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ROMANCE OF KING ARTHUR.

From a manuscript of the XIIIth century in the National Library at Paris.

Arthur is the hero of the Welsh tales of the Round Table. The stories which are now included in the series are of many ages and of many lands, as poets and writers enlarged, from time to time, upon the work of their predecessors. The foundations of the tales, are the exploits and adventures of

a real Arthur who ruled over a part of the people now called
Welsh, some time in the sixth century. This chieftain op-
posed the enemies who invaded his country, but being
finally defeated, went into exile in northern France,

with whose people he also became a hero. In the

Welsh legends, Arthur is to return to his own

at some time, and it is said in some parts of

the country so strong is this belief, that

a person who expresses a doubt

upon the subject is in danger

of personal injury.

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