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           ButKingArthurwithagreatfleetsailedroundtheriversandbesiegedtheminthelakeforfifteendays,sothatmanythousandsdiedofhunger.

           AnontheKingofIrelandcamewithanarmytorelievethem;butArthur,turningonhimfiercely,routedhim,andcompelledhimtoretreatinterrortohisland.Thenhepursuedhispurpose,whichwasnolesstodestroytheraceofPictsandScots,who,beyondmemory,hadbeenaceaselesstormenttotheBritonsbytheirbarbarousmalice.

           Sobitterly,therefore,didhetreatthem,givingquartertonone,thatatlengththebishopsofthatmiserablecountrywiththeclergymettogether,and,bearingalltheholyrelics,camebarefootedtothekingtoprayhismercyfortheirpeople.Assoonastheywereledbeforehimtheyfelldownupontheirknees,andpiteouslybesoughthimtosparethefewsurvivorsoftheircountrymen,andgrantthemanycornerofthelandwheretheymightliveinpeace.Whenhethusheardthem,andknewthathehadnowfullypunishedthem,heconsentedtotheirprayer,andwithdrewhishostsfromanyfurtherslaughter.

           Thenturnedhebacktohisownrealm,andcametoYorkforChristmas,andtherewithhighsolemnityobservedthatholytide;andbeingpassinggrievedtoseetheruinofthechurchesandhouses,whichtherageorthepaganshaddestroyed,herebuiltthem,andrestoredthecitytoitsancienthappystate.