. Page, esquire, and knight : a book of chivalry . in Britain it came topass that Uther the king died, and none butMerlin, the wise man and magician of therealm, knew that he left a son Arthur, whohad been delivered to Merlin at his birth tobe trained in all things by him. So for a longtime the realm stood in great peril, for everylord that was mighty made himself stronger,and many strove to be king. Then Merlin went to the Archbishop ofCanterbury and counseled him to send forall the lords of the realm, and all the gentle-men of arms, be they earls or barons orknights, to come to London at Chr
. Page, esquire, and knight : a book of chivalry . in Britain it came topass that Uther the king died, and none butMerlin, the wise man and magician of therealm, knew that he left a son Arthur, whohad been delivered to Merlin at his birth tobe trained in all things by him. So for a longtime the realm stood in great peril, for everylord that was mighty made himself stronger,and many strove to be king. Then Merlin went to the Archbishop ofCanterbury and counseled him to send forall the lords of the realm, and all the gentle-men of arms, be they earls or barons orknights, to come to London at Christmastime, and there God would show by a signwho was to be rightly king over all the archbishop summoned them all. Andmany of them made clean their lives, thatthey might be more acceptable to God. 6 PAGE, ESQUIRE, AND KNIGHT II • Of the marvel of the appearing of a sword At Christmas time all the lords and earlsand barons and knights came together fromevery side unto London to await the signwhich should show who should be king. And. behold, when they came out from their morn-ing devotions, there in the churchyard theysaw standing a great stone. It was of thesame breadth and height on every side, andits appearance was like marble. And in themidst of it was an anvil of steel a foot high,and therein stood a fair sword, naked without THE APPEARING OF A SWORD 7 sheath or guard, and about it were writtenletters of gold which said thus: Whosopulleth this sword out from this stone isrightwise king born of all England. Then the people marveled, and all thelords went to gaze upon the stone and thesword. When they read the reading, sometried to pull the sword. One by one the lordsand gentlemen of arms, such as would havebeen king, essayed to pull it. But none mightstir the sword, nor even move it. He is not here, said the archbishop, thatshall achieve the sword. But doubt not Godwill make him known. Now this is my coun-sel, that we choose ten knights, men of goodfame, who sh
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