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1858
BULFINCH'S MYTHOLOGY:
THE AGE OF CHIVALRY OR LEGENDS OF KING ARTHUR
by Thomas Bulfinch
Throngs of knights and barons bold,
In weeds of peace high triumphs hold,
With store of ladies, whose bright eyes
Rain influence and judge the prize.
MILTON.
PART I.
KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTION.
ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after
Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of
a national government. Numerous chiefs, more or less powerful, held
local sway, as far as each could enforce his dominion, and
occasionally those chiefs would unite for a common object; but, in
ordinary times, they were much more likely to be found in ho . . .
