we find the motif of the Dolorous Stroke, executed by Balain on King Pellehan, causing devastation to the land and a wound that can be healed only...
		CHAPTER X1 Of the interment of twelve kings, and of the prophecy of Merlin, and how Balin should give the dolorous stroke.
	amazon.com /phrase/dolorous-stroke (326 words)

	Comics
		While I painted the cover for Unbound, the cover for Legends of Camelot :Sir Balin and the Dolorous Stroke, was painted by and is
		I have few copies, which I may sell at comic book conventions (I usually attend the Motor City Comic Book Convention, in the spring, and Wizard World Chicago Convention in the summer).
		Here are a few pages from Legends of Camelot: Sir Balin and the Dolorous Stroke, published by Caliber.
	mlpeters.com /comics.htm (256 words)

	Chapter III. The Seventeenth Book. How Sir Galahad Entered into the Ship, and of a Fair Bed Therein, with Other ...
		But then was he newly christened, so that men held him afterward one of the wyttyest men of the world.
		And when King Hurlame saw King Labor he dressed this sword, and smote him upon the helm so hard that he clave him and his horse to the earth with the first stroke of his sword.
		For sithen increased neither corn, nor grass, nor well-nigh no fruit, nor in the water was no fish; wherefore men call it the lands of the two marches, the waste land, for that dolorous stroke.
	www.bartelby.com /35/2/503.html (492 words)

	CliffsNotes::Le Morte Darthur:Book Summary and Study Guide
		Moreover, every pure and good cause he undertakes results in catastrophe: in his self-defense against Launceor of Ireland he causes the death of the knight, and in his wish not to hurt the wrist of Launceor’s lady, he allows her the chance to commit suicide.
		Even in striking the Dolorous Stroke he acts without guilt, unaware of the consequences.
		His limitation is simply that he is mortal—non-omniscient—and the limitation is underscored after every mistake either by the appearance of magic writing or by Merlin’s prediction, through his greater foreknowledge, of what later catastrophes will come in these same places, perhaps as direct or indirect results of Balyn’s actions.
	www.cliffsnotes.com /WileyCDA/LitNote/id-182,pageNum-11.html (797 words)

	HeroCentral (Are You HERO Enough?)
		The true dolorous stroke would be to forget that.
		The true dolorous stroke would be to let his memory stand not for strength, but sorrow.
		It is the doom of the valiant to so rarely leave this world peacefully.
	hero.dans.cust.servlets.net /campaignInformation.htm?newCampaignId=476060 (771 words)

	Dolorous Stroke by Secret Chiefs 3 on Rhapsody
		Dolorous Stroke by Secret Chiefs 3 on Rhapsody
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	play.rhapsody.com /secretchiefs3/bookm/dolorousstroke (69 words)

	Balin and Balan
		When Balin attempts to avenge the death by tracking Garlon down to the castle of King Pellam, he gets involved in a fight, lashes out in self defence and wounds the lord of the castle, King Pellam, with the sacred spear that pierced the side of Christ.
		This blow is the Dolorous Stroke, which lays the waste the land and produces a wound that can only be healed when the Grail is achieved eventually by Sir Galahad.
		In Malory's version of the story, Balin wins a second sword through chivalry, and becomes known as The Knight with Two Swords.
	www.legendofkingarthur.co.uk /arthurs-knights/sir-balin-balan.htm (277 words)

	The Chronicles of Somerset
		Among the contenders were Sir Turquin of the Dolorous Tower, infamous for his devilish treatment of prisoners, as well as Sir Erec of Carleon, a pauper knight whose family had fallen on hard times.
		This, the enemy’s master plan all along, was the Dolorous Stroke that had been foretold, a wound that, while it weakened all Britain, also awoke the Gwynn ap Nudd, the Master of the Deep.
		At the trial, Sir Gawain revealed that, having been captured and tormented by the Dark Elves, he had inflicted the Dolorous Stroke upon Roland to spare his brother Gareth from the same fate.
	www.njkingdom.com /kingdom/chronicles/chronicles.html (4172 words)

	Le Morte d'Arthur BOOK II CHAPTER XV (Site not responding. Last check: )
		And when Balin was weaponless he ran into a chamber for to seek some weapon, and so from chamber to chamber, and no weapon he could find, and always King Pellam after him.
		And when Balin saw that spear, he gat it in his hand and turned him to King Pellam, and smote him passingly sore with that spear, that King Pellam fell down in a swoon, and therewith the castle roof and walls brake and fell to the earth, and Balin fell down so that he might
		And so the most part of the castle, that was fallen down through that dolorous stroke, lay upon Pellam and Balin three days.
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/mart/mart041.htm (241 words)

	Chapter 23
		Then you will be told such news of me as will grieve you."
		Then he said to Balin: "Be troubled, knight, because of your great and dolorous pain, that you suffered this lady to kill herself."
		And he said: "Nothing could trouble me more than not being able to take the sword from her hand."
	www.yarinareth.net /Dorothea/baladro/Chapter23.html (2883 words)

	Mile High Comics: Caliber Press: LEGENDS OF CAMELOT: SIR BALIN & THE DOLOROUS STROKE
		LEGENDS OF CAMELOT: SIR BALIN & THE DOLOROUS STROKE is a Comic.
		To view and order the issues and variants of this title, see LEGENDS OF CAMELOT: SIR BALIN & THE DOLOROUS STROKE in the Mile High Comics iStore.
		For permission please contact Lynne MacAfee at lynne@milehighcomics.com.
	www.milehighcomics.com /comicindex/Title-LEGENDS-OF-CAMELOT--SIR-BALIN---THE-DOLOROUS-STROKE-by-Caliber-Press.html (114 words)

	Well of Souls 4--Endgame? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to post before you played, because to me that Spear was just screaming for a Dolorous Stroke type event.
		I think most of mistakes were made as a consequence of me firing off too many Bangs in the first session; trying to juggle too many balls at the same time, I was bound to drop a few.
		I like the Dolorous Stroke idea, and the Spear Tree may very well turn out to play an important part in the future of the kingdom.
	www.indie-rpgs.com /forum/index.php?topic=9286.msg97181 (2377 words)

	Le Morte d'Arthur BOOK II (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Of the interment of twelve kings, and of the prophecy of Merlin, and how Balin should give the dolorous stroke.
		How Balin met with that knight named Garlon at a feast, and there he slew him, to have his blood to heal therewith the son of his host.
		How Balin fought with King Pellam, and how his sword brake, and how he gat a spear wherewith he smote the dolorous stroke.
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/mart/book01.htm (418 words)

	Comics
		While I painted the cover for Unbound, the cover for Legends of Camelot :Sir Balin and the Dolorous Stroke, was painted by and is
		I have few copies, which I may sell at comic book conventions (I usually attend the Motor City Comic Book Convention, in the spring, and Wizard World Chicago Convention in the summer).
		Here are a few pages from Legends of Camelot: Sir Balin and the Dolorous Stroke, published by Caliber.
	www.mlpeters.com /comics.htm (256 words)

	The Book Of Sir Balin Le Savage - XV
		THEN Merlin came thither and took up Balin, and gat him a good horse, for his horse was dead, and bade him ride out of that country.
		And that was the same spear that Longius smote our Lord to the heart; and King Pellam was nigh of Joseph's kin, and that was the most worshipful man that lived in those days ; and great pity it was of his hurt, for the stroke turned him to great dole, vexation, and grief.
		Then departed Balin from Merlin, and said, "In this world we shall never meet more." So he rode forth through the fair countries and cities, and found the people dead on every side.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles29/sir-balin-le-savage-15.shtml (460 words)

	Fisher King: Encyclopedia II - Fisher King - Later medieval works
		Pelles engineers the birth of Galahad by tricking Lancelot into bed with his daughter Elaine, and it is prophesied that Galahad will achieve the Grail and heal the Wasteland.
		In the Post-Vulgate Cycle and Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, the Fisher King's wound was given to him by Sir Balin in the "Dolorous Stroke".
		To defend himself from an enraged Pellam, Balin grabs a spear and stabs him.
	www.experiencefestival.com /a/Fisher_King_-_Later_medieval_works/id/1394452 (784 words)

	Mars Import - Comic
		Legends of Camelot: Sir Balin and the Dolorous Stroke
		Each issue in this series is a one shot by different creative teams that chronicles the major players of the King Arthur mythos.
		All other material on this page © 1999 – 2007 Mars Import, Inc. All rights reserved.
	www.marsimport.com /display_comic.php?ID=7855 (158 words)

	Arthur: Principal Character
		Sir Balin le Savage: Knight of the Round Table, from Northumberland, who struck the Dolorous Stroke; killed and was killed by his brother Sir Balan; also known as the Knight with the Two Swords.
		King Pelles: The Maimed King of Castle Corbenic; descended from Joseph of Arimathea and guardian of the Holy Grail; father of Elaine and grandfather of the Grail knight, Sir Galahad; maimed by Sir Balin (the Dolorous Stroke), healed by Sir Galahad.
		King Pellinore: Knight of the Round Table; ally of King Arthur; father of Sir Perceval, Sir Tor, Sir Lamorak and Sir Aglovale; killed King Lot of Orkney and was killed by Sir Gawain in revenge.
	www.msrogers.com /English2/LiteratureStudy/Arthur/Arthur_principal_character.htm (964 words)

	stonick! - home of Stephanie, Samantha, and of course Greg!
		So I recognized some of the song last night but trying to remember which one was what is a little tricky.
		Vajra (Book M) Dolorous Stroke (Book M) Lapis Baitulous (Book M) If I can remember any more later I'll add those too.
		After SC3 played another group, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum was going to play.
	www.stonick.com /stonick5/EVENT/EventDetails.asp?EventID=2543 (302 words)

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