“Then were they afeard when they saw a knight.”

—  Thomas Malory, book Le Morte d'Arthur

Book I, ch. 23
Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1469) (first known edition 1485)

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English writer, author of ''Le Morte d'Arthur'' 1405–1471

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