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           AndwhenhesawtheswordinArthur’shandhesetadayandsummonedalltheprinces,knights,andbaronstomeetagainatSt.Paul’sChurchandseethewillofHeavensignified.Sowhentheycametogether,theswordwasputbackinthestone,andalltried,fromthegreatesttotheleast,tomoveit;buttherebeforethemallnotonecouldtakeitoutsaveArthuronly.

           Butthenbefellagreatconfusionanddispute,forsomecriedoutitwasthewillofHeaven,and,“LongliveKingArthur,”butmanymorewerefullofwrathandsaid,“What!wouldyegivetheancientsceptreofthislanduntoaboybornnoneknowhow?”Andthecontentiongrowinggreatly,tillnothingcouldbedonetopacifytheirrage,themeetingwasatlengthbrokenupbythearchbishopandadjournedtillCandlemas,whenallshouldmeetagain.

           ButwhenCandlemaswascome,Arthuraloneagainpulledforththesword,thoughmorethanevercametowinit;andthebarons,sorelyvexedandangry,putitindelaytillEaster.ButashehadspedbeforesohedidatEaster,andthebaronsyetoncemorecontriveddelaystillPentecost.

           Butnowthearchbishop,fullyseeingGod’swill,calledtogether,byMerlin’scounsel,abandofknightsandgentlemen-at-arms,andsetthemaboutArthurtokeephimsafelytillthefeastofPentecost.