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So Sir Bedivere departed and by the way he beheld that noble sword,
that the pommel and the haft were all of precious stones, and then he
said to himself, 'If I throw this rich sword in the water, thereof
shall never come to good but harm and loss'. And then Sir Bedivere hid
Excalibur under a tree. "]


[Footnote 3: 1842-1853. Studs. ]

[Footnote 4: Literally from Virgil ('AEn. ', iv. , 285).

"Atque animum nunc huc celerem nunc dividit illuc. "]


[Footnote 5: 'Cf. Romance, Id. ', v. :

"'I saw nothing but the waters wap and the waves wan. '"]


[Footnote 6: 'Romance, Id. ', v. :

"'That is untruly said of thee,' said the king, 'therefore go thou
lightly again and do my command as thou to me art lief and dear; spare
not, but throw in.
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Then Sir Bedivere returned again and took the sword in his hand, and
then him thought sin and shame to throw away that noble sword, and so
eft he hid the sword and returned again, and told the king that he had
been to the water and done his commandment. "]


[Footnote 7: This line was not inserted till 1853. ]

[Footnote 8: 'Romance, Id. ', v. :

"'Ah, traitor untrue! ' said King Arthur, 'now thou hast betrayed me
twice. Who would have weened that thou that hast been so lief and
dear, and thou that art named a noble knight, would betray me for the
riches of the sword. But now go again lightly. . . . And but if thou do
not now as I bid thee, if ever I may see thee I shall slay thee with
mine own hands. "']


[Footnote 9: There is a curious illustration of this in an anecdote told
of Queen Elizabeth. "Cecil intimated that she must go to bed, if it were
only to satisfy her people.

'Must! ' she exclaimed; 'is must a word to be addressed to princes?