The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-08

little Chapei near 1idStOnpu
he lived in poverty and holy prayers:
Modrea now put his army in motion
and marched to Dover, where ne eA-
pected that Arthur would lana. a.
Modred was at Dover there came kihs
Arthur with a great navy o. Siipo'
galleys and caracks, and Mooleu ".
! posed his landing launching out Sreat
boats fuu of armed men and attacking
the ships O. the king. Furious "as
the battle that waged until hodreo
was driven back and fled with ms lol-
lowing into the interior. When the
fight was over the kings army !dhAed
| and they found Sir GaWaIne lylns IN
one of the ships. wounded unto deatn
bv being stricken in an old "ouho
made by Launcelot. Arthur raised up
the diving man and said: Alas, IN
Launcelot and you have l had most
10Y and now have l lost you both;
wherefore all mine earthly JOY is gone
from me-" MY uncle and my KIM s.
said Gawaine, Il know we'll that L
| must now die. And all this woe is
through my own hastness and Wllful-
! ness. I pray you, fair uncle, that L
may have pen. ink and paper
would write to Launcelot.'
They brought him what he required,
and he wrote a letter to Launcelot
begging forgiveness for his anger to-
ward him and praying him to come
with his knights to the rescue OF King
Arthur. Then he died, and they bu-
ried him, with much weeping, there IN
the chapel within the castle of Dover.
Now. many mobiles and knights fiocked
a great army, while mOdred also in
creased his following by sending writs
through Britain saying that under
King Arthur there had always been
war, and now was the time come for
the settlement of the kingdom
on a lasting peace. The king drew
with his army down to the west.
Modred sent word that ha would meet
the king on the downs near Camlan
on the Monday after Trinity Sunday
and submit their cause to the arbitra-
ment of battle.
On the day appointed the two great
armies confronted each other upon
Camlan plains, Sir Modred having with
him a grim host of one hundred thou
sand men. Arthur sent messengers to
Modred asking that they compromise
their quarrel and not cause the death
of so many as would be slain should
they go to Rattle. He offered that Mo-
'red should have Cornwall and Kent
during the life Of Arthur. and after
Arthur's death the whole Of England.
Modred asked that he and the king
might meet between the two armies to
ARRANGE the details Of their treaty,
and this was agreed to Both now rode
out between the armies, ach accom-
panied by fourteen knights only, and
after some talk made their accord
thoroughly They drank wine together.
and it seemed now as if the bloody
war was to end.
But as 1t happened neither the king
nor Sir Modrcd bod fully trusted he
other, and had given orders to their
hosts that If they saw a sword drawn
they should rush in and begin the bat
to. Now iF,St 40 the nepotiationS were
about concluded an adder came ont OF
n 11Tc nrS ~ ~ trI IT, ~
the heel The KNIGHT drew his sword
swiftly TO kill the adder and as the on
looking hosts saw it fiosh in the s"~-
sight they rushed forward against each
other with great swiftness, their wea-
pons barred and their %trumpets OF war
sounding
Thus, by an unIucky accident, was
the war opened aeein and the fiercest
battle ever FOUGHT in all the world
brought on And ALWAYS King Arthnr
rode through the battle, doing right
"N"'v ae q kin" should do. and Sir
Modred put the kir" to hts mettle and
in great peril All day they fought and
when ni"ht was closing down a hun
Trnd thousand men Law decd urOn the
field. The ting looked about him and
that Of all his F~i~hts there were but
two left alive. Sir TIucan. the butler.
and Sir Redivere, and they were sore
w0"nf"6 "TesrG. have -nercv'" orind
Fin@ Arthur II am come unto mine
epN, nft WH11'd T" 100 J kNo" Wha~o
that traitor Modre1 IS thot before 7 lie
T MIGHT DESTROY tho cause Of all this
mischief" They pointed ont to hrr1
M"d~fa. who w9s leaning upon his
sword surrounded by a hean of claim.
they warned him that he should not
attact N0dred personally. for Mod
reds hosts were sl"in or scattered. and
h0n"Ft the hing rode with on1v two
triehts he was master Of the field. Put
Arthur said: "Petidn me death. hn+i1o
me life. now ] see him vonda~ he Sh,I1
neve~ es"9ne my hands" Then. ent-
ting his lance IN rest. the king choreaa
down unor Sir Nodred and pierced
hiro through and th"auoh.
2ut NOdred. as the lance went
thror"h him. thrust himself with az
tne MIGHT he had I'D the spear Of Az
: thur to the very bur. -O~ orard. and
dealt one dyinr HIow at the king witty
. arECh force that the noble KIN" fa17