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           AndwhentheycametoCamelot,KingArthurmadegreatjoy,andallthecitywithhim;andridingforthwithagreatretinuehemetGuinevereandhercompany,andledherthroughthestreetsallfilledwithpeople,andinthemidstofalltheirshoutingsandtheringingofchurchbells,toapalacehardbyhisown.

           Then,inallhaste,thekingcommandedtopreparethemarriageandthecoronationwiththestateliestandmosthonourablepompthatcouldbemade.Andwhenthedaywascome,thearchbishopsledthekingtothecathedral,wheretohewalked,cladinhisroyalrobes,andhavingfourkings,bearingfourgoldenswords,beforehim;achoirofpassingsweetmusicgoingalsowithhim.

           Inanotherpart,wasthequeendressedinherrichestornaments,andledbyarchbishopsandbishopstotheChapeloftheVirgins,thefourqueensalsoofthefourkingslastmentionedwalkedbeforeher,bearingfourwhitedoves,accordingtoancientcustom;andafterhertherefollowedmanydamsels,singingandmakingeverysignofjoy.

           Andwhenthetwoprocessionswerecometothechurches,sowondrouswasthemusicandthesinging,thatalltheknightsandbaronswhoweretherepressedoneachother,asinthecrowdofbattle,tohearandseethemosttheymight.

           Whenthekingwascrowned,hecalledtogetheralltheknightsthatcamewiththeRoundTablefromCamelgard,andtwenty-eightothers,greatandvaliantmen,chosenbyMerlinoutofalltherealm,towardsmakingupthefullnumberofthetable.