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           ButwhenKingArthursawhisarmourandshieldredwithblood,hewasinflamedwithfury,andliftingupExcaliburonhigh,withallhismight,hestruckstraightthroughthehelmetintoFlollo’shead,andsmoteitintohalves;andFlollofallingbackwards,andtearingupthegroundwithhisspurs,expired.

           Assoonasthisnewsspread,thecitizensallrantogether,and,openingthegates,surrenderedthecitytotheconqueror.

           Andwhenhehadoverrunthewholeprovincewithhisarms,andreducediteverywheretosubjection,hereturnedagaintoBritain,andheldhiscourtatCaerleon,withgreaterstatethanever.

           Anonheinvitedtheretoallthekings,dukes,earls,andbarons,whoowedhimhomage,thathemighttreatthemroyally,andreconcilethemtoeachother,andtohisrule.

           Andneverwasthereacitymorefitandpleasantforsuchfestivals.Forononesideitwaswashedbyanobleriver,sothatthekingsandprincesfromthecountriesbeyondseamightconvenientlysailuptoit;andontheotherside,thebeautyofthegrovesandmeadows,andthestatelinessandmagnificenceoftheroyalpalaces,withloftygildedroofs,madeitevenrivalthegrandeurofRome.Itwasfamousalsofortwogreatandnoblechurches,whereofonewasbuiltinhonourofthemartyrJulius,andadornedwithachoirofvirginswhohaddevotedthemselveswhollytotheserviceofGod;andtheother,foundedinmemoryofSt.Aaron,hiscompanion,maintainedaconventofcanons,andwasthethirdmetropolitanchurchofBritain.