Book One :the Prologues

Chapter Eight:
"How King Arthur Held in Wales, at a Pentecost, A Great Feast, and What Kings and Lords Came to the Feast."

Chapter Eight Transcript

Chapter Eight Podcast

       Many kings of many cities gathered and brought hundreds of knights to eat at a great feast in honor of the coronation of King Arthur. Arthur was happy for their coming and sent the kings gifts that were coming from Lothian and of Orkney, Gore, Garlot, Scotland, and Carados but the kings denied his gifts because they didn’t think Arthur was fit for a king. They thought he was too young, just a “beardless boy” and thought he was too low in society. Instead, the kings would bring their knights to fight against Arthur’s. Arthur and his knights waited for 15 days.

       On the 15^th day, Merlin arrived. The Kings asked him, “For what cause is that boy Arthur made your king?” and Merlin replied, “ Sirs, I shall tell you the cause, for is King Uther Pendragon’s son, born in wedlock, gotten on Igraine, the duke’s wife of Tingail.” and explained to the kings and knights of other cities that Arthur was the son of King Uther Pendragon.  Some kings accepted Arthur as a king after Merlin’s explanation and others laughed at him. Merlin then went to speak to Arthur to tell him to go speak to the other Kings and “fear him not, but come out bodily and speak with them, and spare them not, but answer them as their king and chieftain; for ye shall overcome them all, whether they will or nill.”

Written By Maggie Bee
Class of '10