148:

Everyone hates Rome and the vote is carried to go to war with the Emperor.

147:

Arthur asks for council – which is important to see here how he includes everyone in decision making, but this also forces everyone to go along with the majority and not buck the trends so it has a self-policing. peer-pressure aspect to it, too.) Anyway, everyone is FOR WAR!

146:

If Arthur does not pay there will be war. Arthur also has to promise to protect the messenger’s lives on their return journey to the emperor because he’s a good king. By the way, Arthur is not about to pay Lucius tribute, especially since he believes he’s as powerful (and descended) from the great emperors of Rome (as a lot of rulers used to think – and still might in the 21st century)

145:

Ah, the worst book in the whole Mort. This was an experimental book on Malory’s part because he kept the original alliteration from the sources and it reads … awful. This whole book is a slog to get through. Anyway, enter Lancelot and Trystams, and enter a messenger from the Emperor Lucius (in Rome) who wants tribute from Arthur.

142-143:

Uwayne also needs 6 months to recover from his wounds, but the 12 months are soon up, all three (Gawayne, Uwayne, and Marhaute) all meet back up, but it’s Gawayne who failed while the other 2 succeeded. Pelleas and Marhaute are made knights of the round table by Arthur.

141:

Uwayne gets these 2 (brothers) to stop extorting the Lady of the Roche by fighting them (is there any other way?)

140:

Marhaute (still with the 30 year old damesell) frees all the prisoners of the giants (giants serve as monsters that are “enclosures” in that they always take prisoners and freedom away from people. There’s a greed element here, too). After all the fighting, Marhaute needs 6 months to recover from his wounds, Uwayne and his 60 year old beats 30 knights at tourney, meets 2 knights who are extorting a castle.