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           AnontheDukewassentaprisonertoDoverforhislife,andrentsandtaxeswereassignedfordowryoftheDuchessandherchildren.

           Thenwentheonwithallhishosts,winningalltownsandcastles,andwastingthemthatrefusedobedience,tillhecametoViterbo.FromthencehesenttoRome,toaskthesenatorswhethertheywouldreceivehimfortheirlordandgovernor.Inanswer,cameouttohimalltheSenatewhoremainedalive,andtheCardinals,withamajesticretinueandprocession;andlayinggreattreasuresathisfeet,theyprayedhimtocomeinatoncetoRome,andtherebepeaceablycrownedasEmperor.“AtthisnextChristmas,”saidKingArthur,“willIbecrowned,andholdmyRoundTableinyourcity.”

           AnonheenteredRome,inmightypompandstate;andafterhimcameallhishosts,andhisknights,andprinces,andgreatlords,arrayedingoldandjewels,suchasneverwerebeheldbefore.AndthenwashecrownedEmperorbythePope’shands,withallthehighestsolemnitythatcouldbemade.

           Thenafterhiscoronation,heabodeinRomeforaseason,settlinghislandsandgivingkingdomstohisknightsandservants,toeachoneafterhisdeserving,andinsuchwisefashionthatnomanamongthemallcomplained.Alsohemademanydukesandearls,andloadedallhismen-at-armswithrichesandgreattreasures