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

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“Caxton Edition, in Middle English at the University of Michigan”

“Through this man and me hath all this war been wrought, and the death of the most noblest knights of the world; for through our love that we have loved together is my most noble lord slain.”

“It befell in the days of Uther Pendragon, when he was king of all England, and so reigned, that there was a mighty duke in Cornwall that held war against him long time. And the duke was called the duke of Tintagil.”

“Always Sir Arthur lost so much blood that it was a marvel he stood on his feet, but he was so full of knighthood that knightly he endured the pain.”

“I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.”

“The joy of love is too short, and the sorrow thereof, and what cometh thereof, dureth over long.”

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