Le Morte D’Arthur King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table by Thomas Malory IN TWO VOLS.—VOL. I Contents BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE PREFACE OF WILLIAM CAXTON BOOK I. CHAPTER I. First, How Uther Pendragon sent for the duke of Cornwall and Igraine his wife, and of their departing suddenly again. CHAPTER II. How Uther Pendragon made war on the duke of Cornwall, and how by the mean of Merlin he lay by the duchess and gat Arthur. CHAPTER III. Of the birth of King Arthur and of his nurture. CHAPTER IV. Of the death of King Uther Pendragon. CHAPTER V. How Arthur was chosen king, and of wonders and marvels of a sword taken out of a stone by the said Arthur. CHAPTER VI. How King Arthur pulled out the sword divers times. CHAPTER VII. How King Arthur was crowned, and how he made officers. CHAPTER VIII. How King Arthur held in Wales, at a Pentecost, a great feast, and what kings and lords came to his feast. CHAPTER IX. Of the first war that King Arthur had, and how he won the field. CHAPTER X. How Merlin counselled King Arthur to send for King Ban and King Bors, and of their counsel taken for the war. CHAPTER XI. Of a great tourney made by King Arthur and the two kings Ban and Bors, and how they went over the sea. CHAPTER XII. How eleven kings gathered a great host against King Arthur. CHAPTER XIII. Of a dream of the King with the Hundred Knights. CHAPTER XIV. How the eleven kings with their host fought against Arthur and his host, and many great feats of the war. CHAPTER XV. Yet of the same battle. CHAPTER XVI. Yet more of the same battle. CHAPTER XVII. Yet more of the same battle, and how it was ended by Merlin. CHAPTER XVIII. How King Arthur, King Ban, and King Bors rescued King Leodegrance, and other incidents. CHAPTER XIX. How King Arthur rode to Carlion, and of his dream, and how he saw the questing beast. CHAPTER XX. How King Pellinore took Arthur's horse and followed the Questing Beast, and how Merlin met with Arthur. CHAPTER XXI. How Ulfius impeached Queen Igraine, Arthur's mother, of treason; and how a knight came and desired to have the death of his master revenged. CHAPTER XXII. How Griflet was made knight, and jousted with a knight CHAPTER XXIII. How twelve knights came from Rome and asked truage for this land of Arthur, and how Arthur fought with a knight. CHAPTER XXIV. How Merlin saved Arthur's life, and threw an enchantment on King Pellinore and made him to sleep. CHAPTER XXV. How Arthur by the mean of Merlin gat Excalibur his sword of the Lady of the Lake. CHAPTER XXVI. How tidings came to Arthur that King Rience had overcome eleven kings, and how he desired Arthur's beard to trim his mantle. CHAPTER XXVII. How all the children were sent for that were born on May-day, and how Mordred was saved. BOOK II. CHAPTER I. Of a damosel which came girt with a sword for to find a man of such virtue to draw it out of the scabbard.