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           ButKingArthurwasawareofhim,andsentsixhundredhorsemenandthreethousandfoottomeetandfallonhiminstead.Thisthereforetheydid,encounteringthematmidnight,andutterlydefeatedthem,tilltheyfledawayforlife.ButBaldulph,fullofgrief,resolvedtosharehisbrother’speril;whereforeheshavedhisheadandbeard,anddisguisedhimselfasajester,andsopassedthroughKingArthur’scamp,singingandplayingonaharp,tillbydegreeshedrewneartothecitywalls,wherepresentlyhemadehimselfknown,andwasdrawnupbyropesintothetown.

           Anon,whileArthurcloselywatchedthecity,camenewsthatfullsixhundredshipshadlandedcountlessswarmsofSaxons,underCheldric,ontheeasterncoast.Atthatheraisedthesiege,andmarchedstraighttoLondon,andthereincreasedhisarmy,andtookcounselwithhisbaronshowtodrivetheSaxonsfromthelandforevermore.

           Thenwithhisnephew,Hoel,KingoftheArmoricanBritons,whocamewithagreatforcetohelphim,KingArthur,withamightymultitudeofbarons,knights,andfightingmen,wentswiftlyuptoLincoln,whichtheSaxonslaybesieging.Andtherehefoughtapassingfiercebattle,andmadegrievousslaughter,killingabovesixthousandmen,tillthemainbodyofthemturnedandfled.ButhepursuedthemhotlyintothewoodofCelidon,where,shelteringthemselvesamongthetreesfromhisarrows,theymadeastand,andforalongseasonbravelydefendedthemselves.