Uther Pendragon, 42, 57, 74, 122 Virgil, 68 _Vita Merlini_, 112 Vivien, 112 Vortigern, 30, 32, 69 Vortimer, 32 Wace, 58, 67, 85, 89 _Wales, The Four Ancient Books of_, 39, _seq._ Walter, archdeacon of Oxford, 68, 71, 83 Warinus, 33, 34 Warner, William, 86 Westminster, abbey of, 6 Weston, Miss J. L, 108, 109, 110 White Mount, The (in London), 53 _Wife of Bath’s Tale, The_, 117 William of Malmesbury, 2, 28, 31, 66, 71 William of Newburgh, 5, 28, 69, 86 William of Orange, 127 Winchester, 6, 97 Wolfram von Eschenbach, 107 Wordsworth, 20, 62, 86 Wygar, the smith, 92 Wynebgwrthucher, Arthur’s shield, 46 Yspaddaden (Pen Kawr), 26, 45, 50 PRINTED BY TURNBULL AND SPEARS EDINBURGH FOOTNOTES: [1] ‘The Songs of the Graves,’ in the twelfth century _Black Book of Carmarthen_. “A grave there is for March (or Mark),”--so the lines run,--“a grave for Gwythur, a grave for Gwgawn of the Ruddy Sword; a mystery is the grave of Arthur”: or, as Sir John Rhys translates, “not wise the thought--a grave for Arthur.” [2] William of Malmesbury (_Gesta Reg. Angl._, Bk. III.), referring to the discovery in Wales of the grave of Gawain, Arthur’s nephew, speaks of the grave of Arthur himself as being unknown--hence, he says, ancient songs (_antiquitas næniarum_) prophesy his return. [3] The opening words of the Welsh romance, ‘Gereint, Son of Erbin.’ _Cf._ also the first sentences of ‘The Lady of the Fountain,’ as given in Lady C. Guest’s _Mabinogion_. [4] See Geoffrey’s _History_, Bk. IX. Ch. 12, in the excellent translation by the late Dr Sebastian Evans (Temple Classics). [5] The three great romantic “matters” are thus categorised in a well-known passage in the _Chanson de Saisnes_ by the twelfth century writer, Jean Bodel,-- “Ne sont que trois matières à nul home attendant, De France et de Bretaigne et de Rome la grant.” [6] _Hist. Rerum Anglic._ Proemium (Chronicles of Stephen, etc., Rolls Series, 1884-85). [7] See note _A_ on p. 138. [8] See a poem entitled ‘Gereint, Son of Erbin,’ in _The Black Book of Carmarthen_, and several passages in the _Mabinogion_,--especially in ‘The Dream of Rhonabwy,’--which are referred to later on. [9] It is worth noting, by the way, that the “Saeson,” or Saxons, against whom he is presumed to have fought most of his battles, are not even mentioned in the Welsh Arthurian romances. [10] The name _Artoria_ occurs is Tacitus, _Annals_, xv. 71; _Artorius_ in Juvenal, _Sat._, iii. 29. It was common enough in Rome.