. The legends of King Arthur and his knights . hem to take that ? Then said King Arthur, Thou sayest well, and Iwill take thy counsel. With that he cried out, Ho ! for the battle to cease, and sent forth heralds through thefield to stay more fighting. And gathering all the spoil,he gave it not amongst his own host, but to Kings Banand Bors and all their knights and men-at-arms, that hemight treat them with the greater courtesy as strangers. Then Merlin took his leave of Arthur and the twoother kings, and went to see his master, Blaise, a holyhermit, dwelling in Northumberland, who had nourishe


. The legends of King Arthur and his knights . hem to take that ? Then said King Arthur, Thou sayest well, and Iwill take thy counsel. With that he cried out, Ho ! for the battle to cease, and sent forth heralds through thefield to stay more fighting. And gathering all the spoil,he gave it not amongst his own host, but to Kings Banand Bors and all their knights and men-at-arms, that hemight treat them with the greater courtesy as strangers. Then Merlin took his leave of Arthur and the twoother kings, and went to see his master, Blaise, a holyhermit, dwelling in Northumberland, who had nourishedhim through all his youth. And Blaise was passing gladto see him, for there was a great love ever between them ;and Merlin told him how King Arthur had sped in thebattle, and how it had ended ; and told him the names ofevery king and knight of worship who was there. SoBlaise wrote down the battle, word for word, as Merlintold him ; and in the same way ever after, all the battlesof King Arthurs days Merlin caused Blaise, his master,to CHAPTER III The Adventure of the Questing Beast—-King Arthur drives the Saxons from the Realm—The Battles of Celidon Forest and Badon Hill iNON, thereafter, came word to KingArthur that Ryence, King of NorthWales, was making war upon KingLeodegrance of Camelgard ; whereathe was passing wroth, for he lovedLeodegrance well, and hated he departed with Kings Ban and Bors and twentythousand men, and came to Camelgard, and rescuedLeodegrance, and slew ten thousand of Ryences men andput him to flight. Then Leodegrance made a greatfestival to the three kings, and treated them with everymanner of mirth and pleasure which could be there had King Arthur the first sight of Guinevere,daughter of Leodegrance, whom in the end he married,as shall be told hereafter. Then did Kino-s Ban and Bors take leave, and went to O J their own country, where King Claudas worked greatmischief. And King Arthur would have gone withthem, but the


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