...was the hereditary prince of the Silures, in South Wales. Malmesbury here observes ofhim, that he was a man worthy to be celebrated , not by idle fictions, but by authentic history. It has by some been doubted whether he ever existed, because Gildas, a coeval historian, makes no mention...

...barbarians by the powerful aid of warlike Arthur. This is that Arthur,3 of whom the Britons fondly fable 3 even to the present day; a man worthy to be celebrated, not by idle fictions, but in authentic history. He, indeed, for a long time upheld the sinking state, and roused the broken spirit...

...barbarians by the powerful aid of warlike Arthur. This is that Arthur,' of whom the Britons fondly fable s even to the present day; a man worthy to be celebrated, not by idle fictions, but in authentic history. He, indeed, for a long time upheld the sinking state, and roused the broken spirit...

...the hereditary prince of the Silures, in South Wales. Malmesbury here observes of him, that he was a man worthy to be celebrated, not by idle fictions, but by authentic history. It has by some been doubted whether he ever existed, because Gildas, a coeval historian, makes no mention...

...reigns of Henry I. and Stephen, when King Arthur had been dead about six hundred years, yet he says : " It is of this Arthur that the Britons fondly tell...celebrated, not by idle fictions, but by authentic history" — " The sepulchre of Arthur is no where to be seen, whence ancient ballads fable that he is still...

...the warlike Arthur. This is that Arthur of whom the Britons fondly fable even to the present dayf — a man worthy to be celebrated, not by idle fictions, but by authentic history. He, indeed, for a long time upheld the sinking state and roused the broken spirit of his countrymen to...

...reigns of Henry I. and Stephen, when King Arthur had been dead about six hundred years, yet he says : " It is of this Arthur that the Britons fondly tell...celebrated, not by idle fictions, but by authentic history" " The sepulchre of Arthur is nowhere to be seen, whence ancient ballads fable that he is still to come."t...

...Saxons, and won several hotly-contested fields. "It is of this Arthur," says William of Malmesbury, "that the Britons fondly tell so many fables, even...long upheld the sinking State, and roused the broken spirits of his countrymen to war." But the Malmesbury monk was not incapable of fondly telling 370...

...have endeavoured to make him out, as of " a man," who, according to old William of Malmesbury, was worthy to be celebrated, "not by idle fictions, but by authentic history." But for the romancing old Monk of Monmout h I do not think the history of King Arthur would have been...

...have endeavoured to make him out, as of " a man," who, according to old William of Malmesbury, was worthy to be celebrated, "not by idle fictions, but by authentic history." But for the romancing old Monk of Monmouth I do not think the history of King Arthur would have been...