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           ButwhenafterthebanquetArthurbegan,accordingtotheancientroyalcustom,tobestowgreatboonsandfiefsonwhomhewould,theyallwithoneaccordroseup,andscornfullyrefusedhisgifts,cryingthattheywouldtakenothingfromabeardlessboycomeofloworunknownbirth,butwouldinsteadgivehimgoodgiftsofhardsword-strokesbetweenneckandshoulders.

           Whereataroseadeadlytumultinthehall,andeverymantheremadehimreadytofight.ButArthurleapedupasaflameoffireagainstthem,andallhisknightsandbaronsdrawingtheirswords,rushedafterhimuponthemandbeganafullsorebattle;andpresentlytheking’spartyprevailed,anddravetherebelsfromthehallandfromthecity,closingthegatesbehindthem;andKingArthurbrakehisswordupontheminhiseagernessandrage.

           Butamongstthemweresixkingsofgreatrenownandmight,whomorethanallragedagainstArthuranddeterminedtodestroyhim,namely,KingLot,KingNanters,KingUrien,KingCarados,KingYder,andKingAnguisant.Thesesix,therefore,joiningtheirarmiestogether,laidclosesiegetothecityofCaerleon,wherefromKingArthurhadsoshamefullydriventhem.

           AndafterfifteendaysMerlincamesuddenlyintotheircampandaskedthemwhatthistreasonmeant.ThenhedeclaredtothemthatArthurwasnobaseadventurer,butKingUther’sson,whomtheywereboundtoserveandhonoureventhoughHeavenhadnotvouchsafedthewondrousmiracleofthesword.