“Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil, is rightwise King born of all England.”

Book I, ch. 5
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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